![]() I wouldn't be comfortable making a generalization about whether one is more usable than the other, since they have different users with different expectations and different goals. Some use both platforms roughly equally, some prefer one platform and only use the other when circumstances require it.Ī usability study comparing the two different versions of Office would need to have very specific research questions to have meaningful results. There are, of course, users who use both platforms. Likewise, Office for Windows optimizes its user experience for Windows users, and Office:Mac optimizes its experience for Mac users. The following fonts are available on both. Office for Windows has generally had a focus on enterprise users, whereas Office:Mac has generally had a focus on consumers. Full list of fonts available in both modern Office for Mac and Office for Windows. Even the Office suite itself was first released on the Mac in 1989, with the Windows version following in 1990. In fact I found it so painfully slow and prone to crashing. Likewise, Excel was first released for the Mac in 1985, and its first Windows version came out in 1987. The difference in my limited experience with Excel on a Mac is that it tends to not be so reliable. The first Windows version came out in 1990, 3 years after it had been available for the Mac. PowerPoint was originally developed by a company called ForeThought, which was acquired by Microsoft after they released their first version. Both PowerPoint and Excel were originally Mac-only applications. It's not accurate that Office was originally designed for Windows. That said, I did leave 3 years ago, so things might have changed since I left. ![]() However, with Excel for Windows, you can connect to the web, tables/ranges, Access, ODBC SQL, PDF, JSON, XML and many others. ![]() With Excel for Mac, you are essentially limited to ODBC SQL, HTML, Text and Database (Microsoft Query). Confusing the issue is that VBA in Windows uses points as. In Windows, screen resolution is 72 dpi (dots per inch) and each dot represents a ‘point’, while pixels are still 96 per inch. On the Mac, it’s 96 dpi, where each dot represents a pixel. I was a user researcher for Office:Mac 20, so I think I'm reasonably qualified to answer this question. Excel for Mac has a limited range of data connections (for connecting to external data) compared to Excel for Windows. From Jon’s website: There is a difference in screen resolution between the two platforms. ![]()
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