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Excel 2007 trial edition running under Vista Home Premium, 2GB RAM, T7200
processor.
Attempted to open a big* spreadsheet saved from Excell 2002 and was told
that the macros were corrupted (and sheet display was incorrect)
* Big = 63MB on disk; 256 cols, ~4000 rows; 128 cols contain simple
reference formulae, e.g. =$A$20; 128 cols containing 160 chars of text each
cell; ~300,000 drawn arrows between cells
Re-opened the same file in Excel 2002 and it's all just fine.
Additional issues...
1. Opening in Excel 2007, Excel peaked at 1.6GB (!) private memory usage; pc
ground to a halt as memory utilisation reached 93-95% overall [Excel 2002
peaked at about 90MB]
2. Even without the "corrupt" macros Excel did not correctly display the
spreadsheet, initial view 10% scale, no sign of the drawn arrows
3. Vista incorrectly indicates Excel "not responding" - true in one respect,
but Excel certainly not dead just very very busy... problem common to Office
apps generally... need a better mechanism for detecting dead apps
4. My god was it slow! Even after allowance for up-front virus scanning, I
estimate Excel XP as 3-5 faster (and more accurate!) in opening the document
Net result, Excel 2007 20x memory usage, at most 1/3 speed and incorrect
with respect to Excel 2002.
Doesn't bode very well for the "trial" does it?
Julian Moore
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Excel 2007 trial edition running under Vista Home Premium, 2GB RAM, T7200
processor.
Attempted to open a big* spreadsheet saved from Excell 2002 and was told
that the macros were corrupted (and sheet display was incorrect)
* Big = 63MB on disk; 256 cols, ~4000 rows; 128 cols contain simple
reference formulae, e.g. =$A$20; 128 cols containing 160 chars of text each
cell; ~300,000 drawn arrows between cells
Re-opened the same file in Excel 2002 and it's all just fine.
Additional issues...
1. Opening in Excel 2007, Excel peaked at 1.6GB (!) private memory usage; pc
ground to a halt as memory utilisation reached 93-95% overall [Excel 2002
peaked at about 90MB]
2. Even without the "corrupt" macros Excel did not correctly display the
spreadsheet, initial view 10% scale, no sign of the drawn arrows
3. Vista incorrectly indicates Excel "not responding" - true in one respect,
but Excel certainly not dead just very very busy... problem common to Office
apps generally... need a better mechanism for detecting dead apps
4. My god was it slow! Even after allowance for up-front virus scanning, I
estimate Excel XP as 3-5 faster (and more accurate!) in opening the document
Net result, Excel 2007 20x memory usage, at most 1/3 speed and incorrect
with respect to Excel 2002.
Doesn't bode very well for the "trial" does it?
Julian Moore
----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...4878aab&dg=microsoft.public.excel.crashesgpfs
