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How to troubleshoot formatting issues in Word for Mac, Excel for Mac, and PowerPoint for Mac documents
How to troubleshoot formatting issues in Word for Mac, Excel for Mac, and PowerPoint for Mac.
How to use conditional formatting to shade every other row in Excel
This article describes how to use conditional formatting to shade every other row in an Excel spreadsheet.
Information about how to work with Open XML Format files in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Explains how to work with Open XML Format files in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. Also lists known issues with working with Open XML Format files.

MS08-072: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word could allow remote code execution
Resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Outlook that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) file.
MS08-014: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel could allow remote code execution
Resolves reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel that could allow remote code execution.
MS08-074: Vulnerabilities in Office Excel could allow remote code execution
Resolves vulnerabilities in Office Excel that that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file.

Last digits are changed to zeroes when you type long numbers in cells of Excel
Describes that Excel can store only 15 significant digits in a number. If the number that you type contains more than 15 digits, any digits past the fifteenth digit is changed to zero. Format the number as text to work around this problem.
"SYLK: File format is not valid" error message when you open a file in Excel for Mac
When you try to open a text or comma separated variable (CSV) file, you receive the following error message: SYLK: File format is not valid This problem occurs when you open a text or CSV file and the first two characters of the file are the...
Text that is formatted in Outline format is printed in bold when you print a worksheet in Excel 2004 for Mac
Describes a printing problem. Text in outline format is printed in bold.