Trials and tribulations with Microsoft Excel.

[rpmurray]

I'm running into performance problems with Microsoft Excel and am posting here to see if it's just me or others are seeing this. I'm running into two issues.

When I open spreadsheets that I've created using other apps, they open in zoomed mode the first time I open them on the Mac. I'm OK with this. But if I create a new workbook in Excel or download a spreadsheet then it opens as a small window in the lower left corner of the screen. Like so:

Which I then need to drag up and expand so I can see the cells. I'd prefer that it either opens in zoomed mode or at least more in the center of the display. Is there a way to set the default behavior for this?

The other issue is that when I paste cells, or click to select a different worksheet in the tabs at the bottom of the workbook, I get the spinning beachball for five or ten seconds before I can do anything else.

This is on an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7 with 128 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 running Monterey 12.3.1 and Microsoft Excel version 16.65 (22091101). I have literally heaps of RAM and storage available so it's not a lack of resources. Anyone else seeing this? I don't really use the other Office apps and this does not happen with any other app I'm running.

 

[velocityg4]

In Windows. MS Excel seems to remember the last new window size. If for example. I make a new workbook, move the window down, manually make it small in size, then close it. If I open Excel again. It starts off in the same position and size.

So, to avoid issues. Try closing all workbooks and create a new one. It'll open small. Manually resize it and change position (don't hit the maximize button). Close the workbook without saving. Create a new workbook. If it behaves like in Windows. That new workbook should be in the larger size and new position of the one you just closed.