Excel 2008 and analysis toolpack   

Hello,

I've just upgraded from Office X (macintosh) to Office 2008, and notice 
that the Analysis Toolpack doesn't seem to be available for Excel 
anymore.  Can anyone confirm this?  Or, if it is available, how do I 
find the Add-In?  I must say that 90% of the reason I use Excel is for 
the data analysis tools that it provides, and will be very unhappy if MS 
has decided not to support these tools for the Macintosh.

-- 
D. Power
"I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his 
own way."
-Robert Frost

date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:24:16 -0600   author:   D. Power lid

Re: Excel 2008 and analysis toolpack   

Hi Robert,

<will be very unhappy if MS has decided not to support these tools for the Macintosh>

I'm afraid that's exactly what they did. This has been discussed in length in the excel Mac user group:

microsoft.public.mac.office.excel

There seem to be good alternatives, so a search in these groups might help you.

-- 
Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"D. Power" <powerd@pcisys.net.invalid> wrote in message news:powerd-FB2CED.13241618062008@news.pcisys.net...
| Hello,
|
| I've just upgraded from Office X (macintosh) to Office 2008, and notice
| that the Analysis Toolpack doesn't seem to be available for Excel
| anymore.  Can anyone confirm this?  Or, if it is available, how do I
| find the Add-In?  I must say that 90% of the reason I use Excel is for
| the data analysis tools that it provides, and will be very unhappy if MS
| has decided not to support these tools for the Macintosh.
|
| -- 
| D. Power
| "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his
| own way."
| -Robert Frost

date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:43:34 +0200   author:   Niek Otten

Re: Excel 2008 and analysis toolpack   

In article <#t7wUuX0IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
 "Niek Otten"  wrote:

> Hi Robert,
> 
> <will be very unhappy if MS has decided not to support these tools for the 
> Macintosh>
> 
> I'm afraid that's exactly what they did. This has been discussed in length in 
> the excel Mac user group:
> 
> microsoft.public.mac.office.excel
> 
> There seem to be good alternatives, so a search in these groups might help 
> you.


Ah, yes, I found those discussions in the archives, thank you for that 
pointer.  Unhappy doesn't really convey my displeasure with MS on this 
matter, just add it to the list, I guess.

P.S.  I'm not Robert--would that I were--the quote is from Robert Frost, 
on of the greatest American poets.

D.P.

-- 
D. Power
"I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his 
own way."
-Robert Frost

date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:32:42 -0600   author:   D. Power lid

Re: Excel 2008 and analysis toolpack   

>>on of the greatest American poets.

And a hell of a good fence mender!

-- 
Jim
"D. Power" <powerd@pcisys.net.invalid> wrote in message 
news:powerd-B2480B.14324118062008@news.pcisys.net...
| In article <#t7wUuX0IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
| "Niek Otten"  wrote:
|
| > Hi Robert,
| >
| > <will be very unhappy if MS has decided not to support these tools for 
the
| > Macintosh>
| >
| > I'm afraid that's exactly what they did. This has been discussed in 
length in
| > the excel Mac user group:
| >
| > microsoft.public.mac.office.excel
| >
| > There seem to be good alternatives, so a search in these groups might 
help
| > you.
|
|
| Ah, yes, I found those discussions in the archives, thank you for that
| pointer.  Unhappy doesn't really convey my displeasure with MS on this
| matter, just add it to the list, I guess.
|
| P.S.  I'm not Robert--would that I were--the quote is from Robert Frost,
| on of the greatest American poets.
|
| D.P.
|
| -- 
| D. Power
| "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his
| own way."
| -Robert Frost

date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:51:58 -0400   author:   Jim Rech

Re: Excel 2008 and analysis toolpack   

Hi,
I was looking for this feature too since I needed for some work for a class.
I read several articles on technet and other websites that confirmed your
suspicions. For right now it doesn't seem like microsoft is going to make
this available. 


On 6/18/08 2:24 PM, in article powerd-FB2CED.13241618062008@news.pcisys.net,
"D. Power" <powerd@pcisys.net.invalid> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've just upgraded from Office X (macintosh) to Office 2008, and notice
> that the Analysis Toolpack doesn't seem to be available for Excel
> anymore.  Can anyone confirm this?  Or, if it is available, how do I
> find the Add-In?  I must say that 90% of the reason I use Excel is for
> the data analysis tools that it provides, and will be very unhappy if MS
> has decided not to support these tools for the Macintosh.

date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:50:23 -0500   author:   Bryan Snow