Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in excel for mac

Last updated: July, 2021

Excel for Mac crashes and slow performance

• [FIXED] Excel does not respond when using "Save as Picture"

• [WORKAROUND] Excel prompts you to grant access to files and then hangs or shows a warning that it cannot open the .xlsx file because the format or extension is not valid

Known issues, changed functionality, and blocked or discontinued features

• [SUSPENDED] Excel 2D Map Charts are suspended for China

• "Variable uses an Automation type not supported" error in Visual Basic editor in Excel for Mac

• Can't export a SharePoint list to Excel for Mac

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