Differences between Calculate and Excel

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Differences between Calculate and Excel

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This section provides a list of the most significant differences between Calculate and Excel:

General differences

Calculate is unable to execute macros and VBA scripts stored in Excel documents. If you open an Excel file that contains macros or scripts, they will be ignored.

However, Calculate will not remove them – if the file is saved in Excel format, the macros and scripts will remain functional.

Arithmetic functions

Some of Calculate's arithmetic functions are not supported by Excel (and vice versa). If you open or save a document in Excel format, a warning message will be displayed if the file contains incompatible arithmetic functions. For more information, see Opening and saving Excel files.