Excel Data Types Not Working

Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2022-11-13T16:52:41+00:00

Updated 12/19/2022

Data Types are currently not working as expected for all users of Microsoft Excel. The work-around I recommend is to revert to version 16.64.

If you are affected and haven't already done so, please take a moment to notify Microsoft that you are affected by this problem. The way to do it is to use the Menu Bar and choose Help > Feedback > I Don't Like Something. Microsoft uses the Squeaky Wheel method to prioritize bug fixes. The more reports, the higher up the priority list the bug gets. Please do this from the current update of Excel before reverting to 16.64.

To revert to version 16.64:

Use the Menu Bar and choose Help > Check for Updates to launch AutoUpdate

In AutoUpdate, set updates to Manual to prevent AutoUpdate from automatically updating after you revert to the older build.

In Finder, navigate to the Applications folder

Right-click on Microsoft Excel.app and choose Move to Trash

Restart your Mac

Empty the Mac OS Trash

Use this installer to install build 16.64 of Microsoft Excel: Excel

Some users may be able to find a work-around, which is why I am posting this discussion. Some users will be blocked from this due to licensing or IT department restrictions.

There are third-party solutions available. I don't know which ones are great and which ones are less good. I'm hoping people will try them out and reply here with their results and recommendations.

On the Insert tab of the Ribbon choose Add-ins > Get Add-ins.

In the resulting dialog enter the word Stock in the Search field then click the spyglass icon. There are a lot of add-ins available. Let's chat about them in this thread.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-24T22:06:02+00:00

    And we were the unlucky ones. Thankfully, there is a solution being rolled over.

    Kind regards,

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-24T23:57:49+00:00

    To be clear...are we getting an imminent fix to the standalone, non-web, Mac version of Office 365?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-25T02:50:49+00:00

    Has this fix been tested on Mac OS X Ventura 13.2? I see that this OS update is available. I'm still running 13.1 for now.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-26T03:23:04+00:00

    Guessing Steve is off fixing the next issue. Fair enough!

    I took the plunge and upgraded to Excel 16.69.1; and the problem does seem to be fixed and stable. I quit and re-opened Excel app a half dozen times, restarted my Macbook, and Stock data types continues to work so far.

    I'll run the Mac OS X upgrade to 13.2 and share what happens tomorrow.

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