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Partha Kempanna
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Nov 05, 2021

Excel in Mac Complex Script Text is Broken

Complex scripts such as Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam are failing in excel in mac

 

Formula bar, Drop drop list is displaying correctly

 

But all cell view are displaying broken text.

 

Office version 16.54

OS Monterey 12.0.1 build: 21A559

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  • Partha Kempanna's avatar
    Partha Kempanna
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 10, 2021

    I tested with different machine

     

    1.

    Intel based machine, Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7

    MS office 16.54 (21101001), Excel fails to display text correctly

     

    2.

    Apple Silicon based machine, Mac OS Monterey 12.0.1 build: 21A559

    MS Office 16.54 (21101001), Excel fails to display text correctly

     

    3.

    Apple Silicon based machine, Mac OS Monterey 12.0.1 build: 21A559

    MS Office 16.42 (20101102), Excel fails to display text correctly

     

    4.

    Apple Silicon based machine, Mac OS Monterey 12.0.1 build: 21A559

    MS Office 16.34 (20020900), Excel displays text correctly

     

    5.

    Intel based machine, Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7

    MS office 16.34 (20020900), Excel displays text correctly

     

    So, excel has stopped displaying complex text correctly after 16.34 (20020900), before 16.42 (20101102)

     

    It is not OS dependent, it not processor architecture dependent (x86 vs arm) 

    • Partha Kempanna's avatar
      Partha Kempanna
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 10, 2021

      However, in version 16.34 (20020900) in Apple Silicon processor,

       

      Text in address bar is broken

      But in the cell, text is display correctly

      Dropdown menu also displays the text correctly.

       

      So, it is inherently, there is a serious bug in Excel with complex texts. such as Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and other Indic scripts.

       

       

       

       

       

       

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