Given that, it is important to know them, especially when you have Mac at home and PC at work (or vice versa). There was a solution: with the latest 16.x release of Microsoft Office for Mac (released on Jan 18, 2018), there are fewer differences between Excel Windows and Mac. However, if you are planning to use some advanced functionality in Excel, you will find that some features just don’t work and there is no clear path for supporting that functionality in Office for Mac. Most users would feel comfortable using Excel for Mac. What is the difference between Excel Windows and Mac?