GraphPad Prism 5.0
Windows and Mac Differences
The main difference is that the Mac version does not support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE):
- When you copy and paste a graph created with Prism Windows into another program such as Word or PowerPoint, you can embed an entire Prism object or paste a link to the Prism file. You can then double-click on the graph from within Word or PowerPoint to edit the graph with Prism. Since the Mac OS does not support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), you can only paste a picture of a Prism graph into another program. Double-clicking on the pasted graph does not launch Prism.
- Prism Windows can embed objects (for example, equations) created by other programs. You double-click on an object to edit with the program that created it. Prismfor Macintosh, however, does not support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). With Prism Mac, you can copy and paste pictures from another program, but you need to go back to the original file in order to edit with the other program.
- When you paste Excel data, Prism Windows can embed the entire workbook within Prism, or maintain a link between Prism and the Excel file. With Prism Mac, you simply paste the values from Excel. Prism Mac cannot maintain a link to the Excel file.
- With Prism Windows, you can press one button to send a graph (or layout) to PowerPoint or Word. We were not able to build these buttons into the Mac version, so instead you need to the steps sequentially: copy the graph to the clipboard, switch to PowerPoint, insert a new slide, and paste. However you can send to Keynote with one click.