Originally posted by Actuarial Trainee: Hello, I'm signed up for the ca2 exam in November. The technical requirements state you need excel 2007. I intend to sit this exam at work and we have excel 2013 do you know if this is ok to use? Our office never use excel 2007 so we don't have a copy and my it department inform me you can't buy it anymore. Help please?
You're absolutely right, the Institute's Guide to CA2 does say you need to use Office 2007. However, the instructions on the actual examinations say that all files must be saved in the Office 2007 format (ie .xlsx and .docx). So it' okay to use Office 2013, as long as you don't use any of the new functions or features that aren't available in Office 2007. And no, I'm not going to list the differences The Guide to CA2 points out which Excel functions students are expected to be familiar with; stick to those and you'll be fine.
