Good use of color is obviously key to good visualization, and Excel 2007
uses color way better than Excel 2003. You said I could "change the
palette." Never mind that selecting colors is a skill I don't have: in
2003
I would have to, and in 2007 I don't -- so that's an improvement.

You're correct. The themes are an improvement over the earlier palettes. So
far I've found that the themes are harder to automate, but I may get better
as I gain understanding of the underlying methodologies. Too bad the
documentation is so vague.

"Office-wide charts." You said in 3 words what took me 30. :-) Another
big improvement.

The lack of programmability of these objects in other applications makes
this a big step backward. If you don't care about programmability, then it
doesn't matter to you. I do care about programmability.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
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