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Do I need the latest excel program?
I have excel 97. Do I really need to update to a new program? (I don't have
alot of usage for excel). |
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wrote in : I have excel 97. Do I really need to update to a new program? (I don't have alot of usage for excel). If you feel that you can do everything that is needed, why would you? -- It is I, DeauDeau (Free after monsieur Leclerc in 'Allo, 'allo) |
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adphillips wrote:
I have excel 97. Do I really need to update to a new program? (I don't have alot of usage for excel). ---------------------------------------- If it does what you want, you don't need to upgrade IMHO. I'm personally still using 97. Whenever I have problems I always flirt with upgrading, but in the end my problems always turn out to be my own mistakes, not Excel's. I might benefit from a brain RAM upgrade, but so far not from an Excel upgrade. Bill |
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adphillips -
I have excel 97. Do I really need to update to a new program? (I don't have alot of usage for excel). < You probably don't need to upgrade, but you should be sure that you're using Excel 97 SR-2 (which fixed many original bugs). If your Help About doesn't show SR-2, go to Microsoft's web site and download the free update. - Mike www.mikemiddleton.com |
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Depends on what you care about. The MS Knowledge Base would have
information about new features. http://support.microsoft.com/search/...features+Excel http://support.microsoft.com/search/...features+Excel http://support.microsoft.com/search/...features+Excel Also search the google archives for threads on new features in the various subsequent Excel releases. Some general comments (based on what I care about): - Excel 97 supports the same number of rows and columns in a worksheet as later versions - There are not many new worksheet functions in later versions - Help is significantly slower in 2003, but attempts to search the web for updated information - Later versions crash less frequently - Excel 2002 and later allows you to auto recover your work if Excel does crash - Excel 2002 and later has enhanced error checking to identify text that only looks like numbers, ambiguous dates, inconsistent formulas in a region, unlocked cells containing formulas, etc. - Excel 2003 significantly improves a number of probability and statistics calculations, but still has a ways to go. - Excel 2003 offers a significantly improved random number generator (worksheet only, not ATP or VBA) - Excel 2000 adds a VBA Round function that uses ASTM rounding (round exactly 5 to produce an even rounded number) I'm sure others have other new features that they care about. If you don't care about the new features, then you won't find the upgrade to be worth the money, but as Mike counseled, you should be sure that you have the latest patches for whatever version you end up using. Jerry adphillips wrote: I have excel 97. Do I really need to update to a new program? (I don't have alot of usage for excel). |
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