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Is it worthwhile to upgrade Office 2000 to Office 2003?
Anyone have it? If so, what's worth the upgrade?
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Hi Tim:
Speaking only for Excel, I don't believe that there are any huge differences between 2000 and 2003. In fact, the general consensus seems to be that there's more to dislike in 2003 than any previous version of Excel. This is why I'm sticking with 2002, which IMO is not greatly different from 2000. Just my $0.02, of course. Regards, Vasant "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Anyone have it? If so, what's worth the upgrade? |
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Hi Vasant.
What's to dislike in Excel 2003? "Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message ... Hi Tim: Speaking only for Excel, I don't believe that there are any huge differences between 2000 and 2003. In fact, the general consensus seems to be that there's more to dislike in 2003 than any previous version of Excel. This is why I'm sticking with 2002, which IMO is not greatly different from 2000. Just my $0.02, of course. Regards, Vasant "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Anyone have it? If so, what's worth the upgrade? |
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Is it worthwhile to upgrade Office 2000 to Office 2003?
Hi Tim:
Again, this is second-hand information, but Help is even more abysmal than in 2002. There is also some issue with task panes which I don't fully understand, but people seem to hate it. A few MVPs that I know have uninstalled 2003 and gone back to 2002. John Walkenbach has some information on his site; I don't know if it's been updated since he first wrote it: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/xl2003.htm Hope this helps a bit. Regards, Vasant "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Hi Vasant. What's to dislike in Excel 2003? "Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message ... Hi Tim: Speaking only for Excel, I don't believe that there are any huge differences between 2000 and 2003. In fact, the general consensus seems to be that there's more to dislike in 2003 than any previous version of Excel. This is why I'm sticking with 2002, which IMO is not greatly different from 2000. Just my $0.02, of course. Regards, Vasant "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Anyone have it? If so, what's worth the upgrade? |
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Is it worthwhile to upgrade Office 2000 to Office 2003?
thanks. Doesn't look very promising, sad to say.
Tim "Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message ... Hi Tim: Again, this is second-hand information, but Help is even more abysmal than in 2002. There is also some issue with task panes which I don't fully understand, but people seem to hate it. A few MVPs that I know have uninstalled 2003 and gone back to 2002. John Walkenbach has some information on his site; I don't know if it's been updated since he first wrote it: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/xl2003.htm Hope this helps a bit. Regards, Vasant "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Hi Vasant. What's to dislike in Excel 2003? "Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message ... Hi Tim: Speaking only for Excel, I don't believe that there are any huge differences between 2000 and 2003. In fact, the general consensus seems to be that there's more to dislike in 2003 than any previous version of Excel. This is why I'm sticking with 2002, which IMO is not greatly different from 2000. Just my $0.02, of course. Regards, Vasant "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Anyone have it? If so, what's worth the upgrade? |
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"Tim Zych" wrote...
Anyone have it? If so, what's worth the upgrade? The only real improvements to calculations have been in some of the stats functions. If you don't use 'em, then nothing worth upgrading for calcs. There are SmartTags, which some people may find useful. There are lots more user options, but probably nothing worth upgrading there unless you want to use right-to-left languages. Finally, there are colored worksheet tabs and full pathnames in print headers and footers. |
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Tim,
One aspect that has changed is its integration with .Net, it is far more comprehensive. Not my bag, but it is there. -- HTH RP (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Anyone have it? If so, what's worth the upgrade? |
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Is it worthwhile to upgrade Office 2000 to Office 2003?
I might be more of a casual user, but I don't see a big difference in
day-to-day stuff. Task panes and some other annoying "conveniences" have been added that you will want to immediately turn off or disable - at least you can disable them; On the lighter side, a new printer driver does allow you to print Excel directly to TIFF files. If converting your stuff to a graphical format is a good thing, then that could be helpful. I have found though that MS has added their own format (MDI) that is not compatible with Acrobat (at least as far as I can tell). You can stick to the basic TIFF but then you lose color, so graphs and charts won't look so good. HTH. "Tim Zych" wrote: Hi Vasant. What's to dislike in Excel 2003? "Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message ... Hi Tim: Speaking only for Excel, I don't believe that there are any huge differences between 2000 and 2003. In fact, the general consensus seems to be that there's more to dislike in 2003 than any previous version of Excel. This is why I'm sticking with 2002, which IMO is not greatly different from 2000. Just my $0.02, of course. Regards, Vasant "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Anyone have it? If so, what's worth the upgrade? |
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Is it worthwhile to upgrade Office 2000 to Office 2003?
personally i like the way the function syntax displays as you type a
function (introduced in ver 2002) ... -- Cheers JulieD check out www.hcts.net.au/tipsandtricks.htm ....well i'm working on it anyway "Tim Zych" wrote in message ... Anyone have it? If so, what's worth the upgrade? |
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Is it worthwhile to upgrade Office 2000 to Office 2003?
JulieD wrote...
personally i like the way the function syntax displays as you type a function (introduced in ver 2002) ... .... But that begs the question whether the OP may not be better off finding Office or Excel 2002 rather than 2003. |
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