I bought it for the “sparklines” feature and was really shocked at how useless they were. There is only one way to use them, they lack any flexibility, and are like a jpeg, not a chart.
Besides that, there isn’t much new. I bought it because they said it fixed the bugs with VBA script and charting. Believe me, nothing has changed.
Our business is going to freeware because the amount you have to pay for MS applications and the increasing lack of support for their products (not having a help file? Puulllleeeeaaase!!)lend me to want to go that way, even though I know I would have to have MS for some things.
I’m tired of having to buy “Bibles” to figure out MS products, and then really having to do it myself in the end. I learn more on the internet than I do from MS, or Bibles.
Buy it if you have to have the latest or greatest, but it’s not much of an improvement over 2007 and it has even more compatability issues.
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I’ve been using Excel for roughly 20 years. When I got my new PC with Windows 7, this version of Excel was loaded. At first, it seems this version has more features, which is fine. But when it comes to actually USING this software, get ready to fume. What used to take 2 steps now takes about 10. It’s SO un-user-friendly compared to the older, XP, version that I’m about to just junk it.
Poor job Excel. You took a simplistic, easy to use program and turned it into a confusing mess.
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Excel is Great, but is this a giant leap forward? No.,
I bought it for the “sparklines” feature and was really shocked at how useless they were. There is only one way to use them, they lack any flexibility, and are like a jpeg, not a chart.
Besides that, there isn’t much new. I bought it because they said it fixed the bugs with VBA script and charting. Believe me, nothing has changed.
Our business is going to freeware because the amount you have to pay for MS applications and the increasing lack of support for their products (not having a help file? Puulllleeeeaaase!!)lend me to want to go that way, even though I know I would have to have MS for some things.
I’m tired of having to buy “Bibles” to figure out MS products, and then really having to do it myself in the end. I learn more on the internet than I do from MS, or Bibles.
Buy it if you have to have the latest or greatest, but it’s not much of an improvement over 2007 and it has even more compatability issues.
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I’ve been using Excel for roughly 20 years. When I got my new PC with Windows 7, this version of Excel was loaded. At first, it seems this version has more features, which is fine. But when it comes to actually USING this software, get ready to fume. What used to take 2 steps now takes about 10. It’s SO un-user-friendly compared to the older, XP, version that I’m about to just junk it.
Poor job Excel. You took a simplistic, easy to use program and turned it into a confusing mess.
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