Comments on: Excel 2007 – slick interface

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:11:51 +0000

Neither am I Zoli – thank goodness! i’ve never understood the reliance on spreadsheets where a rpeorting application would do the job more easily and professionally.

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:34:41 +0000

I feel so releived: this will be the first version of MS Office I really don’t have to buy. I’m already using Writely, and by the time MS releases their bloatware, I’m sure one of the Web-based Excel-replacements will be good enough for me.
Of course I am not a heavy-weight Excel user…

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:53:46 +0000

Interesting – is Excel seen as cost effective as it comes bundled? As an aside,would you like me to tell the story of the FS business that over paid Â£135 million because of spreadsheet error? Oops – just told it.

So if your role is about reducing reliance, what other tools are you considering? Seen Applix TM/1? That’s one I like – intuitive for Excel fans.

By: alastair

alastair — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:42:30 +0000

from a personal perspective not much – but for the large corporates probably it would be price, support and how easy it is to roll out to a large population of workstations (we have circa 600).

I work in a middle sized financal services organisation, and we tend to use Excel as a reporting tool, and although my role includes reducing reliance on Excel I can’t see us investing much time in other reporting tools. Office 2000 has enough to meet most demands and there are other mosre significant issues than replacing Office. So if the licencing was cheaper or they stop supporting office 2000 then yes, but otherwise unlikely.

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:51:04 +0000

Alastair: interesting question – what would it take for you to be persuaded to move forward?

By: alastair

alastair — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:43:14 +0000

the graph bars in cells and the traffic light symbols look very good. Not sure about the stuff they are saying about the new menu system – wonder how intuitive it will be. Pleased to see that they are still developing Access. But it is 2006 now and I am still using Office 2000, and loving it!

By: Jason Holden

Jason Holden — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:36:11 +0000

I like the look of them, very much a futuristic look, but then i like that kind of look if i’m honest, just concerned after mastering the old and trusted excel i’ll have to start again, and on that front i’m not so keen I have to admit.

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:46:20 +0000

Sorry about that Alastair – fixed – much better representation now

By: alastair

alastair — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:28:20 +0000

The enlargement is smaller than the original. Wonder if that is true of Excel 2007? Does it make the tea yet?