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Whats really new that most people will use?

For most users, MS Office 4.3 would do quite well except it didn't support long file names I think. Even then I doubt they would use even half of the features offered.

Now you power Office users, well as far as word goes you probably wouldn't use much more than the average user. Excel is different, you may be one of those accounting types who create finely crafted spreadsheets for joust about everything and use many of the offered features. How about the professional writers like the ones who start these blogs and write books. Well most professional(real) writers I've come across didn't use word, they used text editors and outline editors, some even had spell checkers. The were not so much interested in the appearance but more interested in the content, something sadly lacking in recent publications.

I have setup several software systems which purport to provide "Collaborative" support and the organizations were really intent of using these features, however I have yet to ever see anyone use them. It's always turned out that it's better for those collaborating to take them selves off somewhere and work together as needed. So far the best collaborative tools are the telephone and email.

The fact is that much of what is offered even in Office 97 is far more than anyone really needs to perform their tasks. Subsequent versions have mainly corrected flaws in previous versions and added new flaws with the new and little used features.

Posted by: Gravitas@...   Posted on: 09/20/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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