Office 12 /Office 2007 Finally got mine

[XLGibbs]

FINALLY, I have office 2007.

I really like the new excel, but it will likely be 2020 before our company would approve the upgrade.

The new Access is way different (and way better IMO) so far, at least the user interface is...

Can't wait to start playing with VBA in the new Excel. As we all know, using .rows.count is still hard to get used to instead of 65536 ..

At least I can "test" stuff on 2007 for backwards compatibility (or is forwards, ugh).

[Zack Barresse]

It's a whole new world my friend. :)

[Ken Puls]

I've played with it a bit, but finally installed a version as my primary Office application on my laptop.

I really like the new conditional formatting design first and foremost. It still is proving a bit difficult to find some of the things I'm used to using though. ;)

[Bob Phillips]

I am just buying a new laptop, 2007 will go straight onto that with 2003 as a secondary system.

Can't say I am yet enamoured by it, it smacks too much of a corporate grand plan to me, but we'll see.

[XLGibbs]

I like all of them from what I have seen. Not enamored, but some of the formatting and new toolbar styles seem easy to use.

I won't be able to do too much with them since work is still on 2000. When I get my own laptop, 2007 will be default.

Corporate grand plan XLD? Elaborate.,..

[Bob Phillips]

Corporate grand plan XLD? Elaborate.,..

By this I am referring to Microsoft's 'MS knows best' attitude, where they try to enforce something regardless of what the world thinks. Just look at the whole DotNet thing, it is farcical at the moment, some good tools, but MS's insistence on sticking to its grand design but still have to react to realities has left us with a real hodge-podge of products, etc.

I see the whole ribbon issue as part of the same thing. If the Excel develoipers (who have done somne great stuff with Excel) had been designing it reather than the Office team, I am sure it would be far mor customisable.

[XLGibbs]

By this I am referring to Microsoft's 'MS knows best' attitude, where they try to enforce something regardless of what the world thinks. Just look at the whole DotNet thing, it is farcical at the moment, some good tools, but MS's insistence on sticking to its grand design but still have to react to realities has left us with a real hodge-podge of products, etc.

I see the whole ribbon issue as part of the same thing. If the Excel develoipers (who have done somne great stuff with Excel) had been designing it reather than the Office team, I am sure it would be far mor customisable.

Oh yeah, I agree with all that.