Hello everybody!
Used Office 97 Pro up to now, saw no clear reason to change. And then I used a really affordable opportunity to buy a used Office 2003 Pro.
Installed on my St3500418as+E8600+P45+ich10r, it is very fast, that's an excellent surprise. 1/3s to open Word after reboot. Though I didn't try on my PIIIs nor my P1mmx... But the very first hurdle is passed brilliantly.
Now, having tried o2003 briefly (still haven't activated it), I haven't seen real decisive advantages over o97... Do you see some? I mean, better functions for the user. Not compatibilities and file formats, I don't care.
- Dictionaries and spelling correction in several languages, that's nice. But I miss one language, and there's no significant grammar capability.
- User Interface is in one language only, isn't it? Putting more would need an additional GUI, which costs more and seems impossible to obtain for o2003.
- It still gets security patches, but this won't last for o2003 neither, and I don't care anyway.
- Some bugs are improved, like column and page width interactions in Word.
- Diagrams are still as complicated and unnatural in Excel. Formatting in Excel, as well.
- Can the Equation Editor still be used alone? I didn't find it.
- Write-protected individual cells in Excel, may be useful from time to time.
Please refrain from answering "Open Office", I know it already, thanks.
Used Office 97 Pro up to now, saw no clear reason to change. And then I used a really affordable opportunity to buy a used Office 2003 Pro.
Installed on my St3500418as+E8600+P45+ich10r, it is very fast, that's an excellent surprise. 1/3s to open Word after reboot. Though I didn't try on my PIIIs nor my P1mmx... But the very first hurdle is passed brilliantly.
Now, having tried o2003 briefly (still haven't activated it), I haven't seen real decisive advantages over o97... Do you see some? I mean, better functions for the user. Not compatibilities and file formats, I don't care.
- Dictionaries and spelling correction in several languages, that's nice. But I miss one language, and there's no significant grammar capability.
- User Interface is in one language only, isn't it? Putting more would need an additional GUI, which costs more and seems impossible to obtain for o2003.
- It still gets security patches, but this won't last for o2003 neither, and I don't care anyway.
- Some bugs are improved, like column and page width interactions in Word.
- Diagrams are still as complicated and unnatural in Excel. Formatting in Excel, as well.
- Can the Equation Editor still be used alone? I didn't find it.
- Write-protected individual cells in Excel, may be useful from time to time.
Please refrain from answering "Open Office", I know it already, thanks.