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To cut or not to cut - The lousy MS Office ribbon
Carol Haynes:
Bit bizarre that people have to spend $30 to remove the main difference in O2007 - isn't the simpler solution to stick with Office 97/2000/XP/2003 that you used before? What is the point of the upgrade without the ribbon interface? (That's why I am not bothering).
Curt:
Yes, if you are a private user, but most users aren't. They work at the office and don't have a say on what program they are to use, have they.
Grorgy:
I s'pose someday i'll be forced to upgrade, but at $500 or $600 to get the basics or around $1000 for the lot, i'm going to put it off for as long as possible, Office 2003 does all i require and a load more besides, most of which i probably dont even know about :-[
Carol Haynes:
Yes, if you are a private user, but most users aren't. They work at the office and don't have a say on what program they are to use, have they.
-Curt (May 17, 2007, 06:26 PM)
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And most of those Office workers won't be allowed to install extra plugins to revert to a preferred interface anyway!
lanux128:
TechRepublic have this interesting PowerPoint presentation that encourages users to upgrade to Office2007. they also have another presentation that says that "Sticking with Office 2003 is a better choice than Office 2007" but it is only for paying members..
http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx?&docid=295809
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