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Office 2007 Ultimate student deal
2007-09-14, 1:19 PM #41
Originally posted by Impi:
It's not new for Windows Update to notify you of an update for Windows Update. Why didn't they do that?

Yes it is. The only time this happened (that I can remember) is when they released the new Microsoft Installer software, and a new ActiveX control was needed for updates through IE.
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2007-09-14, 4:08 PM #42
Originally posted by Emon:
Not many, because until 2007, the interface was awful and had many functions hidden in subtree upon subtree of drop down menus.

Office has more features, is much more well implemented, faster, easier to use (useful help files, what a marvel!), better interface (especially 2007), cleaner, faster, easier to use, did I say faster?


Granted, MSoffice is faster, although I would expect that given that the company that makes the office suite is the same company that makes the operating system, and the office dev team probably has ways of optimizing their code that no one else knows about.

Also, Openoffice is progressing rapidly in its development; Version 2 was a significant leap over version 1. Version 3 is probably going to be even better than 2 was, so its only a matter of time before OO.o catches up withMSoffice.

You may say whatever you want about Openoffice, but it is light years ahead of anything MS gives you for "free" in a default stand-alone Windows install (surely you aren't going to say that Wordpad is better than OO Writer, are you?)
2007-09-14, 4:15 PM #43
i used openoffice a while back before i obtained ms office. i actually really hated it. the program felt slow, and ms office seemed much more polished. of course, with the money ms spends on developing office, it's no surprise.
2007-09-14, 5:50 PM #44
OpenOffice doesn't have the Ribbon.

Office wins.
2007-09-14, 6:01 PM #45
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
OpenOffice doesn't have the Ribbon.

Office wins.


I also know quite a few people who despise the ribbon, since it makes them learn a new UI. What's your point?

The ribbon doesn't really make office "better" since it is a pro in the eyes of some and a con in the eyes of others.
2007-09-14, 6:07 PM #46
Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS:
I also know quite a few people who despise the ribbon, since it makes them learn a new UI. What's your point?

Because it's easy to learn, and once you have done so, usage is much faster.

Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS:
although I would expect that given that the company that makes the office suite is the same company that makes the operating system, and the office dev team probably has ways of optimizing their code that no one else knows about.

Uh, no? It mostly uses the Win32 API, which is very well documented and publicly available.
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2007-09-14, 6:30 PM #47
Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS:
I also know quite a few people who despise the ribbon, since it makes them learn a new UI. What's your point?

The ribbon doesn't really make office "better" since it is a pro in the eyes of some and a con in the eyes of others.


Of course people hate change. People hated the change from Windows 3.1 to 95, hated the change from 2000 to XP, hated the change from XP to Vista.

But they'll get used to it, because it's straight up a better interface.
2007-09-17, 2:55 PM #48
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
OpenOffice doesn't have the Ribbon.

Office wins.


what is Ribbon?
2007-09-17, 3:02 PM #49
Originally posted by Wikipedia:

The Ribbon, a panel that houses the command buttons and icons, organizes commands as a set of Tabs, each grouping relevant commands. Each application has a different set of tabs which expose the functionality that application offers. For example, while Excel has a tab for the Graphing capabilities, Word does not feature the same; instead it has tabs to control the formatting of a text document. Within each tab, various related options may be grouped together. The Ribbon is designed to make the features of the application more discoverable and accessible with fewer mouse clicks[6] as compared to the menu-based UI used until Office 2007.

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2007-09-17, 7:30 PM #50
In other words they totally redesigned the interface and it is so totally awesome.
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