new excel 2003

[Hg]

I work in a small office and wonder if we should buy the
new Excel 2003 to upgrade from Excel 2000 that we are
currently using. I cannot find anywhere that tells me what
the upgrades are. I also want to find some support I can
get to explain the differences. thnx

 

[John Wilson]

Hg,

It's probably not worth the price of the upgrade.
There's really not much more that you can do with 2003
that you can't do in 2000.

One of the Excel gurus who has written some excellent
books on Excel (including 2003) has a review on his
web site.

Take a look here:

http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/xl2003.htm

John

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

No.. No need to do that.. I would certainly not do it unless I had to teach
Excel.
The changes are really not very big and mainly cosmetic. At least I would
wait
until I could find a better price for a version that has the first service
pack included, that way
I would avoid some bugs.. A new MS Office is priced between 239 and 499
depending on the package
and if it is an upgrade or not, since you have 2000 I guess it would be an
upgrade.

 

[jaf]

XP is required for Excel/Office2003.


--
John
johnf 202 at hotmail dot com


| I work in a small office and wonder if we should buy the
| new Excel 2003 to upgrade from Excel 2000 that we are
| currently using. I cannot find anywhere that tells me what
| the upgrades are. I also want to find some support I can
| get to explain the differences. thnx

 

[Lady Layla]

Actually not.

You have to have Windows 2000 or above


: XP is required for Excel/Office2003.
:
:
: --
: John
: johnf 202 at hotmail dot com
:
:
: : | I work in a small office and wonder if we should buy the
: | new Excel 2003 to upgrade from Excel 2000 that we are
: | currently using. I cannot find anywhere that tells me what
: | the upgrades are. I also want to find some support I can
: | get to explain the differences. thnx
:
:

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi!

Agreed! See:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/sysreq.mspx
"Microsoft Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows XP, or
later"

For differences between versions according to Microsoft see:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/compare.mspx

My personal view is that heavy users might find upgrading useful and
that an office should have one version of Excel XP or 2003 because of
better capability of restoring corrupt files.

A good general review can be found at:

http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/MS_Office/4520-3513_16-5092597-1.html

--
Regards
Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia
(e-mail address removed)
Excel and Word Function Lists (Classifications, Syntax and Arguments)
available free to good homes.

 

[jaf]

OK.
I know the beta version of FP'03 was XP only. Aparently the've change that
with the release.


--
John
johnf 202 at hotmail dot com


| Hi!
|
| Agreed! See:
| http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/sysreq.mspx
| "Microsoft Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows XP, or
| later"
|
| For differences between versions according to Microsoft see:
|
| http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/compare.mspx
|
| My personal view is that heavy users might find upgrading useful and
| that an office should have one version of Excel XP or 2003 because of
| better capability of restoring corrupt files.
|
| A good general review can be found at:
|
| http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/MS_Office/4520-3513_16-5092597-1.html
|
| --
| Regards
| Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
| Sydney, Australia
| (e-mail address removed)
| Excel and Word Function Lists (Classifications, Syntax and Arguments)
| available free to good homes.
|
|

 

[Harlan Grove]

My personal view is that heavy users might find upgrading useful and
that an office should have one version of Excel XP or 2003 because of
better capability of restoring corrupt files.

A good general review can be found at:

http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/MS_Office/4520-3513_16-5092597-1.html

General is perhaps the only positive adjective that could be used. Rather
light on the details, isn't it?

For many cases, OpenOffice will recover corrupt .XLS file, and it's a free
download. Even so, if file recovery is the reason for a purchase, Excel 2002
(XP) would be the more economical choise - still available through
alternative channels, much cheaper than Excel 2003.

That said, for general spreadsheet use, there's little in Excel 2002, much
less Excel 2003, that warrants an upgrade from Excel 2000.