Excel 2003 question about help menu

[JLH]

I use Excel 2003 OFF-LINE. I find myself extremely limited and
frustrated with the "menu approach" that it uses as well as the set
number of items it will display as the result of a keyword search.

The main problem for me ATM is that I know that the functions are
categorized into say eight categories, e.g., text, but I don't always
remember all of them. In the past, a search in Help would return a
list of those categories from which I could quickly and easily navigate
around to doublecheck my understanding. Search results in Excel 2003
are erratic, and trying to find the list of categories has been
unsuccessful.

Can the Help section of Excel 2003 be reconfigured to work like the
older Excel 2000? How does one remove the 20 (default???) limit of
results generated by a search?

Thanks,

John

 

[ND Pard]

I don't have a solution.

I just wanted to put my two cents worth in too.

I think the old "Help" was great. We migrated from Excel 2000 to Excel 2007
and I think the new "Help" is S#?T!

Why did they mess up such a good thing.

Now'a days, it seems the ONLY way to really get help from Excel is if you
know how the type in the exact topic or reference in 'Help' ... otherwise,
get ready to waste you time.

Personally, I seldom use Excel help anymore because it is so bad. Instead,
I turn to the internet and do searches or ask help from the various news
groups (such as this one).

In my opinion ... Excel took a major step backward with their new 'Help'!