MS Excel 2000

I have been using MS Excel both corporately and privately for about 8 years, starting with version 2. I would describe myself as a heavy user, but perhaps not a “power” user, i.e. the management reports I designed and ran were large rather than pioneering in any statistical way. It would be easy for me to list some of the features of Excel 2000 that I think are really neat, but it would be equally easy for someone to point out that this or that facility has existed since version 1, or, worse still, that Lotus 1-2-3 does it better! This has been the whole trouble with MS Office upgrades all along – did we really do any more ...  Read the complete review

I work On IT projects, I have been demonstating and training people, and am fast learning some basic rules over the years. Use the most widely marketed products for whatever problems you need to solve. Microsoft Office 2000 is such a product (and of course Office XP). Within this the most versatile element is the spreadsheet Excel. This one product is capable of many varied tasks. I have had full versions of Lotus Millenium offered to me gratis, but I have left it standing at the side. No other group product comes close to these. Use microsoft because everyone else does! That makes it compatable, you can share skills and information, and microsoft plough so much ...  Read the complete review

I’ve already give my thoughts about the Microsoft Office suite of programs under Word and I’d just summarise here by saying that because the Office suite is so popular and widely used, it’s made all the component parts equally popular and well liked. Word has its detractors, but the Excel spreadsheet application is absolutely peerless and widely acknowledged as such. It stole the lead generated on early doors by Lotus 123 and is now clear market leader in the sphere of office products. It’s one of those industry standard products which generates new users each and every day, although it’s fair to say that the preponderance of ...  Read the complete review

I use Excel everday at work, I am no clever clogs but am quite confident in using Excel, even if we still are only on '97!!!!. This is a very powerful tool which can do some amazing things, especially if used with VB. If you are a novice or complete beginner to spreadsheets don't be put off as this is very user friendly and you will soon be able to work your way around this, especially as there are so many wizards on the way to help you!!!! You customize all your spreadsheets to your way, so each one is unique. I love using Excel it has come along way since the years when I used to use Lotus 123. ...  Read the complete review

There's no questioning that Excel is one very powerful spreadsheet package: the sheer number of features and tools would keep the most dedicated mathematician happy for months. However, it is not without many faults from the 'average' user's point of view. Although you can do pretty much anything with it, it's not always that easy to figure out exactly *how*. The help system isn't much use either. Producing anything but the simplest graphs is also quite difficult. For this price, you might hope that doing the basics could be straightforward. To summarise, Excel is a superb package, but be prepared to spend a lot of time figuring ...  Read the complete review