Excel 2007 beta first impressions

Posted on Thursday, June 29 2006 @ 7:26 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

The Inquirer spend some time with the new beta of Excel 2007 and published their first impressions:

The first thing that caught our eye after using Word was the increased interface consistency between the various applications within the suite. Microsoft has long striven to ensure that the GUI is as common as possible between its Office apps, but this is easily the most consistent suite interface yet. Unfortunately, this means that if you have several applications open, you'll often need to double-check what you've actually got open in front of you.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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Re: Excel 2007 beta first impressions
by Anonymous on Thursday, June 29 2006 @ 9:31 CEST

Should have quoted the best part where the row limits are now changed up to a million plus and the column limits are now 16k plus. THAT has a huge benefit to analysts in a wide variety of areas.

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