Comments on: FAQ: Looking into Office 12

Here's what you can expect from Microsoft's radical revamp of Office, due next year.

but...

us mac users already have many of these features in Office 2004.

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=office2004demo

This is so sad. Windows users don't even realize that even the Mac
version of Office is better....

[Christopher Hall]

It's called "cheap market research"

Don't you see that Microsoft is using you? You get a great product, Microsoft sees that it's well received, then they groom it for mass-market.

Come to think of it, Apple does ALL of Microsoft's cheap market research. Windows users should be more grateful.

but...

us mac users already have many of these features in Office 2004.

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=office2004demo

This is so sad. Windows users don't even realize that even the Mac
version of Office is better....

[Christopher Hall]

It's called "cheap market research"

Don't you see that Microsoft is using you? You get a great product, Microsoft sees that it's well received, then they groom it for mass-market.

Come to think of it, Apple does ALL of Microsoft's cheap market research. Windows users should be more grateful.

Really?

I see your link, but I'm afraid I don't see ANY evidence of your statement. Just where does it say all those features are already available? Oh wait--it doesn't. Perhaps you should the article again and note the completely new UI. Sorry, the Mac version doesn't have this.

Really?

I see your link, but I'm afraid I don't see ANY evidence of your statement. Just where does it say all those features are already available? Oh wait--it doesn't. Perhaps you should the article again and note the completely new UI. Sorry, the Mac version doesn't have this.

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Word 2.0 was the best version

Excepting the inline autocorrection and spell checking there's nothing that's been done or added to Word since then that I've found useful.

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Word 2.0 was the best version

Excepting the inline autocorrection and spell checking there's nothing that's been done or added to Word since then that I've found useful.

[Captain_Spock]

Economic Rate of Return (ERR) Functionalities...

While I have not yet had a chance to test run both Open Office 2.0 and the upcoming Microsoft's Office 12 productivity suite -- I can only hope that this time around either of them has Economic Rate of Return (ERR) Functionalities integrated into their spreadsheet application or I would be so, so, so, soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo disappointed after all these years of waiting. Would anyone happen to know!

[Captain_Spock]

Economic Rate of Return (ERR) Functionalities...

While I have not yet had a chance to test run both Open Office 2.0 and the upcoming Microsoft's Office 12 productivity suite -- I can only hope that this time around either of them has Economic Rate of Return (ERR) Functionalities integrated into their spreadsheet application or I would be so, so, so, soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo disappointed after all these years of waiting. Would anyone happen to know!