Microsoft Access 2007

- 3 years ago

No mention of "64-bit". Is it faster? Does it support million-row spreadsheets; databases beyond 2 gig; etc?

- 3 years ago

wonder how much Microsoft paid for the add on the right and the (sloppy) product review on the left ...hope they got some kind of bulk discount :

waterbug - 3 years ago

The question about 64-bit support is a good one. Microsoft says that right now there are no specific plans to announce a 64-bit version of Office 2007; however, the 32-bit version does work on the 64-bit platform using the Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit (WoW64) emulation layer

- 3 years ago

The section here about "Handling Open XML Documents" says nothing about Macs. I realize this is a PC magazine, but it would be helpful to know how non-Microsoft Mac office suites handle the new file formats as well.

- 3 years ago

[quote name='davidsco27']Yawn. Ho Hum. Oooooh, ribbons and floating toolbars!!! HOW EXCITING!!! <BIG YAWN> Office '97 STILL does what 90% of office users need it to do. BIG DEAL and WHO CARES??? WHAT A WASTE. Ahhh.... an entire industry built on obscilesnce!! (if I could only spell obscilesence!!)

- 3 years ago

[quote name='adollar28cents']The section here about "Handling Open XML Documents" says nothing about Macs. I realize this is a PC magazine, but it would be helpful to know how non-Microsoft Mac office suites handle the new file formats as well.Being that Open XML is a standard that anyone can use without licensing concerns, I think it will be just a matter of time before a clever 3rd party (or even M$ themselves) come up with a tool for the Macs.It's a stroke of brilliance, in my opinion, for M$ to use Open XML for their document formatting. This leaves all kinds of possibilities for developers to extend Office documents in their workplace utilizing tools they use to program with in house and not rely on an Office application to render.Very cool.

- 3 years ago

[quote name='davidsco27']Yawn. Ho Hum. Oooooh, ribbons and floating toolbars!!! HOW EXCITING!!! <BIG YAWN> Office '97 STILL does what 90% of office users need it to do. BIG DEAL and WHO CARES??? WHAT A WASTE. It's even worse - now you have to learn a whole new interface from scratch. Instead of helping you get your job done, it actually makes it harder as you waste time trying to figure out how to do things that come as second nature today. Big mistake after big mistake for MSFT these days. They are ripe for the big fall.

- 3 years ago

[quote:d7e6c9d73c]It's even worse - now you have to learn a whole new interface from scratch. Instead of helping you get your job done, it actually makes it harder as you waste time trying to figure out how to do things that come as second nature today. Big mistake after big mistake for MSFT these days. They are ripe for the big fall.[/quote:d7e6c9d73c]But, who is going to replace them?

- 3 years ago

[quote:96a27a0ac2]But, who is going to replace them?[/quote:96a27a0ac2]Who knows. But, with Vista, MSO 07, confusing packages (home, premium, basic, Small Business, etc,), predatory pricing and WGA spyware being pushed on people as "critical" updates, MSFT has left the door wide open.I was a defender of MSFT for many, many years but those days are long gone. When they lose people like me, they are in trouble. It's just a matter of time IMHO.

- 2 years ago

Has anyone written about Excel 2007 operating from 2 to 10 times more slowly than Excel 2000 ? And, what is M/S doing to "fix" this.Most of the HELP files apparently are ON-LINE, and not in the distribution. If you are dial-up, Help isn't practical. If you are on broadband, you may set up to 34 cookies just to find out where M/S has moved the undo icon !!!