Drew Wutka
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Mon Nov 3 13:34:16 CST 2003
Actually, this ties DIRECTLY into Access. My full time employer is still running Office 97 across the board. There are a few dual 97/2k setups, and several Outlook upgrades. Recently we've been getting 'user requests' to upgrade to a more current version of Office. And here's what I've put together as pro's vs. con's. It's pretty simple. The biggest difference between the versions of Office can be split into two categories (which is why this is Access related). Access and Everything else I develop everything I can with Access 97, because it's rock solid, though A2k allows VBA 6, which includes custom events. The upgrade in VBA is quite frankly the only plus I see between A97 and A2k (haven't really used AXP much to give an opinion on that). Everything else keeps improving version to version. I have and have used Front Page 98, 2000, and 2002. Each one was a VAST improvement on the next. Word and Excel have improved, but not much for what I use them for. The big changes there is more options and better interoperability. (I believe Word 2002 allows multiple users to work on the same document simultaneously). Same with Power Point. More options. You can make presentation prettier with more effects and themes. The one big improvement in 'everything else', that I have latched onto, is that each version is better at creating web documents. Take PP 97. Make a presentation, and then save it as a web page. First, the wizard is a 100 step nightmare, and what you get at the end is a monstrousity. Use PP 2000, and it works it's magic effortlessly, and you end up with a pretty good HTML representation of your presentation. Same with Excel and Word. And you can work with the HTML versions just like you would with their native file format partners. Drew -----Original Message----- From: Andy Lacey [mailto:andy at minstersystems.co.uk] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 1:11 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Powerpoint question This is first trial of new policy. I'm cross-posting to AccesD and the Tech list but please reply ONLY to the the tech list as this is no way Access-related - I just need guidance. Are there any Powerpoint experts out there? If so can someone tell me what, if any, are the main pros and cons of the Office 97, 2000 and XP versions of Powerpoint? And which is the best, and why? I've read the MS docs on this but am interested in "real" experience. Thanks in advance for any help. And if you're not yet on the tech list you can subscribe via http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com