Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Tue Nov 18 09:23:30 CST 2008
Hi Gustav, Users are AFRAID of Access though. So they use what they are comfortable with. And that is Excel. Whether it's the right tool or not. When you are holding a hammer everything looks like a nail. Don't get me wrong, it's not an every day thing, but it does happen with some regularity too. GK On 11/18/08, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > Hi Gary > > Why? Excel is not to be used as a database (according to MS - as the main argument for pushing Access to users of Excel). > > /gustav > > > >>> garykjos at gmail.com 17-11-2008 23:07 >>> > You can have 1 million rows in an Excel 2007 file verses approx 65K in > an Excel 2003 file. > > That alone would make me want it if my company allowed it. > > GK > > On 11/17/08, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote: > > So tell me, what could I do in Office 2007 that I can't do with 2003? > > > > Can anyone give me a compelling reason to upgrade? > > > > > > > > On 17 Nov 2008 at 9:55, Susan Harkins wrote: > > > > > It does appear that people are slow to upgrade this time -- more so than any > > > other that I can remember. > > > > > > Susan H. > > > > > > > > > > Not ignoring you.. just only use A2007 at home on a very limited > > > > basis. We still ise 2003 version at work with no plan to move.. > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com