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Excel Version 2002

Excel Version 2002
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  • License qty: 1 user
  • License type: Complete package
  • Operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
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The good: Easier spreadsheet review function than previous versions; improved collaboration features; provides online storage for sharing files; new Formula Evaluator helps track down calculation errors.

The bad: Doesn't work with Windows 95; doesn't offer enough new tools or enhancements for home or small-business users.

The bottom line: If you plan to keep your spreadsheets to yourself, you won't find many exciting new features in Excel 2002. But if you regularly share and edit spreadsheets with your coworkers, purchase the upgrade posthaste.

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  • Reviewed on: 04/23/2001
Familiarity doesn't always breed contempt. That's a good thing for Excel 2002, since this version is just a slightly scrubbed-up Excel 2000. Although it doesn't offer many earth-shattering improvements, we still think Excel is the best spreadsheet going, especially compared to Corel's woefully out-of-date Quattro Pro 10. Plus, business types who share and edit spreadsheets with colleagues via the Web or e-mail will get a kick out of Excel's simplified yet powerful collaboration features. At-home users needn't bother upgrading; the $109 upgrade fee is too steep. But if you routinely collaborate on spreadsheets, Excel 2002 is a must-have.Familiarity doesn't always breed contempt. That's a good thing for Excel 2002, since this version is just a slightly scrubbed-up Excel 2000. Although it doesn't offer many earth-shattering improvements, we still think Excel is the best spreadsheet going, especially compared to Corel's woefully out-of-date Quattro Pro 10. Plus, business types who share and edit spreadsheets with colleagues via the Web or e-mail will get a kick out of Excel's simplified yet powerful collaboration features. At-home users needn't bother upgrading; the $109 upgrade fee is too steep. But if you routinely collaborate on spreadsheets, Excel 2002 is a must-have.

Cosmetic--not cosmic--changes
Excel 2002 uses the same file format as Excel 2000 (and even Excel 97), ensuring cross-version compatibility. The few interface changes we did find are cosmetic, suitewide, and present in every Office XP application. For example, Excel now boasts integrated speech recognition and dictation, courtesy of Office XP's proprietary speech engine. However, since spreadsheets rely on accuracy, and speech technology is still notoriously inaccurate, this feature isn't too useful here.

Also, like other XP apps, Excel now sports a cool new Task Pane--a side-mounted tool panel. Unlike Word, however, Excel's Task Pane shows only suitewide tools such as the clipboard contents, the search tool, the new document pane, and the clip art organizer/insertion tool. The flashiest interface enhancement: you can now color-code the worksheet tabs at the bottom of the screen. Yawn. Although these changes aren't exciting, the overall feature set still beats Quattro Pro, which is just now adding features such as multilevel undo.

Excel puts Office XP's new Smart Tags--mini menus that pop up when you hover over a cell--to good (if limited) use. Our favorite implementation? If you're surfing the Web and hover your cursor over a stock symbol (such as CNET or MSFT), Excel recognizes the symbol and lets you insert the stock's price directly into a spreadsheet. Thereafter, each time you log on to the Web, Excel dynamically pulls the latest stock price into your spreadsheet. Excel's only other Smart Tag lets you export a name from an Excel spreadsheet to Outlook's address book. Continue reading

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