Re: officeXP vs office 2000
- From: "Sun Sparkle" <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:23:04 -0500
what about office xp pro vs 2000 or xp?
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From: "Bill" <bill.cam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 8:47 PM
Subject: officeXP vs office 2000
> actually i find word in xp preferable to word in office 2000, but thats
> about it, the rest for most of the other applications are the same except
> office 2000 power point definitely has an edge over power point in xp.
>
> so if you want access to all the apts office 2000 seems the way to go, but
> if you use mainly only word i like office xp.
>
> the jfw support for office xp word is excellent.
>
> xp word has more goodies and a few are nice though many are not all that
> importan.
>
>
> so bottomline if you have to pay hundreds of dollars to get it its not
> worth it for those minor improvements.
>
>
> so save your self the money and just use office 2000.
>
> if your starting out new and only use word then office xp is a good
> choice.
>
> in fact i picked it for my new system.
>
> office xp is also a good choice if you do not use power point.
> i really have very little need for power point.
>
>
> realize I do not use mail merge at all so that may also be a factor in
> your
> decission.
> in a earlier message anna reported mail merge is harder in office xp.
> so if your buying new it may be a good reason for picking office 2000 if
> you use that feature a lot.
>
> now a word on tutorials.
>
> excelent tutorials exist on all the office applications for 2000 and also
> word xp.
>
> my one disappointment is that both of the power point tutorials in my view
> come up short.
> here is why, hundreds of background template choices exist that appear
> differantly visually.
>
> no attempt is maid to describe them, or to indicate which choice may be
> best in which situation.
> maybe they describe 2 of them out of hundreds.
>
> if the authors had sought out several differant folks in differant fields
> to describe why they used the layouts they use and describe some of them
> it
> would be a big improvement.
>
> so get a teacher and a m b A and maybe a few other folks and get feed back
> on them and add that kind of info to the tutorial.
>
>
>
>
> bill
> ps I am also curious as to what office 2003 has and how good the jfw
> support is.
>
> especially with respect to word.
>
> the word in office 2003 actually has a feature worth while in the fact it
> adds o c r to the package.
>
> i am also curious does word 2003 have special dictionaries for making
> corrections to spelling errors that occur due to o c r mistakes.
> such dictionaries are aimed at common mistakes that often occur during
> recconition stage and differ from standard spell checking programs.
> if this exist in word 2003 is it accessable by jfw and does it offer
> automatic correction.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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