[mso] Excel vs Access vs Word...a FRIENDLY discussion (was Dian please AND OTHERS)
- From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:13:42 -0400
<< Maturity - "I choose not to code if it can be avoided">>
WOOOHOOOO...that would be me...I am SO glad to see that someone FINALLY sees
me as mature
LOL
Another thing....as someone who came to know all the Office products via the
troubleshooting field (most people are users first...I did this kinda
backwards....worked help desk on them BEFORE I'd ever really used
them)...anyway, I can tell you for a FACT that Excel is HANDS DOWN
Microsoft's cleanest, most trouble-free program....if you don't believe me,
look at the help forums on Word, then look at the ones on Excel....a LOT of
Word and Access questions are things like "This program is driving me
nuts...it won't do what I tell it to do" or "Every time I do this, Word
crashes"...and the replies are usually, "Use this code to blah blah
blah"...or better yet, "that's a known issue and here's the workaround" (my
own personal fave LOL)....but Excel? In the Excel forums, the questions you
hear are more like, "Which function should I use if I want to calculate blah
blah?" and the replies USUALLY do not require VBA...and you RARELY hear
problems about Excel crashing (it happens, just not that much, as compared
to the other programs)
It's my opinion that Excel remains Microsoft's best trick....it's lean,
clean and mean :-)
Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS
Linda's Computer Stop
www.personal-computer-tutor.com
E-Books, Online Classes, free ABC ezine and lotsa other free stuff
-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ray Blake
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 2:42 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: OT: Dian please AND OTHERS
And here is the crux of this whole argument. You are far more likely to be
able to do the clever stuff without programming in Excel than in ANY other
programme.
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