Comments on: Why I’m Looking Forward To Excel 12 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/10/14/why-im-looking-forward-to-excel-12/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mpemba http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/10/14/why-im-looking-forward-to-excel-12/#comment-16880 Mpemba Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:21:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1259#comment-16880 <p>I'm looking forward to them having removed the annoying "debug.print" statements in the analysis toolpack - the ones they left in by mistake in XL 2003 (or was it earlier) :o)</p> <p>I'm also sure they will at last give me the option to turn off the REALLY annoying log-axis alert that tells me each and every single time I have negative or zero values. That is, without having to resort to code.</p> <p>I'm really-really looking forward to improved 3D graphing tools ... to have numeric X & Y axes insted of category ones.</p> <p>Oh, and all the "Pap" that you mentioned.<br> The stuff to help the user who is too clueless to find the "Help" option to find things they never knew existed and hopefully keep the rest of us guessing by automatically moving options around as we work :o)</p> <p>Oh, and clippy was not Pap. Can we have a mandatory full scree version with sound?</p> <p>M</p> I’m looking forward to them having removed the annoying “debug.print” statements in the analysis toolpack – the ones they left in by mistake in XL 2003 (or was it earlier) :o )

I’m also sure they will at last give me the option to turn off the REALLY annoying log-axis alert that tells me each and every single time I have negative or zero values. That is, without having to resort to code.

I’m really-really looking forward to improved 3D graphing tools … to have numeric X & Y axes insted of category ones.

Oh, and all the “Pap” that you mentioned.
The stuff to help the user who is too clueless to find the “Help” option to find things they never knew existed and hopefully keep the rest of us guessing by automatically moving options around as we work :o )

Oh, and clippy was not Pap. Can we have a mandatory full scree version with sound?

M

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/10/14/why-im-looking-forward-to-excel-12/#comment-16852 Jon Peltier Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:05:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1259#comment-16852 <p>EdH:</p> <p>The first thing that impressed me about Excel 2003 was how much more quickly it loaded compared to 2000 or XP, all on the same machine. It's not unlikely that a new, from the ground up Excel might be equally fast booting up.</p> <p>The only other thing about Excel 2003 that impressed me was the nice list feature, which I hear is greatly enhanced in Excel 12. The startup speed and list feature is enough to make Excel 2003 my version of choice (though too many clients are still using 2000 that I am also very familiar there).</p> <p>- Jon</p> EdH:

The first thing that impressed me about Excel 2003 was how much more quickly it loaded compared to 2000 or XP, all on the same machine. It’s not unlikely that a new, from the ground up Excel might be equally fast booting up.

The only other thing about Excel 2003 that impressed me was the nice list feature, which I hear is greatly enhanced in Excel 12. The startup speed and list feature is enough to make Excel 2003 my version of choice (though too many clients are still using 2000 that I am also very familiar there).

- Jon

]]> By: XL-Dennis http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/10/14/why-im-looking-forward-to-excel-12/#comment-16843 XL-Dennis Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1259#comment-16843 <p>(Windows Vista seems to be released in only 5 or was it 7 versions...) so</p> <p>- Write a special book edition for every available<br> version of Excel 12 (don't forget the server-<br> version!). </p> <p>- Sell Your recently new computer for less then 1 %<br> of the price as it's technical outdated.</p> <p>- Take a bankloan in order to invest in a new<br> computer with a 64-bits processor, 16 GB RAM and<br> with a graphic card that got at least 1 GB RAM.<br> BTW, to make it future save - buy 2 x 10 TB disks. </p> <p>- Take another bankloan to invest in at least 2 x 21?<br> flat screens where You see column A in one and<br> column B on the other screen. </p> <p>- For colourblind or semi colourblind users it will<br> be an excellent possibility to learn more about<br> Excel 12 new colour scheme.</p> <p>#5 Yes, 3-4 seconds will it take with above hardware.</p> <p>#6 Sorry John, it's already here as the new helpsystem was released with the VS.NET 2003, especially the MSDN-library. </p> <p>If You want some good advise how to crash it just let me know...If You want to get the helpsystem back just re-install Windows!</p> <p>Kind regards,<br> Dennis</p> (Windows Vista seems to be released in only 5 or was it 7 versions…) so

- Write a special book edition for every available
version of Excel 12 (don’t forget the server-
version!).

- Sell Your recently new computer for less then 1 %
of the price as it’s technical outdated.

- Take a bankloan in order to invest in a new
computer with a 64-bits processor, 16 GB RAM and
with a graphic card that got at least 1 GB RAM.
BTW, to make it future save – buy 2 x 10 TB disks.

- Take another bankloan to invest in at least 2 x 21?
flat screens where You see column A in one and
column B on the other screen.

- For colourblind or semi colourblind users it will
be an excellent possibility to learn more about
Excel 12 new colour scheme.

#5 Yes, 3-4 seconds will it take with above hardware.

#6 Sorry John, it’s already here as the new helpsystem was released with the VS.NET 2003, especially the MSDN-library.

If You want some good advise how to crash it just let me know…If You want to get the helpsystem back just re-install Windows!

Kind regards,
Dennis

]]> By: EdH http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/10/14/why-im-looking-forward-to-excel-12/#comment-16842 EdH Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:26:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1259#comment-16842 <p>You are being optimistic that you will only see the spash screen for 3-4 seconds aren't you?</p> You are being optimistic that you will only see the spash screen for 3-4 seconds aren’t you?

]]> By: Stacie http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/10/14/why-im-looking-forward-to-excel-12/#comment-16839 Stacie Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1259#comment-16839 <p>Number 3 is a pet peeve of mine. I love forums and groups and the extremely helpful individuals that inhabit them, but hate searching archives. It never fails that I'm directed to a previous post - no matter how I searched in the first place.</p> Number 3 is a pet peeve of mine. I love forums and groups and the extremely helpful individuals that inhabit them, but hate searching archives. It never fails that I’m directed to a previous post – no matter how I searched in the first place.

]]> By: Rob van Gelder http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/10/14/why-im-looking-forward-to-excel-12/#comment-16838 Rob van Gelder Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1259#comment-16838 <p>Oh yes! The <a href="http://www.dicks-blog.com/archives/2004/04/09/the-excel-word-challenge/" rel="nofollow">Excel Word Challenge</a> will on again!</p> Oh yes! The Excel Word Challenge will on again!

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/10/14/why-im-looking-forward-to-excel-12/#comment-16836 Dick Kusleika Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:27:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1259#comment-16836 <p>To spelling words with the new, more plentiful, column letters.</p> <p>To seeing which features got promoted and which got demoted in the new UI system.</p> To spelling words with the new, more plentiful, column letters.

To seeing which features got promoted and which got demoted in the new UI system.

]]> By: doco http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/10/14/why-im-looking-forward-to-excel-12/#comment-16835 doco Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1259#comment-16835 <p>With the plethora of Elvis sitings and impersonators since August 1977: let me be the first to say Excel Vista contains Elvis x. <img class="wp-smiley" alt=":-)" src="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"> </p> With the plethora of Elvis sitings and impersonators since August 1977: let me be the first to say Excel Vista contains Elvis x. :-)

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