On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:09 PM, John Niven wrote:
> > Things that I use (pivot tables, filters, statistical functions > etc.) are clearly not commonly used spread sheet tools. Pivot tables, filters and statistics are also in Open Office, just not in the fashion you're accustomed to. It takes a bit to grok OO's database access stuff, since it's quite different from Excel's. Fortunately the Mac version of the latest Office isn't nearly as ^# %@&^# up as the Windows version is, but they did stuff to it ... hope none of your advanced functions need VBA, because they just ripped that sucker right out. No one in a real business uses Macs, doncha know. That broke a hell of lot of third party add-in stuff. Which, of course, is MS'es aim: the more difficult they can make it to work with Mac users (and no matter WHAT, it's ALWAYS the Mac's fault!) they more they 'win'. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
