19 Oct
2011
19 Oct
'11
7:33 p.m.
On 20 October 2011 00:26, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
I once thought I knew it very well, but that was 15y ago. It has grown
vastly and since I have never had any use for any of the new features,
such as pivot tables, my knowledge has stagnated.
But was I understanding correctly earlier? That 1-2-3 could handle
complex numbers and do maths operations on them, whereas Excel can't?
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>> >
Excel - well, it's the most polished spreadsheet there's ever been.
>> > Other did some things better, but Excel does everything you could ever
>> > need.
. . .
OK, I defer. I was not aware of anything 1-2-3
could do that Excel
could not, but hey, apparently there is. I was wrong. Sorry.
We just HAD TO call you on your use of the word "everything".
Excel certainly has hundreds of "features" that I'll never use, and might
never even become aware of.
I assigned creating a partial implementation of form 1040EZ when I was
[involuntarily] assigned to teach a [REMEDIAL] Intro to computers class
using Microsoft Office. ?I did not do a good job of it - a lot of the
students cheated! ?and retyped a long paragraph just to avoid learning
"cut and paste"!
I LIKE Excel, but the depth of my knowledge of it leaves quite a bit to be
desired.