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- From: WHITESR@APPSTATE.EDU (Steve White)
- Subject: Excel "progress" (Was:Excel 4.0 add-ins)
- In-Reply-To: sw@network-analysis-ltd.co.uk's message of 4 Sep 92 10:38:22 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.115010.5112@lester.appstate.edu>
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- Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
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- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 11:50:10 GMT
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- In <D2150050.cpupd0@nan.network-analysis-ltd.co.uk> sw@network-analysis-ltd.co.uk writes:
- > In article <1673@sousa.ltn.dec.com> (comp.sys.mac.apps), long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
- > > Some things I wish they had done:
- > > ...
- > > Otherwise, I like Excel pretty well, but I think the add-in stuff could use
- > > some polish.
- > Not just the add-in stuff. Excel 4.0 will not open two files with the
- > same name even if they are in two different folders. It even tells you so
- > in the help window. Is my memory playing tricks on me or has it been about
- > 6 years since the Mac OS introduced HFS?
-
- I have a hunch that the Windows market is driving "progress" in Excel
- development -- isn't Windows where the big money is for MS? Why else would
- the display under the Window menu still be limited to 9 windows? Mac
- users, I suspect, commonly work with more than 9 windows whereas most
- Windows users probably do not. Admittedly, however, I am speculating.
- In any event, I had to spend many, many hours developing a macro system
- for "menuing," navigating, and managing more than 9 windows.
-
- As an aside, wouldn't it be nice to have the full use of Excel drawing
- tools on Excel charts?
-
- Steve
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