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    WSAuntLinda1
    AskWoody Lounger
    July 20, 2001 at 3:00 pm #358237

    Has anyone used Office XP yet and, if so, what do you think of it? Should my office staff keep Pro 2000 or upgrade?

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    • WSMaryJ
      AskWoody Lounger
      July 20, 2001 at 3:18 pm #534001

      do you use outlook? if yes, then yes. smile

      i personally think it is worthwhile upgrading, but cost wasn’t an issue for me.

      i’d recommended getting a trial copy and trying it for yourself – see if you need the features it offers or if you can live without them.

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      • WSAuntLinda1
        AskWoody Lounger
        July 20, 2001 at 3:48 pm #534008

        Thanks for responding Mary. Cost isn’t an issue for us either. However, none of us use Outlook. I asked to order the trial copy and was told by the powers that be in the Purchasing Dept that “they” have decided NOT to get a demo, or to allow me to. Soooo – the posting in this Lounge for opinions. The users here will almostly exclusively use Word, Excel and Access.

        What do you think?

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        • WScharlotte
          AskWoody Lounger
          July 20, 2001 at 8:51 pm #534070

          How exactly do they intend to evaluate it then, by crystal ball? confused

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          • WSAuntLinda1
            AskWoody Lounger
            July 20, 2001 at 8:54 pm #534071

            That’s how this school district (as scary as that is) evaluates everything.

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            • WScharlotte
              AskWoody Lounger
              July 20, 2001 at 8:57 pm #534072

              Oh, I see. Blind faith in management by committee without recourse to actual information, right?

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    • H. Legare Coleman
      AskWoody Plus
      July 20, 2001 at 4:52 pm #534026

      I have not tried Office XP, and I will not be trying it because I do not trust the so called Registration/Activation Wizard not to decide that I have moved it to a different machine and then stop working.

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      • WSAuntLinda1
        AskWoody Lounger
        July 20, 2001 at 6:05 pm #534042

        Thanks for the candor. I’m fairly afraid to try it myself but may not have a choice.

        Thanks again for responding. Have a great day.

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        • WSKB MacKenzie
          AskWoody Lounger
          July 22, 2001 at 2:55 am #534178

          While agree with Charlotte’s opinion on Outlook, your committee folks may want to hold out just a bit. Depending on the number of users you have, it’s become a prudent thing to await Microsoft’s corrections to issues, which are generally released 6-9 months after first public release. It will dramatically cut back your Tech Support calls.

          Just a thought.

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          • WSWebGenii
            AskWoody Lounger
            July 22, 2001 at 6:50 pm #534203

            I second that!

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          • WScharlotte
            AskWoody Lounger
            July 22, 2001 at 8:33 pm #534212

            Did I have an opinion? confused Oh, you mean on evaluating? I don’t see any reason not to evaluate the initial version, but I agree that I wouldn’t recommending upgrading everyone until at least SR-1. Um … isn’t there an SR-1 pending already for XP?

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            • WSMaryJ
              AskWoody Lounger
              July 22, 2001 at 8:54 pm #534214

              there may not be an actual sr-1 release, instead there will be regular updates, expected approx. monthly. they may or may not release the monthly updates wrapped into a package called sr-1.

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            • WScharlotte
              AskWoody Lounger
              July 23, 2001 at 2:09 am #534240

              So, how many of these monthly updates would you recommend waiting for before committing to the XP upgrade?

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            • H. Legare Coleman
              AskWoody Plus
              July 23, 2001 at 11:10 am #534275

              I am planning to wait for the one that removes the Registration/Activation Wizard.

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          • WSMichaelRead
            AskWoody Lounger
            July 23, 2001 at 3:41 am #534246

            flee now while you still can! laugh

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    • WSShane Sargent
      AskWoody Lounger
      July 23, 2001 at 3:43 pm #534335

      You might consider looking at some of the marketing material that MS has posted on their site. Specifically, look at the new features of XP and see if the benefit of some of the useful adds, like watched cells in Excel, outweigh the headaches of forced registration, new support calls, and the cost. You can start here

      We purchased upgrades for 25% of my group, but it simply didn’t make sense for the rest. For what it’s worth, and a general sense of paranoia about the registration wizard not withstanding, I’ve enjoyed XP thus far.

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