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> overly complex software that aims to be all-things to all-people This is exactly what I believe the current state of the MS Office applications to be. The i
by krono 6y ago
> overly complex software that aims to be all-things to all-people
This is exactly what I believe the current state of the MS Office applications to be.
The interface and/or implementation isn't always ideal for the purpose you would generally use a specific app for, but the functionality is there.
> dramatically different capabilities
Embedding a fully functional Excel spreadsheet is only a few clicks through the ribbon and some frustration away in Outlook, Word, and even PowerPoint.
- Closi 6y ago> Embedding a fully functional Excel spreadsheet is only a few clicks through the ribbon and some frustration away in Outlook, Word, and even PowerPoint. This is effectively opening a reduced version of excel in a very limited way, primarily for embedding one document in another and allowing limited editing. You don’t get the full functionality of the other application. I can see why I would want to change the axis on a graph even after I have pasted it into my email, but why would I want one app to be both my spreadsheet and my email inbox? Are you a user of office suite? I spend about 70% of my work life between excel, PowerPoint and Word and have never once wanted them to be one app, but quite often have wanted better integration.
- andylynch 5y agoPerversely you /can/ use simple formulas (sum,average, etc) natively in Word tables. Thankfully I’ve never come across a document where someone was mad enough to do anything much with it.