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> There's no serious alternative to Excel for those who rely on its advanced features. Which is 5% of its users probably.
by fsflover 1y ago
> There's no serious alternative to Excel for those who rely on its advanced features.
Which is 5% of its users probably.
- troupo 1y agoEvery advanced feature of MS Office is used by a different 5% of users. https://web.archive.org/web/20080316101025/http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/04/07/570798.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20080316101025/http://blogs.msdn... (The whole series is worth reading: https://web.archive.org/web/20080316101025/http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/tags/Why+the+New+UI_3F00_/default.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20080316101025/http://blogs.msdn...) --- start quote --- The percentage difference in usage between the #100 command ("Accept Change") and the #400 command ("Reset Picture") is about the same in difference between #1 and #11 ("Change Font Size") --- end quote ---
- fsflover 1y agoThe commands you mentioned seem irrelevant here. I never use any advanced features, i.e. those not available in LibreOffice or incompatible with MS Word, and I don't know anybody who does.
- troupo 1y ago"I", "I don't know" vs. --- start quote --- How much data have we collected? - About 1.3 billion sessions since we shipped Office 2003 (each session contains all the data points over a certain fixed time period.) - Over 352 million command bar clicks in Word over the last 90 days. https://web.archive.org/web/20080324235838/http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/04/05/568947.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20080324235838/http://blogs.msdn... --- end quote --- I wish there were more recent studies on this, but they would paint the same picture
- AceyMan 1y agoand 90% of that 5% are the CFOs. As Scooby Doo would say, "Rotsa ruck!"