> Well, for me they ruined it somewhere in the transition from '03 to '07. > Of course, my take on this is heavily skewed because I am more of an engineering u

> Well, for me they ruined it somewhere in the transition from '03 to '07. > Of course, my take on this is heavily skewed because I am more of an engineering user of these tools than a typical office worker Agree to disagree. Excel 2007 was a radical improvement over it's 2003 counterpart from an engineering standpoint. The row limitation was increased almost 20 fold, from 65k to 1.5 million. Filters and pivot tables both became noticeably more responsive and performant. > I remember going from being a "power user" to feeling like an utter idiot. Most of Office 2007's failings were of a UX nature, beginning with the relatively infamous "ribbon". While this is a problem of a subjective nature, IME it wasn't a major sticking point.