I've done a search on this but couldn't exactly find what I was looking for. Have most BBs adopted Excel/Office 2007 or are they still using 2003? Thanks!
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Most have 07 by now. At my bank, everyone has transferred except the DCM and research depts.
I had it and transferred back to 2003. Freaking HATED it.
The BB I was at last summer still used 2003, but I'm not sure if they've since switched over.
way too complicated menus, and backward imcompatible ...
For Excel, I prefer 2003. But for Powerpoint, I prefer 2007.
It's not that bad after the 2nd month. You can still use many of the same shortcut key-strokes or just take a week to learn the new ones.
The only problem is when some people are on 2003 and some on 2007 -- it makes life miserable!
the conversion makes program as slow as hell, uuuph...
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