Is OfficeXP any good?

[Pyro]

I'm just wondering since I am getting it right now...

 

[Czar]

Yes, I think its better than Office 2000 at least.

 

[BDawg]

<gilbert>Office XP stands for ex-paperclip??? I heard Office XP stinks!</gilbert>

 

[crzyc]

i think its great

 

[ManSnake]

As good as any other versions of Office.

 

[Elledan]

I read a review on it, and it seems like it has some useful features Office 2000 doesn't have. Of course, you'll have to activate Office XP.

I'll stick with StarOffice

 

[HansHurt]

It's an excellent program.... Microsoft Office helps you complete common business tasks, including word processing, e-mail, presentations, data management and analysis, and much more. See how the newest version, Office XP?with features like smart tags, task panes, integrated e-mail, document recovery, and send for review?can help you work smarter.













Thank-you for your interest,

B.Gates

 

[Doggiedog]

Yes!

It enables you to save in a format which makes it incompatible with older versions of Office!

It's great!







If you didn't get it I was being sarcastic.

 

[Pyro]

you have to activate it? damn...

I hope the key comes in the package I am getting

 

[shiner]

Seems to be much slower to me. Outlook in particular is super slow.

I've been running XP but I'm switching back to Office 2000.

 

[Siva]

is office 2k any good? is office 97? Office XP is NOTHING new. M$ just made it pretty and hoped people would pay more for a bunch of crappy new features. Not worth the money or even the time to warez. Although, updated spell checker is tempting

 

[ajskydiver]

Pyro, I believe that even with a valid key...you still have to activate OffieXP within 50 uses or it goes into a &quot;reduced function&quot; mode or something like that.

Some developer editions don't have this, maybe some others, but I know XP Pro does...I have it, installed it, removed it, back to 2K...strictly due to the activation process. I have been unable to find a way around activation (if you do PM me )


~AJ

 

[CinderElmo]

I have noticed XP Outlook is way slower than Outlook 2000.

Shinerburke are you on an Exchange 5.5 network too by chance?

 

[shiner]

Yes, we are on Exchange 5.5 here. Outlook 2002(XP) is also slow at home as well.

 

[kami]

there are some cdkeys that don't require activation *cough*

 

[randal]

i use office xp in conjunction with our exchange 2000 server, and it works fine. i'm on a k6-2 400 w/ 128mb of ram, and it's snappy. to pick up some speed, make sure that you are *NOT* using ms-word as your default e-mail editor; it's slow as a snail.

There are cd-keys and other &quot;things&quot; that make it so you don't have to register. I wouldn't *happen* to know any of those, though [wink wink nudge nudge].

As for incompatible file formats, that is only true with access databases; the word 2002 .doc files are perfectly compatible with word 2000.

$.02
randal

 

[Pyro]

<< is office 2k any good? is office 97? Office XP is NOTHING new. M$ just made it pretty and hoped people would pay more for a bunch of crappy new features. Not worth the money or even the time to warez. Although, updated spell checker is tempting >>



well I gotta agree, its not worth the money, but I can spare 2 hrs to download it


I'm getting it since I don't feel like waiting for my friend to give me back my Office2k cd.


I'm sure astalavista or google will assist me in activating it

 

[Pyro]

well, just finished with a test drive, and I must say I am both impressed and pleased.

the new handwriting thing actually does what 70% of humans cannot. It recognizes my handwriting!

It also looks nice, performance is not an issues (all office apps run nicely on todays comps)...

now let's see how to activate it

 

[PG]

I have a friend who has had this for over 3 months. It works fine for him and he didn't have to activate it if you know what I mean.

 

[Pyro]

I think I do now. Mine is already activated out of the &quot;box&quot;

 

[cmdavid]

i havent had to activate mine and ive had it since mid the end of march.... or maybe even earlier.. i dont remember... and Ive installed it on multiple PCs.... oh well.. bump to get rid of all of those damn BLAH threads...