• schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
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    2 months ago

    Hell, maybe not since 1997!

    Office 2000 was peak office: it had the definitive version of Clippit, and every actually useful feature you’ll probably ever need to type and edit any sort of document.

    …I will say, though, that Excel has improved for the weirdos that want 100,000 row spreadsheets since then, but I mean, that’s a small group of people who need serious help.

    This has nothing to do with anything, but whatever.

    • Pzulu@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      100k rows is a small data set for a lot of what I look at, but that is at work.

      Let me split it down.

      For work use, 100% has to be Excel. For personal use, either of the FOSS is more than enough.

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        2 months ago

        I think that’s where the divide is, and why my employer pays for everyone to have Microsoft Office but I use a free office suite. I simply don’t need the extra capabilities for my own personal use.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t know exactly when the features arrived, but things like xlookup, power query, live data connections, etc have been welcome improvements in Excel.

      Heck, even textbefore is a great QOL improvement.