Microsoft Office 2000 Is Still My Word Processor of Choice
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 when it was first released, but uninstalled it shortly after. The same thing happened with Microsoft Office 2007. I had fun for awhile playing with the new 'Ribbon' interface that it offered, and even made a few pretty looking tables. I uninstalled it after a couple days of use and went back to Office 2000.
Why am I running this out of date piece of software? There are many reasons that I could get in to, with memory usage being one, but in the end for me it all comes down to what is actually required... What do I actually use? So I've compiled a list of some of the things I use a word processor for after I'm done (or in the middle of) typing in no particular order.
- Bold
- Italics
- Underline
- Re size Text
- Align text
- Print Preview
- Print
- Save
- Open the document at a later time
- Spell Check
- Word Count
- Indent (am I getting to complicated here?)
- Copy / Paste
Catch my drift? Does this sound like you?
Actually, I'm not sure why I am not using Office 97, because it has all of the same functionality!
To me, it seems Microsoft is repacking the same crap over and over, and adding more of what I call 'Shiny Things'. Now don't get me wrong, I freaking love shiny things!! But when it comes to software, I really don't seen the need... nor do a lot of people. This is why Vista failed in my mind.... the Microsoft Shiny department went freaking crazy and over bloated the entire OS.
Office 2000
Office 2007
So much Shinier! Whoop dee doo dah freaking day! How many new features are really in Office 2007? I don't honestly know, but I'll bet anything that I won't ever utilize half of them.
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