Comments on: Microsoft Excel 2013 review: first look http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/07/17/microsoft-excel-2013-review-first-look/ Blogging in the real world Sat, 18 May 2013 23:40:47 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tony Sim http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/07/17/microsoft-excel-2013-review-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-908551 Tony Sim Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:55:44 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=54055#comment-908551 I don't like the caps lock heading at all, and it still doesn't look particularly easy to use. I don’t like the caps lock heading at all, and it still doesn’t look particularly easy to use.

]]> By: ukSamo http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/07/17/microsoft-excel-2013-review-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-896209 ukSamo Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:34:04 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=54055#comment-896209 The new "Format Shape" dock is much improved over the previous dialog: http://i47.tinypic.com/8ze1xf.jpg The new “Format Shape” dock is much improved over the previous dialog:

http://i47.tinypic.com/8ze1xf.jpg

]]> By: ukSamo http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/07/17/microsoft-excel-2013-review-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-896194 ukSamo Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:59:58 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=54055#comment-896194 I think new simplified looks great, especially the little touches such as each application having it's own theme (green for Excel, dark blue for Word etc). I completely disagree it affects usability, for me personally it allows greater focus on the content, though the Ctrl+Arrow smooth animation in Word will take a bit of getting used to, as will the cursor movement in Excel! Flash fill's impressive but type too many letters and it seems to vanish pretty quickly, thought it is selectable from the ribbon if needed. Quick analysis is very cool, especially the mouse over previews, likewise for the "Recommended Chart" feature. I do still have a few gripes though, for a start Excel still doesn't allow the Borders and Drawing tools to be dragged out of the ribbon, and you still can't pin individual shapes to the quick access toolbar, creating graphical elements still takes so many more clicks than it should do. In Outlook they still use the awful stick notes and I really wish they'd just use something more inline with Apple's simple notes application, does anyone actually seriously use Outlooks notes. Also, annoyingly, Outlook still doesn't have native support for Google Calendars. Check out the VBA environment and it's looking really dated now with no graphical updates at all so far, I wonder if there's any plans to bring that inline with the rest of the suite. I think new simplified looks great, especially the little touches such as each application having it’s own theme (green for Excel, dark blue for Word etc). I completely disagree it affects usability, for me personally it allows greater focus on the content, though the Ctrl+Arrow smooth animation in Word will take a bit of getting used to, as will the cursor movement in Excel! Flash fill’s impressive but type too many letters and it seems to vanish pretty quickly, thought it is selectable from the ribbon if needed. Quick analysis is very cool, especially the mouse over previews, likewise for the “Recommended Chart” feature.

I do still have a few gripes though, for a start Excel still doesn’t allow the Borders and Drawing tools to be dragged out of the ribbon, and you still can’t pin individual shapes to the quick access toolbar, creating graphical elements still takes so many more clicks than it should do. In Outlook they still use the awful stick notes and I really wish they’d just use something more inline with Apple’s simple notes application, does anyone actually seriously use Outlooks notes. Also, annoyingly, Outlook still doesn’t have native support for Google Calendars.

Check out the VBA environment and it’s looking really dated now with no graphical updates at all so far, I wonder if there’s any plans to bring that inline with the rest of the suite.

]]> By: Damian http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/07/17/microsoft-excel-2013-review-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-894916 Damian Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:29:15 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=54055#comment-894916 Confirmed: You can still open/view two Excel/Word/Powerpoint etc docunments side by side in Office 2013 :) Confirmed: You can still open/view two Excel/Word/Powerpoint etc docunments side by side in Office 2013 :)

]]> By: Martin http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/07/17/microsoft-excel-2013-review-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-894769 Martin Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:32:12 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=54055#comment-894769 Are they really going for ALL CAPS MENU HEADINGS? Combined with the flat look and no shading, this is taking styling to the point where it affects usability. Are they really going for ALL CAPS MENU HEADINGS? Combined with the flat look and no shading, this is taking styling to the point where it affects usability.

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