Comments on: Office 2010 info beginning to appear

By: sam

sam — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:50:59 +0000

2 New features in 2010..
Sparklines
Slicers

By: sam

sam — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:57:29 +0000

“And when do you think Office 2010 will become relevant for you?”

As soon as I find out that my classic_ui addin works in 2010 as well

By: Stephane Rodriguez

Stephane Rodriguez — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:05:04 +0000

“So far about the only bit of hard news that has been released is that there will be 2 versions: 32-bit and 64-bit.”

64-bit VBA means that VBA was recompiled as a 64-bit image. It also means that Excel.exe, a 64-bit image, can only load 64-bit dlls. This will require every single add-in to be recompiled as 64-bit or otherwise fail to load.

But people out there may just keep deploying 32-bit Excel on a 64-bit OS if that is a problem for them.

By: willers

willers — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:43:03 +0000

i was walking thro’ south kensington the other evening and passed a solicitors office … the computer adjacent to the window still had a window 95 screen saver on …. i guess some people have along way to go even still !!!!

By: workerthread

workerthread — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:22:17 +0000

SharePoint/Office Integration “Fair Good Better Best” doc describing how versions of office work with SharePoint available for download here http://bit.ly/19k4uh .

By: BIGGUS DICKUS

BIGGUS DICKUS — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:43:13 +0000

I can’t give details but from what I have seen 64 bit VBA will be fine with a small number of well defined and easy to apply changes to accomodate 64 bit or a mixed 32/64 environment necessary.

That’s as far as I can go on that :-)…..

Dick

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:52:52 +0000

I’ve always thought the lack of a 64 bit Office holds back 64 bit windows adoption.
Not sure what relevant benefits 64 bit brings?
Bypassing the 2Gb file limit is hardly good news from a spreadsheet qualilty pov!

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:48:30 +0000

So far about the only bit of hard news that has been released is that there will be 2 versions: 32-bit and 64-bit.

64-bit sounds scary: what, if anything, will need changing to a VBA solution?
And how many people will be running 64-bit Windows ?

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:18:54 +0000

Ross
I think we need to see what Office 2010 provides .net wise, maybe VSTA will get extended from whatever app it is in the 2007 to the whole suite? Or VSTO rolled into Office dev edition? (I know nothing, not having gone to the ODAC a couple of weeks ago)

I think 2003 is the sweet spot from a pure client pov. If you are not looking for the server integration features (eg cos you use notes, or a file share) then I don’t think the benefits outweight the burden of retraining on the new UI.

I hate to say it but Sharepoint has come on in leaps and bounds and is actually almost usable now, and the services bit is free. I have no idea how well it works with pre 2007 Office though

By: Harlan Grove

Harlan Grove — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:39:50 +0000

I'm in the same situation as Gordon: Excel 2003 with no short or medium term prospect for upgrade. The company is heavily dependent on Business Objects, and the intranet runs under Louts Notes/Domino. We run NO Microsoft server software, and I doubt that'd change in the next decade unless Microsoft buys Business Objects from SAP.