comp.sys.mac.advocacy

ed wrote:
> -hh wrote:
> > Steve de Mena wrote:
> > > -hh wrote:
> > > > Many people have no idea what VBA is or will never use it themselves=
.
>
> > > But its in documents they work with regardless, that were created
> > > by someone else.
>
> > Occasionally - they're the ones that flash with a big 'Security
> > Alert'.
>
> only if it's user created vba. =A0if you get an excel spreadsheet that
> uses, for example, solver or analysis toolpak, that uses vba, and
> hence is not available in office 2008 (it's a big deal in general,
> even if it isn't to you).

I agree that it is a 'big deal' that MS has cut VBA out of Mac Office
2008, but my point is that I've not seen a particularly high level of
sophistication of documents that get broadly shared in a collaborative
environment. What does get broadly shared are the *conclusions*,
which are typically summarized in a Powerpoint presentation or the
like, and which tyically has minor transportability issues.



> > Not by name. =A0For us, its simply "Microsoft Project". =A0
>
> ummmm, yeaaahhhhh, apparently not at all, instead of 'not by name',
> eh?

My error. We utterly don't use it at all, and my quick look yesterday
at MS's website on it gave me the impression that it wasn't anything
particularly different or profound.

As I mentioned earlier today, the section I saw looked like just some
extra bells & whistles added MS-Project - - I still didn't see any 3D
renderings on MS's website like I know that Pro/E delivers.


-hh