The latest version of Microsoft Office has officially been released with great fanfare. Given the amount of time almost everyone in the business world spends working with Office applications this is an important event. Microsoft claims that it will save those that adopt it two weeks of effort each year versus the time they are spending using Office 2007. That is probably true because those using its predecessor Office 2007 may have lost four weeks of productivity per year by installing it.
From my experience Office 2007 was the worst example of runaway feature bloat in the history of software. I hated it so much that I switched to a Macintosh. Its version of Office, used to write these postings, remains easy to learn and use. Office 2007 demanded that its users remember more things than my brain could comfortably handle – and I have a greater tolerance for sophisticated software than most of the people I know.
I do not know of a single JD Edwards customer that is not also a major Microsoft customer. Our community and the rest of the business world badly needs high quality products from Microsoft. I have to hope that this time Microsoft got it right – if they did I will happily run the full Windows version of Office 2010 on my MacBook.
In my opinion Bill Gates is one of the most admirable people alive today – his willingness to devote all his time and huge fortune to improving the health and education of the less fortunate is inspiring. I don’t, however, admire the mess he made of the generation of software (including Office 2007 and Windows Vista) that he oversaw before leaving. After his departure the role of chief software architect was given to Ray Qzzie, the original genius behind Lotus Notes. Hopefully, the generation of Microsoft products created under Ozzie’s leadership turns out to be much better, especially Office 2010.
Microsoft is an easy target for ridicule and cynicism. The constant rumors about internal strife and high turnover within executive ranks recently are making things worse. Whether we as individuals like or hate Microsoft and its products, they are certain to be a major force in the IT market for decades to come. As a result, the business world badly needs great products from Microsoft, especially the Office suite that so many of us spend hours a day using.
Am I the only one rooting for Office 2010 to be great? Let me know what you think.
The JD Edwards Advisor 
May 13, 2010 at 10:46 pm
I’m assuming you’re being sarcastic when you say “genius” and “Lotus Notes” in the same sentence… :)
May 15, 2010 at 8:18 am
I agree, working with office 2007 has been a nightmare.
July 31, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Well, we now know that Office 2010 is just as great a disaster as Office 2007, at least for the power user. And yes – “genius?” “Lotus Notes?” – another disaster. Don’t get me started: just look at highlighting, or font change, or case change.
In one of my businesses, I use forms to create leases. Most tenants renew their leases at least once, so, I copy the lease from the previous year, and change the dates, and in some cases, change the wording of the lease e.g. we agree to a six month extension, or a transfer clause. Good luck doing that in Word 2010. First of all, find the Unlock Form function.
But the worst thing is the lack of customizable toolbars. “We don’t like menus” – “OK, let’s go with something that doesn’t look like a menu, but takes much, much more effort and clicks to actually use.”
“We don’t like toolbars.” – “OK, but users like to be able to use toolbars for the things they use all the time.” – “OK, we’ll grudgingly give them a toolbar they can customize. But we’ll give themn a collection of totally meaningless icons to use with it. And we’ll only give them one. And we won’t let them change the icons – how could they possibly design something themselves that made more sense than the rubbish we provide?”
October 29, 2010 at 10:17 am
Microsroft Office is still the best program when it comes to spreadsheet and word processing*`~
July 23, 2011 at 11:52 am
I’ve just started using Office 2010. What on earth were they thinking? It’s such a radical change, so unintuitive and what on earth are all these terrible icons about?
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