Office 2016 - any good?

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Office 2016 - any good?

#1 Post by Boac » Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:22 pm

I have been using Office 2010 for a long time and see that 2016 is available for not too many bucks. Any users with opinions on whether it is worth upgrading?

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#3 Post by unifoxos » Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:13 am

Me too, been using it for years now. Took a few weeks to get used to it, but I wouldn't go back to the Microshite product now.
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#4 Post by Boac » Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:42 am

Well, I also use OO but the question was about Office 2016! Out of interest, have either of you mastered macros in OO compared to the ease of M$ VBA?

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#5 Post by compo » Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:02 pm

OO is almost defunct. I suggest y'all switch to LibreOffice.

This link suggests LibreOffice macros are stored as VBA.

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#6 Post by jimtherev » Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:28 pm

Here's an answer at last!
Yes, I made the same transition as you, BOAC, about a year ago. Took a bit of getting used to, but comfortable with the suite now. (Which I didn't with some version of Open Office when I tried it a few years ago)
As with most of these mega-packages, I'll never get to use more than about 10% of the bells and whistles on offer; Access and One Note I've never even opened, for example. But use Word comfortably all the time; Publisher two or three times a week, PowerPoint most weeks and Excel from time to time.

One major gripe, I suppose, is the slight discrepancy between Publisher and Word; the shortcuts are not the same, for example. They have a huge visual similarity, and it can lead one into traps when working fast.

But in general, as you say, it's pretty cheap (I think I have two more valid user-licenses for what I paid if I wanted them) and it works flawlessly.

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#7 Post by Boac » Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:07 am

Thanks, Jim. I think for the price I'll just ask Father Christmas to put it in my non-gender specific stocking.
I tried hard with OO (and LO) to master the macros, but converting from VBA to OO/LO language was a real struggle, not helped by a genuine master-tosser on the help forums who constantly insisted 'help' involved telling you to learn how to do it yourself. [-X

compo -where do you see the (surprising!) suggestion that OO/LO uses VBA? I very much doubt it and I'm sure it would cause mass suicides amongst supporters who seriously (and understandably) detest the ways of Gates. Even more concerning is the item which says:

"Warning - Macros created with LibreOffice Basic based on the old programming interface will no longer be supported by the current version."

So, it looks as if one will struggle to master the conversion to find you have to start all over again.....

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#8 Post by unifoxos » Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:59 am

I don't use macros an awful lot, I guess I've written about a dozen. I normally start by recording a macro from keystrokes and mouse functions and then combine/edit it/them as required. It doesn't look that much different to the MS language that I remember from before.
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#9 Post by compo » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:05 pm

I inferred the use of a dialect of Basic from the warning that Basic keywords must not be used as macro names. The interface is very "point and click"ish, so VBA seemed to be the obvious choice.

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#10 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:13 pm

I tried Office 2016, didn't like Outlook. I think the colours were insipid and it didn't have the crisp outlines of 2010. It is a couple of years since I tried and I did persevere. I managed to revert to 2010 but it gives me a slight problem with outlook.

I admit to using Notebook. If i am assembling a document using cut and paste i find it easier than word.

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#11 Post by jimtherev » Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:13 am

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Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:13 pm
I tried Office 2016, didn't like Outlook. I think the colours were insipid and it didn't have the crisp outlines of 2010. It is a couple of years since I tried and I did persevere. I managed to revert to 2010 but it gives me a slight problem with outlook.

I admit to using Notebook. If i am assembling a document using cut and paste i find it easier than word.
Yes, sorry - I didn't mention Outlook. Stopped using it whilst in Office 2010, so never experienced it in '16.
(Thank heaven I had contacts and emails backed up when Outlook scrambled everything...)

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#12 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:51 am

I am pleased to say that my Outlook backups have worked a few times. I use Genie Timeline, Genie Backup Manager and a Cloud backup system. That and Timeline run continuously and are very reassuring. You can't have too many backups.

I also backup a few rarer program Zip files but with the main players a reinstall is better.

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