I had to (and I mean had to) upgrade to Office 2013.
 
X1/X2a ain't got nuttin' on the UI of the steaming pile they call Office 2013. What a freakin' toy.

I have heard Xerox is going to come out with a command prompt tablet that will make everything else seem obsolete.

mike_mccue
I have heard Xerox is going to come out with a command prompt tablet that will make everything else seem obsolete.

Werd
(purrfect)
 

C>CD:\CLOUD*
 
 
 
 
 
 
*That's the only DOS joke I know.

C>FORMAT C:
 
is mucho funnier

And then there was the one where you were going to download the internet and it told you you would need
1,987,643,845,724,943,623,738,640,253 floppies
 

I was forced into the same steaming pile Bapu. I contacted Microsoft to see if I could get an earlier version of office and they just chuckled. Very much like the change from 8.5 to X1. It's part of the MS plan to conquer the tablet market. I guess they didn't get the memo.
 
I've taken to using Open Office for most of my work. It's free, fast and functional. Files created in Open Office can be pulled into Office 2013 and saved if compatibility is required for clients.
 
I imagine X2b (or not 2b) is held up pending the release of the improved win 8 that's coming out this fall.

Well, I'd go that route too but I have an Access project where the client went Pro 2013 and their app is also dependent on Werd 2013. I tried to open it in the (slightly less steaming pile called) Office Pro 2010 but it was a no go.
 
I have in my possession Pro 200, 2003, 2007 and 2010 and now 2013.
 
Office Pro 2000 is like SONAR 8.5.3 vs. X2a (even though I Am an X2a fanboi). 
 
 

bapu
 
I have in my possession Pro 200, 2003, 2007 and 2010 and now 2013.

Wow!  Pro 200?  Didn't that come out before they had even nailed down what chapters to put in the Bible?
 
(I use Pro 2007 and have Pro 2010 on a client box downstairs, but I don't want to upgrade for a while!)

Hey, I bought Office 2013 and installed it (its an 'itch to do via the M$ download manager), but once I got it sorted it horrified me so much I went back to Office 2010.
 
After retuning to Office 2010 (and also going back to W7 from W8, all in the same weekend) my blood pressure went down. Any link, I wonder ?
 
Cheers,
Jerry