Microsoft MS Excel 2002 Complete package

Excel is cumbersome

Really, Excel does enough that 98% of users are satisfied, but if you want to get into power use, Excel is quite a pain in the drawers. It's formula structure is a pain and programming in VBA has some drawbacks such as the structure of the programs

"Pretty on the outside, same on the inside since 97."

The programmers at microsoft have really been slacking off the last few years. Since excel 97, there have been no significant improvements to the excel backbone. The only improvements from 97 to 2000 to 2002 are mostly cosmetic. You can color in your tabs, and there are some more nifty talking...

Familiarity doesn't always breed contempt. That's a good thing for Excel 2002, since this version is just a slightly scrubbed-up Excel 2000. Although it doesn't offer many earth-shattering improvements, we still think Excel is the best spreadsheet go

The improvements in Excel 2002 make it one of the main reasons for upgrading to Office XP...