Date:         Mon, 3 Oct 2005 20:11:49 -0700
Reply-To:     David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
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From:         David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Office 12 and Excel
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Alan replied:
>I figure that we've failed for 20 years. Time to let go of the ghost and
>give the users photon torpedos. Let them duke it out for galactic
>supremacy.

Which ghost would that be?  Tfe ghost of Gene Roddenberry?  :-)

At least the new limit on records will be a lifesaver for all the people who
keep
having to take their data sets and cut them into 64K-record chunks for their
users.  How many people have asked that on SAS-L just this year?  Five?

>Best news, imo, is that the 56 color limit in Excel is gone as well. 4.3
>billion colors on the way...daddy is happy ;-]

With that, and new fonts, people will be producing new output which looks
even *more* like blackmail notes.  :-)  :-)

David
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David L. Cassell
mathematical statistician
Design Pathways
3115 NW Norwood Pl.
Corvallis OR 97330

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