It may be hard to believe, but for almost ten years as a Mac user, I have managed avoid Microsoft Office. Then recently my wife began bringing home Word and Excel disks from work. In addition, more and more of my email messages are containing Word document attachments. I figured it was time to see what all the fuss was about. Therefore I am going to write this review from the viewpoint of a new user, and give those also sitting on the fence my opinion as to whether or not to jump on the Office 2001 bandwagon.
Office comes in a cute plastic clamshell that leaves absolutely no room for a manual.
It gets worse. There is no electronic manual either. Not even a pdf file. The only documentation is the built-in help system. The help system is fine for looking up specific tasks, but it is no way to learn four complex applications.