I found that words Word 98 wrongly flagged as incorrect were recognized correctly in Word 2001, and the new thesaurus offered a better selection of synonyms. And that lets you worry about content instead of the vagaries of Web page rendering. The Web Page Preview feature saves your document as HTML and opens the file in your favorite Web browser, so you can see if everything is in place. By making Excel do things the way you want it to, rather than the way a software designer in Redmond thinks it should, Excel's handy new features make the program easier for both novices and pros to use. What's New For all its number-crunching capabilities, most people use Excel primarily for handling simple lists.
Lists are more popular simply because spreadsheet formulas are intimidating.
As you click on the buttons of the familiar-looking Calculator, Excel builds the formula for you. When you're done, Excel inserts the formula into the cell where you've been working. What's Better Excel 2001 now includes the FileMaker Pro Import Wizard. When you drag a FileMaker Pro database onto an Excel worksheet, the Import Wizard starts up and lets you specify the database fields that you want. This makes it easier to apply Excel's superb analysis tools to your sales data, for example.