How does Word compare to its contemporaries?

[PoniKika]

It wont let me reply so Im having to post again.

I am creating a stock control system, and will end up using access, but I
have to consider other possibilities, including excel and word. I was just
wondering if anyone could rate Words performace please? In particular how
well it performs tasks, how often it crrashes etc. Does anyone find word
excellent to use? and why? Thanks!

 

[John Vinson]

It wont let me reply so Im having to post again.

I am creating a stock control system, and will end up using access, but I
have to consider other possibilities, including excel and word. I was just
wondering if anyone could rate Words performace please? In particular how
well it performs tasks, how often it crrashes etc. Does anyone find word
excellent to use? and why? Thanks!

Word is a state-of-the-art word processing program. It's not really a
competitor for either Excel or Access; they are different tools for
different purposes. The "Performance" of Word is sort of irrelevant -
you create documents in Word. Though Word does have Macros, which are
VBA code, it would be (IMHO) a misuse of the program to implement an
executable program or a database application in Word. You can drive
nails with a crescent wrench, but that doesn't make it a hammer!

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[Mike Painter]

Word is a state-of-the-art word processing program. It's not really a
competitor for either Excel or Access; they are different tools for
different purposes. The "Performance" of Word is sort of irrelevant -
you create documents in Word. Though Word does have Macros, which are
VBA code, it would be (IMHO) a misuse of the program to implement an
executable program or a database application in Word. You can drive
nails with a crescent wrench, but that doesn't make it a hammer!

John W. Vinson[MVP]
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Using Excel for stock control is using a wrench as a hammer.
Using Word for stock control is using a nail as a hammer.

In 1961 I was at the Missile site near Chico, CA right after one of the
missiles blew up. I watched a man using a large crescent wrench as a hammer
trying to take apart a block and tackle. ( A hammer would also have been the
wrong tool also) I remember thinking that we were surrounded by state of the
art equipment and were using stone age technology to try and solve a
problem.

 

[John Vinson]

Using Excel for stock control is using a wrench as a hammer.
Using Word for stock control is using a nail as a hammer.

LOL!!!

Yep. Absolutely. Thanks Mike!


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