Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.6.5 come out the same week as MSO 2013.

On 29/01/13 14:35, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> +1
> Extensions/add-ons are a great way of keeping unnecessary features out of the way of the majority 
> users that never need certain features.
>
> I think the generally used stats are that 80% of users know about less than 20% of features in MS 
> Office.  That's not a different 20% for each user adding up to 100% amoungst 5 users.  It's more 
> the case that if you stripped MSO down to 20% of it's features then 80% of people wouldn't notice 
> anything missing.  In terms of actual usage and from just observations and conversations with 
> individuals i would agree with Tim about it being more like 1% of features being used 99% of the 
> time.  People tend to not use most of what they know and they don't know much.  They focus on just 
> getting the job done, not on fancy ways of doing it.
> Regards from
> Tom :)

+1 - and that's from many years experience as a Systems/Management 
Accountant in many organisations from the one-man-band to large 
UK-quoted companies. The same is true for VBA - I have NEVER in all my 
years worked in a company where VBA was used...or macros come to think 
of it.
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