Powerpoint Problem

[webfoo]

Ref. [webmasterworld.com ]

1 year later, still no solution. Contacting Microsoft yielded little more than a "yes, that is funny." They explained that the measurements of objects are stored in EMU's. When PowerPoint renders them for display, the conversion to inches is rounded, causing it to disalign from the grid.

So a 3-year old product from a multi-billion dollar company still doesn't have a minor issue fixed from 3 years ago? Come on Microsoft.

[graeme_p]

Did they ever fix the incorrect stats formulae in Excel?

I suspect they will not bother fixing something that only a minority of users will ever notice, and most of them will not care very much.

Let me put it another way: why should they fix it. Will this bug stop you, or anyone else, from buying MS office? If not, what have they got to gain by fixing it?

[piatkow]

Will this bug stop you, or anyone else, from buying MS office?

It wouldn't stop me buying it because the price already did.

[graeme_p]

@piatkow, If you worked in certain industries you would by MS Office regardless of what they did., and almost regardless of cost. For example, a Bloomberg Terminal is much more useful with Excel (I think its included) than without.

[piatkow]

If you worked in certain industries you would by MS Office regardless of what they did

In that case the bug still wouldn't stop me buying it. As it stands I get all the functionality that I need from Open Office.