Microsoft BI Client Tools: Easing the Transition from Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 – PivotTable Layout and Design

Being that we are now in the year 2009, you would think that most people are currently using or have been using the Office 2007 suite for a couple of years now. The truth is that there are many businesses “in the wild” that are still standardizing on the Office 2003 suite.

Why? Well there are a variety of reasons. Some places might cite cost to upgrade (as in dollars), where others might cite backwards compatibility with legacy applications. Some others might just say that end users “won’t understand” the new ribbon interface, and they might think that the pain and time of training and helpdesk support outweighs the benefits of using Office 2007.