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Can you be specific about what bugs? I've been using excel extensively for 10+ years and its the best software application MS has ever produced.

Just to name a few...

Cell heights are automatically and randomly expanded or compressed whenever I paste cut or copied cells. Fonts seem to change on their own as well during similar operations. And when I try to set the font back to what it was, it doesn't take (I'll save the spreadsheet, only to find the wrong font when I open it again).

Excel may well be the best application MS has ever produced, but to me, that isn't saying much. I mean, kudos to Bill Gates for striking it rich -- I am a good capitalist, after all ;o) -- but MS seems to focus too heavily on feature-rich software and not enough on quality. Get it to work first... then add the bells and whistles.

Can you be specific about what bugs?

Well, I have some data that I've put together regarding the historical national debt that has annual totals from 1791 to the present day. The data is represented in this CSV file. Using that data, with Open Office Calc, I was able to produce this chart. Can you reproduce it while telling Excel that the first column is a year, not just a number?

I don't have a recent copy of Excel to test this on, but I know for certain that it was not possible with Word 97 or Word 2000.