Conducted by the American Institutes for Research, this study compared Office XP and Office 2000. The goal was to determine which suite of programs offers the greatest productivity advantages on everyday word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and e-mail tasks. Office XP consistently outperformed Office 2000, both in shorter task times and the number of tasks successfully completed. Read the report to learn more.

Included in this document:

• Background
• Participants
• Tasks
• Statistical Method
• Overall Task Performance
• Participant Comments
• System Usability Scale

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