Installing Windows 8 and actually being excited about the new possibly of the Microsoft family of “Metro” products, I decided to plunge ahead and install the Office 2013 60-Day trial.

All looked great last night under the fog of a few glasses of wine, but upon reflection (mainly 8 hours of sleep) I felt the challenge of all the new Office 13 features & new navigation would be a bridge too far for a short holiday season.

This morning (Monday) being a take charge kinda guy, I promptly uninstalled the 32-bit Office 13 60-day trail and was hoping to get my week started. I quickly found out my 2010 Office Starter products (Word & Excel) were also uninstalled and now Microsoft no longer provides Office 'Starter' support or allows any further downloading of this critical work product, leaving me high and dry on the rocks without the support of a MS spreadsheet tool.

Welcome to my week.