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Rating:  907 reviews
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Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Home and Student
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Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.5
MPN: 79g-00007
Model: 79G-00007
UPC: 882224165242
EAN: 0882224165242
ASIN: B000HCZ8EO
Release Date: January 30, 2007
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Showing reviews 11-15 of 907
 Save your money and don't upgrade February 7, 2007
Mark Bookworth (Bermuda)
46 out of 63 found this review helpful
I seel lots of glowing reviews and discussion about the big new feature, "The Ribbon". I participated in the Beta of Office 2007 and found it to be a bit more interesting to use than previous versions. You have to learn a whole new approach to Word and Excel to effectively use the ribbon. For my way of working, the ribbon is not an improvement but more of a hindrance or annoyance. It also takes up lots and lots of space on your monitor. My preference is to use full screen mode where I see just the page I am working on with no menu distractions or tabs. Just a nice clean sheet. The office software is monstrously huge and with the exception of Excel, the programs run slow as molasses on my 3GHz DELL. Outlook 2007 is not included in this version, which may be a good thing. It was the slowest of the lot when I used it extensively at work. Message previews took forever to appear after changing folders.
The problem seem to be that MS wants to keep adding feature after feature and "conveniences" as they deem necessary which bloats the software and makes it drastically over complicated. At the same time, they seem to have paid little attention to improving the user experience. Software needs to be smooth and responsive with a clean intuitive uncluttered interface to be a productivity enhancer.
Office 2007 is just the opposite. I'm back to Office 2000 (uninstalling the yucky Beta wiped out my entire previous installation of office, thanks Microsoft), and you know what, Office 2000 may not have the bells and whistles of 2007, but it works just great and produces excellent documents and spreadsheets. I see no need to upgrade and it would probably be wiser to buy MS shares with your hundred odd dollars as you can guarantee the world plus dog will simply have to get this new stuff or they will feel like they are sooo behind the times.
My parting advice: Let MS work through another one or two iterations of this new interface and it may then be worth spending hundreds to upgrade,m as long as they make it a pleasure to use. Say more ... iPod like?
 Incompatible with older versions!!!! February 9, 2007
T. Pallen (Clarksville, TN USA)
44 out of 53 found this review helpful
Office 2007 products are incompatible with older versions and it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to run Office 2007 suites or components and components from an older version, in my case Office 2003, on the same computer. Installation of Office 2007 is usually not possible until all earlier versions of Office suites or components are uninstalled. Reinstallations of older components are then blocked. For example, I had to uninstall Office 2003 Student & Teachers edition before Office 2007 Student & Teachers would install. Since Microsoft has eliminated Outlook from this suite in 2007, I thought I would just reinstall the 2003 version--the installation seemed to work, but the program will not run.
 Once you get used to it, you'll love Microsoft Office 07 February 3, 2007
Bleuet (Colorado Springs, CO)
41 out of 44 found this review helpful
This student edition of Microsoft Office 07 comes with four programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Unless you specifically have a need for another Microsoft Office program, this will be more than enough for the average Office user. You've got all the essentials: a word processor (Word), a spreadsheet (Excel), a slide show creator (PowerPoint), and even a nice program to put all your notes (OneNote). Home and Student Office 07 version gives you the basic programs at a cheaper price than the other versions of Office.
The main difference you'll find between this 07 version and the Microsoft Office 03 is that all the programs now have the "ribbon" instead of being menu-driven. The ribbon is a much more visual representation of all the features you can use. All the different tasks are grouped into ribbons; which are divided up into different tabs you can click on. For example, if you clicked on the "Insert" tab in Word you would find tasks such as "inserting" a header or "inserting" a table. What this means is that instead of being hidden in menus and submenus, most features now can be found simply by being in the right tab. This allows you to find some useful features that you might otherwise not have known existed.
Everything from Microsoft 03 is there, it just might take awhile to get used to the new layout of things. There are also a lot of cool new features added in this version, such as easily being able to write complex math equations in Word (it was such a pain in Word 03) and being provided with an easy format to create a bibliography in APA, MLA, Chicago style etc.
Perhaps the only drawback of Office 07 is that it's such a drastic change from Office 03 that it will take awhile to get used to. After years of knowing all the complex menus you'll have to learn where everything is all over again, which can be frustrating for vetrans of Office 03. However, if you just give it some time, you'll fall in love with just how well everything is set up and appreciate the new visual style this version implements.
Pros:
* The new visual style allows easy access to all the various features
* You can still save files in Office 97-03 format (Example .doc)
Cons:
* You must relearn where everything is because of the Ribbon
* Not all websites/ programs recognize the new 07 files
Final Recommendation: Buy it, get used to it, and love it!
Much improvement in Excel 2007 January 31, 2007
D. Knowlton (Cupertino, CA United States)
37 out of 48 found this review helpful
For years Microsoft has released upgrades of Excel 97 that have mostly been cosmetic. The underlying computation and memory limits have led to long calculations and instability in large spreadsheets.
This 2007 version dramatically expands row and column capacity. In addition, it overcomes previous memory restrictions and uses dual core processors to speed calculation. One large sheet improved calculation time from over 2 minutes to under 40 seconds using an AMD dual core processor.
This version fixes fundamental limitations for users of large sheets.
I was afraid that the new user interface would be daunting, but after a few hours with it, I have found all of the functions I use.
I only found one bug. The program hung up when I clicked the "error checking" button with the cursor in a conditionally formatted cell. I would imagine bug fixes will be coming since the program has only been recently released.
This program is well worth the price.
DO NOT BUY> Excel crashes, Word interface is a horrible mess October 31, 2007
Joel M. O. Bryan
33 out of 35 found this review helpful
Where to start....???? SO many things are messed up in Office 2007.
Here are my top 3:
#1: Word/Excel/PPt: The ribbon interface changes things around so drastically that doing what was once simple things in Office XP/2003 is now a frustrating exercise in lost time and productivity.
#2: Excel: First, MS has a hotfix (a 32 MB download) for a math error (yes a math error). Very few users will ever be likely to hit that value range on a calculated result, but still unacceptable for a mainstream number crunching program. But if you are one of those unfortunates, and the error ocurrs in a very large, complex spreadsheet, then the error could cost a business a fortune if it's not caught.
#3: Excel crashes if you try to specify a custom value range for chart error bars by selecting the appropriate row/columns from the worksheet (like you can in previous versions)... you have to enter them manually by typing the arcane "=Sheet1!$A$1:$Z$1". Even if you try to click over to the worksheet while the entry box is open Excel will crash and you lose everything since the last Save. This bug is probably lurking in other areas as many functions make the same calls to a common software modules where the bug really is located.
There are many other bugs in this product too numerous to list here (goto the MS Discussion Groups on Office 2007 for more).
Do not buy MS Office 2007 unless you like PAIN!!
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