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| From: Microsoft Software
List Price: $149.95
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Rating:  907 reviews
Sales Rank: 1
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Home and Student
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Do you need this software??? February 3, 2007
Review this..... (NJ, USA)
16 out of 22 found this review helpful
Chances are NO - if you own versions 2003. But if you are thinking of buying this for first time then you are in luck! This is an outstanding software package that can be installed on up to (3) home computers. Yes that is right three none business computers. That should handle just about every house hold.
What you get are the standards: Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007 and OneNote 2007, PowerPoint 2007 and OneNote 2007. You most likely now the first 3 programs but OneNote 2007 is not new but it has not been a pushed software by Microsoft. I have been using OneNote for a couple of years now and I just love it!
OneNote is a place for all your NOTES. You can tab sections and keep all your subjects separated and organized. You can copy and paste pictures, links to web site or other files. If you have a Tablet PC you can hand write you note just as if you are writing on or in a note book.
If you used an earlier version you may notice that Outlook is not is listed. That is because "Students" do not use Outlook they use web based email like yahoo hotmail, and gmail among others. Very smart since having Outlook would most likely be a waste.
These new versions of Office 2007 are very different than the one you are used to. The tool bar is laid out in a more comprehensive manner. I can actually think logically and not think in and Office frame of mind. This will take some time to get used to.
If you are installing this on Windows XP you should not have any problems. As always BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP, You should not experience any problems with a NEW install. But if you are thinking about upgrading to Windows Vista what and install the new Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 after you have upgraded to Vista.
A real user of Office will see this new version as a much deserving upgrade and will just love it. New users will not understand what all the talk is about since they will not have known the joys of what we had to endure over the many versions of Office Suites. This is a version of office that will help students learn the skill that they will need in the office and class rooms. As more schools get technology more students will be learning the skills of Office.
Great improvement over earlier versions. February 6, 2007
A reader from NY (Roseboom, NY USA)
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Office 2007 is the biggest meaningful upgrade since 1997. No more mere cosmetic enhancements, but a whole rebuild from the ground up. This not just a cosmetic change from Office 2003 as some reviewers state. It's a whole new interface on some office products.
The ribbon command system is both a godsend and a frustrating feature. While some commands are at your finguretips, others leave you scrambling for the help section or an online community to see where an old Office 97-2003 command is. There is something that is called a quick access bar (on the top left corner where the undo arrows are) on each application where you can have the commands readily available.
I use Excel the most and this is the most improved program, IMNSHO. After years of outcry, Microsoft increased the number of column from a mere 256 to more than 16,000. There are also over a million rows. Corel's Quatro Pro spreadsheet has had this number for years, so it's nothing Microsoft innovated.
The graphs are much more modern looking on all the applications. I don't think Microsoft has made any improvements in their graph designs since the late 80's. Even Office 2003 had antiquated graphs.
When formating documents, Office now have a live preview feature that allows you to know what the new format would look like by just point the mouse pointer over the format button.
The one thing I feel should have been included with this is Outlook. Haven't gotten the feel for OneNote yet. Not alot of books available on how to use this.
One thing about the ribbons, it's on Access, Exel, Powerpoint, and Word, but for a mysterious reason is missing from every other Microsoft Office 2007 product including out OneNote and Outlook (except when dealing with messages).
You can make the change August 4, 2007
PVS (Englewood, New Jersey United States)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Word, appears to be confusing initially, especially for the experienced user like myself who is expecting to find the toolbar and tabs in the usual place as Word 2003. The new ribbon helps you to quickly find commands that are used to complete a task. Some tabs are shown only when needed, which helps to prevent clutter. The tabs are related to specific activity, for example, when you click on the page layout tab, everything you want to do on the page is shown; margins, indent, spacing etc. Initially I wished I had kept my Word 2003, however, the more I work with Word 2007, I began to like it. With patience you will find your most used tools and be pleased with your new purchase. I find the case for the software too clunky, although the case has nothing to do with the use of the software. if you don't mind change, and you don't mind spending some extra time learning the new interface of the program, it's worth it.
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 August 23, 2007
M. Karas (Philadelphia area)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
The only complaint I have about this product is that the Microsoft Word is not compatible with earlier versions of Word. (This may also be true of the Excel and PowerPoint). So, when I have to send a document to someone else, anyone who has an older version can't open it. If I would've known that before I bought it, I would've purchased an earlier version (probably 2003).
 The worst office ever September 17, 2007
G. E. Williams (California)
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
While I am not what you would call a power user of computers, I am still a user. I started with computers, back with my best friends Commodore 64, so it has been a while.
At work I started back in the days of MS DOS, and 5&1/2 " floppy's. I learned word processing on Office Writer, and then we moved to the first versions of windows, and moved to Lotus Applications, I learned all the key board short cuts, learned how to make slide presentations, write spreadsheets, and use Lotus Notes and Amipro. Then My company decided to get out of IBM entirely and we moved to Microsoft Office, which wasn't nearly as efficient as our by then out of date Lotus 123 v 3.1, then we upgraded to Office 97, which was an improvement, (then We got out of Legacy and went Oracle, but that is another sad story).
Then I got Lotus 10 for home and it sucked, so I got Office 2000 at home which was better still, then at work we upgraded to Office 2003, which was better still.
So imagine my disappointment this year when I had Office 2007 bundled into my new laptop. It is so counterintuitive in it's operation, that I went and loaded the Lotus into My laptop until I can go Buy another copy of an earlier version of Office. Maybe I need to get a how to book, but since I have been using computers for over two decades without a class before, it seems like it is the software not me.
But that's just me.
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