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 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Software
List Price: £119.99
Buy New: £64.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 1
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
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Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers.
MPN: 79g-00007
Model: 79G-00007
UPC: 882224165242
EAN: 0882224165242
ASIN: B000HCZ8EO
Release Date: January 30, 2007
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 Pity June 7, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Like several office users reviewing Office 2007 I have just put my hands to my head in despair at having to learn something that was easy back in Office 4.2, let alone 2003. Apart from writing a simple letter, if I want to do anything in the way of formatting, or adding autotext I have to trawl the help files. I gave up after and hour and have gone back to my own laptop. We use Office 97 - 2003 and this is not a problem: I use Mac, Windows and Linux and I have come to the conclusion after trying to use Office 2007 that I might just have purchased my last Microsoft product. Open Office is limited, but it works, Office 97 is familiar and now unsupported, but it works: I don't want to learn a new system. If, like me, you prefer the familiar, don't bother to buy this product, it's not worth it. If you are new to the whole thing, you might be interested in investing the time to learn how to use it, but if you only want simple spreadsheets and word-processing, why pay at all - get open office. I'm not an MS critic, ordinarily, but this product is like a new car with a steering wheel at the back - it might look like a porche, but it don't drive like one!
Waste of money - stick with 2003 June 5, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have been trialing Office 2007 for my business for 3 months. So far I am very disappointed and have NOT upgraded the other 12 people to this version (are you listening MS?). It is expensive to buy and offers absolutley no major improvement. Some key irritations are:
- If you have user 2003 then the new navigation is more complex and difficult to learn
- It is slower than 2003! (I have a top spec PC)
- The default file extension is different (ie docx) making it imcompatible with past versions unless you download a fix
- Excel screws up 2003 files!
- I am a major word user - processing large and complex business documents with style sheets etc. All the bugs are still there.
I am in the process of moving my company to Open Office which is free and does enough that the average user will need.
Do not buy unless you are desperate.
Ribbon... eww... May 31, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The ribbon "feature" is what had me request to go back to 2003 at work.
I don't need 5 gazillion styles in my menu, I never use them. Nor does anyone else I know. It's especially bad in Word.
If this "Ribbon" were customizable, great. But it isn't. You're stuck with what Microsoft deems essential -- not you.
MS, believe me, Styles are not what I deem essential to have up at all times in rather wide buttons for each one. They are better served in a dropdown list as they used to be.
This isn't so much a case of not wanting to learn a new menu, it's a case of being unable to customize a large amount (LARGE amount!) of screen space. That doesn't exactly enhance productivity.
Frankly, the only thing worth having seems to be OneNote, but if that's truly the only thing you consider it for... www.evernote.com has an alternative.
There is a reason so many people move from Word / Excel to Open Office, and 2007 is one of them.
Powerusers will most likely not enjoy the new version.
pointless May 17, 2008
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
This version is no better or worse than microsofts other dross. It is a pity I have to have it for the kids school work.
much slower than Office 2003 May 10, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
A typical Excel/VBA program of mine takes just over 8 min to run under Office 2003 on an Athlon 64 1.79Hz pc with 1GB RAM. The identical program takes 5 min LONGER under Office 2007 on a faster Intel duo-core T8100 with 3 GB RAM. One can get used to the new toolbar layout etc, but this slower performance is there to stay.
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