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| Microsoft Office Professional 2007 FULL VERSION | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $499.95
Buy New: $199.00
You Save: $300.95 (60%)
New (49) Used (3) from $199.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 39
Format: Dvd-video
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Office Ultimate 2007 UPGRADE
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.2
nv:Software Type: Office Productivity
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 26911094
Model: 269-11094
UPC: 882224263610
EAN: 0882224263610
ASIN: B000HCVR30
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Microsoft's WORST Product! May 24, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I recently bought a new laptop, and the changeover involved an "upgrade" to Office 2007. I was aware that there was a new user interface, but was not aware that Office 2007 is, in almost every respect, an INFERIOR product to any Office version that came before it!
I have used MS Office for many years, and am what could be called a "power user," especially for Word and Powerpoint, which I use weekly.
One of the great features of Office is that it has been totally customizable. For those who use office frequently, it has been easy to create your own custom toolbars so you have what you need easily available. Most tasks could be done with one or two mouse clicks... Until Office 2007!
In Office 2007, hardly anything is customizable! You have a constantly changing tool ribbon, which takes up a lot of screen real estate.
The ribbon presents a set of icons based on what it "thinks" you will need at the moment. It is rarely right! ... so you go searching through the tabs trying to find the icon that was on the ribbon a few moments earlier! There is one small "tool bar" up on the title bar that you CAN customize, but it is not convenient, and will not hold many icons. It has the option of being moved below the ribbon, which takes up even more screen real estate, but is still very limited, and cannot be docked or moved from there.
Granted, there are third party programs, such as Ribbon Customizer and Toolbar Toggle, that add back some of the ability to customize, but it is still far inferior to what Office users are used to!
Even the third party programs, however, cannot get around the fact that there are some features in earlier Office versions that are simply NOT included in the new one. In previous versions of Powerpoint, you could add a set of icons that, with one mouse click, allowed you to adjust the vertical spacing of text. That has been omitted in 2007. In the "improved" 2007 version, you must open a dialog box, and make several mouse clicks to adjust vertical spacing!
To make matters worse, Office 2007 documents are not compatible with earlier versions. After spending years establishing formats such as .doc and .ppt as industry standards, Microsoft has introduced a version of office that does not use these formats! If you want to send a document to someone who still has Office 2003 (or any other program that reads .doc files) you need to remember to save it in that format. The default 2007 format cannot be opened by earlier versions!
Office 2007 CAN open the older formats, but even in opening earlier Office formats, there are problems. For example, most users of Powerpoint have learned the trick of adding drop shadows behind the text to make the text stand out on the screen. Office 2007 has changed the way these shadows are formed. When you open a powerpoint presentation made on an earlier version, your old drop shadows WILL NOT ANIMATE with the text. When a slide appears, the shadows of the letters are already in place, and the letters animate in on top! Mircosoft's only suggestion... go through your slides and take the old shadows out, and put new shadows in! (I tried this... it takes 30-40 minutes per presentation! ...And I have hundreds of powerpoint presentations in my file!)
For someone who never used Office before, or who just uses Word to type simple letters, 2007 may be okay, but for anyone who depends on Office for detailed tasks and productivity, 2007 is a nightmare.
I have always loved Microsoft Office. It has been an industry standard for ease of use. In my opinion, that is no longer the case. I believe Microsoft tried to produce something "different" to attract new users, but in the process totally ignored the needs of those who have used their products in the past. If you have the option of staying with an earlier version, DO NOT UPGRADE to this product!
Zero Functionality May 20, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have been using the new version of MS Office since last November, and still have trouble location the commands that I need. The layout is sooo non intuitive. Actually, the layout does not make any sense at all. I would not recommend this product to anyone currently using MS Office in XP.
Why doesn't Office 2007 import Excel Office 2002 graphs properly? May 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just installed Office 2007 for Windows and was very disappointed that my graphs in my Excel files (Office for Windows XP 2002) were a complete mess. The font sizes were way off, some of the graphs came into 2007 in a tiny size I couldn't restore to normal size. Just a big mess. I spent an hour trying to fix my graphs (which were in separate worksheets from the data). I fixed one, but several more were "trapped" in a tiny viewspace and I gave up.
Access, Word and Powerpoint files converted ok. But I've given up on Excel.
I reinstalled my older version of Office and will continue to use that until Microsoft stops making software that's backward compatible with the old style Office.
I don't have time to screw around with software that makes me re-do my past work.
 Worth it!!!! May 17, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I did not have one problem with the install. The format with the new ribbon is wonderful and extreemly efficient once you get the hang of it. I love the fact that it allows connectivity with other microsoft programs like MapPoint etc.
stick with Office 2003 May 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not good.
Excel / Word -- Microsoft replaced the old toolbars with "ribbons". If you're new to Office, you may like the ribbons. If you have been using office for a while and prefer to use shortcut keys instead of the mouse, you will hate it. I haven't seen any new features that make it worth the change.
Outlook -- horrible. freezes constantly and seldom opens correctly the fist time (I'm writing this review as I wait for Outlook to try and open for the sixth consecutive time). more difficult to assign categories to calendar entries via shortcut keys. Again, I haven't found any features that offset the drawbacks.
Office has a "print to .pdf" add in. This is good. However, you can get the same funcitonality by downloading CutePDF for free. The headaches of Office 2007 are not worth it.
by the way, I have always been a fan of Office products is the past. This upgrade was a waste. Actually, it has negative value becuase of the time I waste every time I use it.
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