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| Microsoft Word 2007 Version Upgrade | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $109.95
Buy New: $83.00
You Save: $26.95 (25%)
New (38) Used (1) from $83.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 2131
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Upgrade
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.5
MPN: 059-05442
Model: 059-05442
UPC: 882224149648
EAN: 0882224149648
ASIN: B000HCVR5S
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 What a mess July 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you liked the old DOS era when all applications had different commands and the clerical staff had a stroke when you made them learn a new word processing application, you will absolutely love Word 2007. However, if you liked the modern era of Windows applications whereby they shared familiar drop down menus, you will detest Word 2007. What amazes me are the glowing reviews this mess has received by the "experts." I guess computer geeks are like mathematicians: as long as something is "elegant," that's good enough. Why should one worry about the dumb masses who will use the "elegant" product?
Wordperfect 12 is Better For Most Uses June 7, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use both WP 12 and MS Word 2007. Word is generally a failure for a number of reasons: 1) It forces you to use fonts you don't want and uses annoying spacing settings as defaults-changing the defaults is a pain as sometimes they change back. My preference has always been boring, but nonetheless clear and readable, Times New Roman 12 pt-MS in its desire for "cleartype" has chosen "Calibri" which looks fine on the screen, but not on paper, I guess the Microsoft people thought that generated documents would never be printed. 2) the outlining feature is awkward and useless-again the fonts and spacing are uneconomical and inefficient-compared to WP 12-which is simple and no muss- I am sorely disappointed. On the plus side, MS Word templates are easy to create and use as well as envelopes. However, I have had difficulty with labels. Overall, the primary problem with MS Word 2007, is that the creators have tried way too hard to impose their ideal world on the user. If you are happy with that world-fine, but for others, like myself, who conform to fairly conservative business styles-this world is a nuisance and WP 12 offers a simpler, trouble free, and less expensive alternative.
Micro$oft shoots itself in the foot and us in the pocket May 27, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Why change an interface that half the know universe could use to one that almost no-one can understand? Why remove the customisability of toolbars and functions? Why make the interface such that 4 clicks are needed when only 2 were needed previously? Why hide commonly used functions? Why make it effectively incompatible with previous versions?
It's a secret plan by OpenOffice who have infiltrated Micro$oft to make their products so bad that we'll all migrate to Open Office. It must be, that's the only logical explanation for the way the Office 2007 is such a pain to use!
As a business user, we've had all of our customised functions removed at a stroke. Keyboard shortcuts no longer work, macros no longer work and simple operations that could be accessed direct from the keyboard now need 3-4 mouse clicks. the interface is un-instinctive and occupies too much screen space. There are multiple bugs. Everyone who has used it in the office hates it and two of our major customers refuse to accept documents in the new format containing equations. Oh, yes, the equation editor is incompatible with anything previous and only works in the new docx format - which none of our customers will accept for electronic documents.
Open Office here we come.
 Improved! but...... April 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a user of WordPerfect for many years, I've always found Word to be deficient. Word 2007 is a true improvement. Although it still does not have some of the superior features of WordPerfect that ease formatting, it is a definite move into the future. For example, if you copy and paste from the Internet, then you can instantly go to that site if you wish. You can create your blog with it and have it immediately uploaded to your site. There is an encryption feature to help secure your work. Inserts and citations are efficient. It has the ability to read numerous word-processing systems. When all is said and done, the document you save is far smaller in size than in the old Word. It may be hard for old Word fans to master, but once they do, they will find it a tremendous improvement. Four stars! Not perfect but far, far better!
A "learning curve" but better than Word 2003 April 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
There is a "learning curve" for Word 2007, as it is slightly different than Word 2003. I used both before switching to 2007 exclusively. I hated "styles" in 2003 and I disliked the ribbon in 2007, but the ribbon is far easier to work around than styles. I still wish I could customize the ribbon, but in 2007, it is easier to create a typical document by setting your defaults and saving them as the "Normal" setting (with styles turned off).
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