| | Microsoft Word Home and Student 2007 |  | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $119.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 571
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Home and Student
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Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
MPN: 79f-00006
Model: 79F-00006
UPC: 882224165150
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ASIN: B000HCXKMQ
Release Date: January 30, 2007
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 As a student well worth the money July 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was a little hesitant due to the cost along with so many different releases being put out all the time. I kept thinking as soon as I buy this Microsoft will put out yet another version therefore making this one out dated. But with all the papers I have due and a lot of the professors using Word 2007 my older version wouldn't read or accept some of the downloads.
I went ahead and purchased this and am glad I did! With all the download templates available (MLA, APA, Research papers etc.) it was well worth the money. Anyone that has tried to set up an APA or MLA paper on their old copies would understand my enthusiasm for the ease which Word 2007 Student allows me to just do my paper without the hassle of constantly fighting the format!
I would recommend purchasing this version just for the time saved alone. It does take a bit to get used to as the basic toolbar has changed. But after awhile you will have it down and be turning in those papers with ease.
 More cumbersome bloatware from Microsoft July 15, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
There was a time when Microsoft Office Word's most recent incarnation was held as the Gold Standard of word-processing programs by most casual- and many professional-computer users. This "article of faith" was so ubiquitous that the pre-installed downgraded word-processing program, part of what is called Microsoft Works, was held in some contempt by most users and usually deleted right away and replaced with the most recent version of Word. No more.
Office Word 2007 is packed with things no one needs and wastes every user's time trying to figure it out.
Compared to the over written and unnecessarily complex Word 2007, the basic templates in Microsoft Works (version 8.5) are refreshingly appealing, simple to use and entirely adequate for most writing and word processing tasks.
Unlike the older versions of Word and the Works Word Processor, Office Word 2007 opens to seven separate template tabs - Each with its own full range of choices and each with own set of multiple and complex tool bars and options. These view pages include 1) Home, 2) Insert, 3) Page Layout, 4) References, 5) Mailings, 6) Review and 7) View. Without going into detail, suffice it to say that the truly necessary aspects of each were once contained on the two simple toolbars most commonly used in the earlier versions of Word, Editing and Navigation.
Navigating between these seven tabbed templates is like moving from room to room - or from house to house - to complete one meal or one conversation. It is simply a user-unfriendly, ill-conceived design. The multiplicity, design and inclusion of many useless options on the production default page ("Home") alone are distracting, delaying, complicated and yield no better product than the earlier, simpler versions.
Word processing should be straightforward, easily navigated and complete. The basic tools of spell-checking, formatting, cutting, pasting, highlighting, etc. should be positioned so as to make them immediately available while working. With Office Word 2007, Microsoft has abandoned these basic precepts and needs. Every time a different tab/template selection needs to be entered to accomplish a necessary task, the writer is distracted. Any writer - including many of you who are reading this, will agree that adding distraction reduces productivity and efficiency.
Microsoft's Office Word 2007 was appears to have not been designed by writers, but by software engineers rewarded for building bigger and more complex programs.
The same strategic error was made by Microsoft in its current operating system, Windows VISTA. Most users of the Microsoft XP system found it perfectly adequate. VISTA bloated a good operating system until it became a gargantuan program of gigabyte-guzzling proportions while adding little if any functional improvements. Yet another example of size and complexity winning out over necessary functionality. Office Word 2007 is a repetition of the self-same misjudgment.
Time is of the essence to most people when they write. It took me nearly ten minutes to figure out how to change a default that double spaced every line I wrote! The Style templates are simply bizarre and distracting, taking up fully half the toolbar space in the basic "Home" production tab. The more functional and necessary functions are squeezed into mini-size half icons making the necessary navigation all the more difficult.
Yes, there is a way to customize one's own toolbar - but why should we have to spend our own time to re-simplify what Microsoft Word 2007 has literally encrypted and hidden in a maze of overlapping separate templates, options and useless features!
There is talk of VISTA being replaced sooner rather than later and that, as heavily promoted as it was and with the talk of ceasing to provide support or updates for XP in the coming year, it will be piled atop the 'it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time' junk heap along with Windows Millennium. I expect Word 2007 to wind up there, too.
In the meanwhile, there are good choices, even if you choose to stay within the Windows 'family' of word processing programs. Most simply (and inexpensively) the aforementioned Microsoft Works 8.5 actually turns out to be a pretty user friendly and functional package that includes a more familiar and easier to use word processing program, an Excel-like spread sheet as well as an Access-like database for keeping and sorting information.
Office Word 2003 and XP software is still out there and is getting pretty inexpensive - And it is far easier to use.
As a former admitted "Microsoft Word snob," I must confess that I have learned something from these experiences. Bigger is not necessarily better. The principle applies to software as well as to cars. Microsoft should not be rewarded for bringing this 'upgrade' to market any more than the developers and promoters of Hummers ought be acknowledged for their ecological contributions to the well being of the planet.
I have also learned that the earlier and simpler versions of Microsoft's word processing programs are far superior in ease of use and essential, efficient functionality than is its newest product, Office Word 2007. I encourage every new computer buyer to give Microsoft Works a try before automatically dumping it in favor of Word and its related programs. You might be in for a very pleasant and economically satisfying experience!
A new student June 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a new student to the program so still am learning. I hope to write a book using it
Dreadful June 15, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Word 2007 is a perfect example of why you shouldn't try to fix something that was never broken. Instead of improving Word, they made it ugly and just plain annoying. An experienced user can figure out how to use it...but the hunting and searching for functions that used to be a snap to find is a frustrating, time-consuming waste. The toolbar is now a "ribbon" cluttered with icons instead of quick, simple pull-down menus. I wish I'd done more research, and I'd have ordered an older version of Word with my new laptop. THIS SYSTEM SUCKS.
 Word for dummies June 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I absolutely love the ease of use of this product. With all the programs I have to know, it's nice that all you need to do is target an item at the top of the page and it gives you details as to what it's used for. Sometimes I forget, so it's great if I need to just target and read. Takes the guess work out of your tasks. This product is excellent for first-time users.
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