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| Microsoft Office Professional 2007 FULL VERSION | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $499.95
Buy New: $170.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  158 reviews
Sales Rank: 23
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Professional
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Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
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
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| Customer Reviews:
 Open Office is free -- get it instead September 16, 2007
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
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OpenOffice: open source "equivalent"
All the power 90% of you people need, and zero cost. TINY download. SMALL space consumption on drive. EVEN a portable version. Can open and save Microsloth documents
FREE. no licensing hassles. no demonic EULA.
 Why do they have to reinvent the wheel September 13, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
In my opinion Office 2003 was not broken. There are some nifty features on Office 2007 but generally speaking its very annoying having to relearn everything. They have moved menu's, not that they are menus anymore. However it does seem to perform better than its predecessor and once you get used to the new layout it is good but be careful to save your files in the right format otherwise others on older versions will not be able to use them
 The Next Generation of Office Productivity September 4, 2007
26 out of 34 found this review helpful
Microsoft Office has always been slow to make itself look different than the previous version. In truth, there is very little difference between the looks (and featuers) of Office 97 and Office 2003 other than Outlook. This is both good and bad. It is good because upgrading is easier because you are already familiar with the user interface. It is bad, because it leaves very little room for innovation which is why I'm rarely ready to rush out and upgrade my versions of Office.
Microsoft has decided this time around to not look like 2003 and I say this is all for the better.
But as an IT professional, I warn ALL of my users that upgrading does come with a learning curve and there is a difference in compatibility you need to be mindful of. I would give anybody considering an upgrade the same advice.
I would like to mention the compatibility issues. The standard "save" option will save your document in a format incompatible with previous versions. This is similar to how Access 2000/2003 does not work with Access 97 databases. Well, they have done this all over again except that you can open and save previous formats quite easily. Just be mindful that when you save a Word or Excel document you need to save it in the prior format if you wish to share it with others. You may need to do this for SEVERAL YEARS because I don't see this office being adopted quickly. However, unlike the Access 2000/97 incompatibility, you can open, work in, AND SAVE Access 2000 databases. I wish they had done this when Access 2000 first came out. Thank you, Microsoft!!!
The interface is now completely different, especially since the toolbars at the top of the screen are named differently. However, I like how your icons change depending on which toolbar you are working in which puts a lot of your features at the top of your screen without sacrificing desktop real estate. I must admit, I have had to hunt for some things before (hmmm... where would sort and pivot table be?) but I've never had to hunt for too long.
Like every release of Outlook, this version has taken on a few changes. And like every prior release, I love them!!! Their current layout allows for viewing your Email, folders, calendar, and to-do list all on the same screen. Navigation is quite easy and visiting your contacts couldn't be easier. My only complaint is the notes... I wish they had done notes like they had done Contacts but they give you a little icon on the bottom of your screen that I often confuse with the "folder list" icon sitting next to it. I hope Microsoft fixes that in a future patch/service pack.
Here is something else I've never said of previous versions... it has actually made my documents look better. A lot better. Formatting of text and columns has never been easier. I use styles quite often and they aren't the "blah" standard ones anymore... the styles have evolved tremendously and my documents look great because of that. Also, there was an ability to alternate shading in Excel but if you had to change orders or copy and paste it would ruin the shading and you had to re-do the shading all over again. Now it keeps it just the way you want it... even on a cut and paste!!!
Despite the learning curve, I love this new version of Office and have no regrets switching over to it. I think this has brought Office to a whole new level that no previous version has ever done before. I can't believe I'm saying/typing this, but my hats off to Microsoft for coming out with a truly superior product.
 A step backward for Microsoft and Office August 29, 2007
86 out of 95 found this review helpful
I happen to like Microsoft as a company. I go back to the very beginnings of the "microcomputer" revolution and remember all too well the frustrations of dealing with monstrosities like CP/M, which most computer users today aren't familiar with and may be thankful that they are not.
Microsoft brought and then forced standardization on the industry and that is a good thing, a very good thing.
Microsoft's products, however, have ranged from the spectacularly and revolutionary great like Visual Basic to some real dogs. People tend to forget that Microsoft has not - and still does not - dominate every category of softwre.
Office has, by and large, been pretty good. There have been a couple of releases that were terrible.
Office 2000 and 2003, I thought, were excellent.
Office 2007 is, in my opinion, something of a dog.
Unfortunately, my business requires me to be intimately familiar with all the new releases of major products, so I don't have much of a choice except to use Office 2007 on a daily basis.
So far my experience of a few days has been largely negative.
I'm running it under Windows XP SP 2 on a 2.17 Ghz Core 2 Duo computer with 2 GB of fast RAM. Outlook 2007 loads like molasses in a very cold January. The search function in Outlook has been crippled. What used to be a simple search for the literal expression "[Chicago]" is now apparently impossible or I have simply been unable to find directions on how to accomplish. The search function is vastly faster and more flexible, but they seem to have dropped simple capabilities.
In Word, Excel and Access, the new ribbon tool bar is jarring departure from Office's former GUI. Common functions, such as Undo are no longer immediately apparent. Many common functions, in fact, have been relegated to right-click menus or elsewhere.
I have no complaints yet about the stability of the programs, but as I said, I've only been using them a few days.
On the whole, if I didn't have to have total familiarity with Office 2007, I'd strip it off my machine immediately and reinstall Office 2003. Maybe over time, I will come to view the appearance changes as helpful. Right now I don't. Perhaps over time I will stop noticing how slow the programs are in comparison to Office 2000 and 2003 versions. At the moment however, I could read a chapter in a book by the time Outlook opens.
Speaking of reading, Microsoft has once again changed the online Help format (which you can access if you find a terribly small button way on the right hand side of the window.) Help is less helpful than in previous versions mainly because it is too encompassing.
Overall I think Microsoft has taken not necessarily a step backwards with Office 2007, but rather a misstep. If you can avoid using Office 2007, I would suggest you do so and wait for the next release, which I suspect will go back to looking more like Office 2003.
Jerry
Too many problems to list with Office 2007 August 9, 2007
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
Professional users beware - there is not much to like with this version of the Office Suite. I had to purchase the full version as my disk crashed and I could not find my prior software disks (Office 2003). I have been laboring along for 2 months trying to work out problems with Office 2007, but I think I will buy Office 2003 on ebay and try to take Office 2007 off. My main gripes - Outlook doesn't work - it insists I am on a LAN and won't load my personal folder from before (that is the main reason for buying over home edition). Tech support was a gal in China, I gave up with her efforts to solve. Other gripes - All functions create files in a new format that is not compatable with earlier versions of PowerPoint, etc. You have to remember to save in the earlier format if you share files with other folks lucky enough to have earlier versions. Office 2007 has somehow disabled my DVD/CD writer so I can't use that. The new toolbar 'ribbons' are frustrating for someone who has used earlier Office versions for years. They are not intuitive and you spend too long trying to find what you need. I still cannot copy live links into another document as plain text, cannot format documents as I want, and hate the defaults. The spell checker defaults to French, the Word documents to some crazy font I've never heard of, and double spacing. Powerpoint is slightly more powerful if you figure out how to use it. Excel is about the same - the least change it seems. Microsoft and their outsourced help group get an "F" from me. I was asked to list all the problems I found. I said I get $200 an hour for technical support and I haven't heard back! Microsoft - stop trying to be an Apple and keep your products consistent.
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