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| Microsoft Office Standard 2007 FULL VERSION | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $399.95
Buy New: $209.99
You Save: $189.96 (47%)
New (33) Used (6) from $164.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 30
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.6
MPN: 1272660
Model: 021-07746
UPC: 882224154512
EAN: 0882224154512
ASIN: B000HCVR3A
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 ...and two steps back... September 30, 2007
47 out of 51 found this review helpful
I would like to know which genius came up with this little gem. This must be the worst "update" of a software in history.
As I was forced to buy a new computer, I was "blessed" with this malady of a software.
Despite the appealing first impression - the new Office presents itself with a modern and colorful layout, the debilitating flaws become all too quickly obvious once one starts to work with it.
The new feature, the Ribbon, is one of those things that look good only on paper. (like those state-of-the-art kitchen which are designed by very smart men, designers, engineers... but alas no cooks...) If you, like me, are one of those frequent users who work with the software on a daily basis, are very familiar with all its features and value the option of customizing your settings and toolbars in order to streamline (=timesaving) your individual processes, you are in for a major disappointment. The Ribbon is static - no customizing. Microsoft allegedly surveyed thousands of users and put the most popular features in so-called groups on this Ribbon. Great, if you are one of those surveyed users - a nightmare, if you were taking full advantage of individualizing (=streamlining) features. It is sort of like having a closet full of nice clothes, and then a survey shows that "gray goes with everything" and we are all stuck with the same gray clothes.
Instead of doing my work, I spent hours searching for features that are now hidden, moved, or simply do not exist anymore. I have been cursing at my screen, for hours. And I am getting more and more irritated as I am looking at my work which wants to be done.
Now, don't get me wrong, I am all for innovation, but not for innovation's sake. And I don't mind at all learning new things, if they prove to, in fact, improve things. And nope, there was not one "new thing" that made me say "ah, now that's a great improvement."
Sorry, Microsoft, but simply moving things around, throwing features out and making everything more uniform (=static) does not count as innovation in my book.
 Microsoft Office Standard 2007 September 19, 2007
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
The product works but I had to install 4 different times because it would only load one thing at a time: Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint. I don't know if it was Vista issue or product issue.
 New User August 23, 2007
19 out of 29 found this review helpful
I know that I give this office 5 stars because I never used the older versions that the other reviewers did. I did have to take the tutorials.
I have really enjoyed the office and it has been a great learning experience. Other reviewers that gave the Office low scores were the ones that had the older version. They had a lot of changes and a lot of new things to learn which they did not enjoy.
I can say that if you never used any other version of office you will enjoy the 2007 full version.
You do have to take the tutorials to get the full benefits of the office.
I have been using the office for all most 2 months at the end of August.
I would recommend this to my friends if they are interested in putting in the time to learn the software.
 Waste of money? Um, yeah. August 19, 2007
66 out of 74 found this review helpful
It appears what happened was someone sitting around the old Microsoft Offices said "Hey, I got a great idea! Let's make Office look really pretty! We may have to take away some of the functionality, but hey, it will look great!" My problem is I need tools such as a workhorse spreadsheet program, a powerful word processor, a flexible database, and stunning presentation program to successfully complete my job. Upon purchasing Office 2007, I was expecting expanded features and functions to assist me in doing so, just like every update had previously provided me. Instead I found myself with a redesigned interface (which takes time to learn) and an actual reduction of features from Office 2003 (which Microsoft freely admits occurred, because they couldn't fit a few of the features into the new interface). So what you are in fact spending your hard earned money on is a group of programs designed to look really good (with neato 3D graphics, wow!), but at the expense of taking away your tools rather than expanding them.
Waste of money? Um, yeah.
I recommend waiting until Microsoft finally comes to the realization that how the software looks is truly the least of my concerns because I have work to do.
Dumbed down and harder to use July 29, 2007
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
The new ribbon design is supposed to make it easier to learn and use. It may be for some new users but for experienced users, it isn't. This version takes away some critical nuts & bolts customization features and many tasks now take longer to perform. This is not due to the learning curve, it is the inherent nature of the way the ribbon works. Once you are familiar with the program, nothing is faster than the old menu structure. If Microsoft added an option to allow users to choose between menus and ribbons, it would be the best of both worlds, satisfying the needs of both new and experienced users. The new version does not run macros as fast however. My recommedation for existing users: keep Office 2003 for as long as you can and consider going to Open Office when Microsoft no longer supports 2003 (unless they restore the functionality in a newer release of 2007).
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