Microsoft Office XP Professional Upgrade [Old Version]

I received my Microsoft Office XP Professional from Amazon.com with excellent packaging and quick delivery, really, no lie. The product installed flawlessly retaining all of my previous Office settings while uninstalling my existing Office programs. Quite a feat. All of the applications have a new professional flat look with button response which make computing look and feel closer to what it is intended to be. I look forward to trying the voice recognition and web integration features. So far I rate this product a 4 stars only because I haven't looked at the free supplied Microsoft Interactive Training yet.

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A product to think about before you buy   June 5, 2001
 53 out of 65 found this review helpful

I bought this product expecting tons of enhancements from the 2000 office suite, there were little except for the special xp emblem. Furthermore, under the guise of a product activation(which must be activated in order to use the full version, otherwise you get the full version for a little bit before it reverts back to a demo), Microsoft limits the amount of computers you can install it on. I was only able to install it on two computers before it would not allow me to activate the product any longer, stating the product was already activated on another machine and to contact customer service. Overall, I would have to say that this product is grossly overpriced, and anyone looking for an office suite that is comparable, but much cheaper should check into Sun's Star Office(It works with Microsoft documents so it's worth it).


Bend Ovah!   June 5, 2001
 35 out of 41 found this review helpful

.... This has to be the most unnecessary software upgrade to date from Microsoft. There are virtually no significant enhancements over Office 2000. Those bells and whistles that are included in this product seem to do more to diminish performance than add functional value. And forget about trying to upgrade from any Office version older than Office 97 - they are not considered qualifying products and the upgrade WILL NOT INSTALL! Even Amazon's very competitive prices of [price] for the upgrade and [price] for the full version border on obscene. .... My recommendation is if you can live without it do so!


This Version Kicks   June 2, 2001
 4 out of 17 found this review helpful

I have always kept up with the latest versions of Office as they became available but when I had a chance to try out Office XP as a Corporate Preview I jumped. This version now has the ability to save your work if the program crashes "WOW". I sometimes write long letters and would get very fustrated when loosing them. It also has Voice Reconition built in and with the Smart Tag function you don't have to jump back and forth between programs to sync information. I am sure that there is more great things to explore and find with this program but trust me that with just those functions alone that XP is really worth the price.