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| Microsoft Office Professional 2007 FULL VERSION | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $499.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  158 reviews
Sales Rank: 19
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Professional
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
nv:Software Type: Office Productivity
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MPN: 26911094
Model: 269-11094
UPC: 882224263610
EAN: 0882224263610
ASIN: B000HCVR30
Release Date: January 30, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Yet Another Microsoft Improvement! November 27, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
As another reviewer mentioned, I really like Microsoft products, but the latest version of Office is just not very productive. In the previous version I could access what I needed through simple menu selections. But now I have to go through some really goofy tabs. And quite frankly, the tabs are probably okay, except, why can't I have the choice between the Office 2003 menus and Office 2007 tabs? I mean, really, Microsoft gives us the new and imporved Windows, but then doesn't gives us the "Classic" version. Why not give us the Classic Office? (Microsoft, have you heard of Coke Classic?)
Come on Bill, some of us here are pulling for you, but you're just not listening!
 Completely unusable November 27, 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Microsoft has taken a huge step backwards in usability of this product. I have used many versions of Office over the years, and rate this one as the worst. Why? It is very hard to use. The poor usability of this product makes even Office 2000 a much better choice for anyone who actually has to do work.
The senseless and massive usability changes are bound to waste the time of tens of millions of Office users, but the problem is worse than that. As others have stated, the features in this program are hard to find. In addition the help is poorly done in this version; instead of correctly arranged help files that guide you quickly to the information you need, the help is sprinkled with videos you must patiently watch, some of which are located online and will not play.
The horrible "ribbon" is a huge waste of time and space. Gone are many customization features that actually made Office a useful tool.
It is obvious why Microsoft has made so many terrible choices: as someone else here stated, Microsoft believes that they must reinvent this product at any cost, to convince people to buy something that they likely already own in an older version. This is similar to the useless XML features they introduced in earlier versions, or the useless "office server" concept. News flash, Microsoft: a word processor does not need to be tightly bound to other programs, function as an XML server, or make your coffee. IT HAS TO PROCESS TEXT IN AN EASY-TO-USE AND STABLE MANNER.
My wife received a copy of Office 2007 and gave up in disgust after trying in vain to use it for a week. I tried it as well, with the same results. Your best bet is to find an old copy of Office or even the free and capable OpenOffice, which reads and writes Office files (or WordPerfect, which has its own set of flaws).
 Office 2007 is the best overall tool for business November 14, 2007
8 out of 20 found this review helpful
I recently upgraded from Office 2003 to Office 2007 and was initially very put off with the new look of familiar programs that I've used for the past 10+ years - mainly Word, Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint.
Now that I've had a few weeks to really let the new software sink in and have started getting used to the locations of all of my favorite commands, I am amazed by the ease of use of the Office 2007 programs and the depth of their upgraded features.
The most common complaint in my office here is that people can't find the commands they're used to using. Well, get over it! Anything new is going to take some getting used to. Specifically in Word and Excel there are no more toolbars or drop down menu's - they've been replaced by "The Ribbon" which is a more organized, graphic list of the most common functions in each category (In Excel you have the following ribbons: Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, Review, View).
Due to the loss of the remainder of the tabs, there is a new "Quick Access Toolbar" which is completely customizeable meaning when you first get Office it is empty and you add your functions to it. You can put literally any function from any menu or toolbar onto the Quick Access Toolbar from anywhere in the program. If you hate "The Ribbon" just fill up the Quick Access Toolbar with all of your favorite commands (I don't even think there's a limit to how many functions you can put in there) and you can minimize the ribbon so you can't see it at all. Needless to say, it just takes some getting used to, like anything new. I recently purchased a new car also but would never complain because every single feature isn't exactly where they were in my last car of the same model. I just learned where they are now and can locate them easily.
After you get past the initial "shock" of using Office 2007 programs though you will quickly see that it is a drastic improvement over Office 2003. Think about when you've previously used Word and Excel 2003 and you say to yourself..."If only I could sort by COLOR in Excel" or "I wish I could create a certain style of a document in Word and have it save all of my formatting functions" or whatever. Whatever functionality you thought was missing in 2003 is in 2007.
Also great new features like if you have some text highlighted in Word and you are wanting to see what formatting looks the best. Rather than "trial and error" of selecting different formatting options and then not being happy and having to replicate the process of highlighting the word and going up to the formatting options if it doesn't look quite right...in 2007, they have something called "Live Preview" so that the actual text in the document changes as you hover over each option so that you can instantly see exactly how it will look in your document. You can Live Preview Font, Size, Font color, background color, different styles for the entire document. I promise you that will save you a lot of time right there.
Basically, from what I've noticed around my office, Office 2007 is great for beginners who haven't used the software before because The Ribbon helps them find functions easily and they are able to learn the Office programs quicker. It's great for new users. For previous users who are experts in the different programs, there is a few weeks of a learning period, but once you get the software customized to your liking and learn where the features are located, you'll notice a vast improvement over previous Office versions and you'll love it as much as I do.
We may have been comfortable with previous versions of Office - but Office 2007 is the way the programs should have been created all along. The is the ultimate version of Microsoft Office and is essential to any business out there.
Let the Bashing End! November 12, 2007
11 out of 21 found this review helpful
Over the last few years I've come to take a much more negative view of Microsoft than I used to have. They never create anything new, they just copy what others have already done, etc. so I'm as quick to bash them as the next person BUT after now trying Office 2007 I'm starting to think all the negative reviews here are coming from chronic Microsoft bashers. After reading these reviews I had all but decided not to buy this product. However, Microsoft lets you download it and try it out for a couple of months for free. Good thing they do or based on what has been said here I never would have purchased it.
However, after trying it out for a couple of hours I'm finding most of the complaints here to be completely unfounded and without merit. Most people have complained that they either can't do what they used to do or they can't use menus and short cut keys like they used to.
Well, this version is completely compatible with Office 2003 and earlier as far as keyboard commands go. Just type the keyboard command you're used to and whatever it is you want it to do it will do. It recognizes all your familiar keyboard commands - THANKFULLY! And furthermore the interface DOES SHOW keyboard commands. Just hit the ALT key in any screen and little letters will pop up all over the place showing you which key to hit as a short cut. I really wonder if the people writing before me had spent more than 15 seconds with the product before writing their reviews!
Believe me, I wouldn't be able to use the programs if you couldn't use the old keyboard commands. I'm so used to them, and they're much faster than using the mouse.
I noted that all those who complained that certain features and functions were missing - never specified what those features or functions were! So go figure. But for you readers, ask yourselves why they didn't specify which features were missing. I'm starting to think they just wanted to bash Microsoft. I have not yet noticed any missing features. They're just organized in a much better looking and easier to access format. The new interface is much nicer to look at and it is laid out in a much more efficient way.
Here's an example. In Word 2007 - everyone starts out on the Home tab. This displays the most frequently used elements like Font styles, and paragraph alignment. If you want to create a Table, you can either use the mouse (the slow method) and click the Insert tab at the top of the screen, then click the Tables icon and then select how many columns and rows you want to start out with. Your table will be instantly inserted. A new benefit though is a bunch of table styles will immediately pop up at the top of the screen where you can see visually & easily a large variety of styles. This feature was available in previous versions but not easily accessible.
For those of you who are complaining that there are no keyboard commands, try this from your Home tab. Hit the ALT key. And watch what happens. A little N will show up next to the Insert tab. So hit the N key and the Insert tab opens and and displays the Table icon with a little T next to it. Hit the T and you instantly have your Table creation menu.
So to repeat, for those of you who spent 15 minutes with the product before writing your review, to create a Table using keyboard commands hit: ALT-N-T. That's it! Why are so many people saying keyboard commands are gone!? They are clearly there.
To sum up, everything you'd want to have grandfathered in from previous versions, features and shortcuts - have been grandfathered in. And although most of the features are the same as before, they're presented in a much better, much more intuitive and much more efficient way. I wouldn't call this a must-have upgrade since there are really few new features, but I would call it a nice-to-have one. Although in Outlook, the new Calendar/ToDo bar is pretty nice. Makes it very easy to spot what you have to do next without having to click out of email to look at your calendar or To Do list. It's nice to have email, calendar and Tasks/To Do's all on one screen.
Beginning November 3, 2007
2 out of 14 found this review helpful
All the beginnings are difficult, for me this software is excellent, the problem are the machines are not enough faster, and when I remember the first version I say I pray for the future and the evolution of the things; In my case I customized the ribbon bar with all my icons that I used to have. I only use the help section.Microsoft Office Professional 2007 FULL VERSION
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