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| Microsoft Office Standard 2007 UPGRADE | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $239.95
Buy New: $203.99
You Save: $35.96 (15%)
New (16) Used (2) from $189.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 215
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard - Upgrade
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.6
MPN: 1272661
Model: 021-07668
UPC: 882224147989
EAN: 0882224147989
ASIN: B000HCVR3K
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Nicer looking with visual aids March 8, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Office 2007 is a nice step up from Office 2003 (and earlier) as it has better visuals on the toolbar. e.g. Instead of just seeing the worded commands on the toolbar where one clicks on the command and then gets a drop down list to choose from with more commands, i.e. File, Tools, Edit, etc, you'll see tabs with different commands on the toolbar. When clicking on the tabs, it sets up across the toolbar, all of the functions of that particular tab. Once viewed, you not only see the words of the functions, but also, small example graphs and images of what that functions does. This only applies to all the applications other than Outlook, which pretty much retained the same look and feel as 2003
The load times seem to be much quicker than what I had in the 2003 version. In Outlook, setting up accounts, maintaining names and addresses is much easier too. The only annoying part of Office 2007 that comes to mind is, one can only choose from 3 color schemes. The three are "Black" which really looks more like a dark taupe or slate color, "Blue" which looks more like a light powder blue and "Silver", which looks like a light gray. In my honest opinion, I like having the standard color look like previous versions and as my taste goes with this, I only like the black setup only.
 no problems what so ever March 2, 2007
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
when my trial version of 2007 expired i pretty much was forced to get the product. i could not longer send e-mail or make new documents. i was going to return to office 2003 but since i was getting vista's free upgrade my attention went to the 2007 software. i have a new Gateway MX6453 top of the line 15.4 inch lap top, dual core, 2gig ram so i have no hardware issues. i called best buy to find out how much 2007 would be and what version had outlook included. i was told i needed to get the $399 plus small business version WRONG. the Standard upgrade version has outlook and i bought it for $199.
i put the disc in my lap top and 5 minutes later it was done, everything converted and working fine. 2007 has lots of new bells and whistles so it will take you a bit to get used to it. but that is what the consumer wants...new and great stuff. it has worked fine for me so far and i am very happy with my purchase.
just remember that the student and teacher version DOES NOT include outlook
Ribbon is a joke on laptops. February 20, 2007
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
So far no program problems with the great-looking software. I upgraded from Office XP Pro. It would have received 5 stars except for the ribbon. It may be fine if you have a big screen. BUT it's about 1.5" tall on my 14" laptop screen. It can either be displayed or minimized - not resized. I'm left with half a screen of workspace because of that ribbon (plus the other things like the status bar, mini toolbar, and Windows taskbar.) Had to minimize the ribbon on every program. Then had to hunt and peck for all those wonderful features to fully customize their bare minimum mini-toolbar. Took me 1 1/2 hours to get Outlook squared away to what I call "normal." Word will take longer and Excel will take an eternity, but I'll just add commands to the mini-toolbar as I go. The good thing about this, is that it will be fully customized for my use. I've had no trouble finding the commands, but then I'm not 'programmed' into looking in the same spot for things. Prepare to be a little open-minded when looking for commands. It's really good overall, just wish there was a laptop edition.
 Nightmare February 19, 2007
24 out of 32 found this review helpful
I've used Microsoft products for years, and expect for the occasional crash, they've worked fine for me. But beware this upgrade!! The box says that it is compatible for any Office XP suite, as does the website. This is not true!!! If you are upgrading from Office XP students and teachers version, it will not work! It only took a dozen Microsoft tech support people a couple of hours on the phone to figure this out, and their response is that if you bought it by "mistake" too bad, go get a different old version and then upgrade. It doesn't seem that they care about their consumers much anymore.
Office 2007 February 12, 2007
20 out of 23 found this review helpful
At first glance, I had rated it five stars. I had the beta version of Office 2007 that Microsoft had given to me to test. I really loved that version. When I bought it (because it expires after 3 months) everything went down hill. They did not fix all of the glitches. In Word, I cannot make my Headers and Footers work properly. They have a really cool Headers and Footer (window) where you can make any document look really beautiful. Well it doesn't work. I am really upset with this considering they had enough time to fix the glitches. I mean it worked for me when it was a Beta, and you would really expect the problem to be with the Beta and not the finished product. It stinks! When I asked them what they were going to do about it, they gave me a song and a dance about fixing it myself. They gave me all of these instructions to "Do It Myself". I followed these instructions, and it (headers and footers)still does not work. So now what, purchase another copy? I think not! Microsoft are a bunch of crooks! Their customer reps know nothing about their products.
Don't buy this version! Wait until they fix the glitches! Never purchase a product when it is first released (software) it always comes with problems and brings misery and frustration.
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