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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: mumpkin
Updated:08-19-07
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: New look
Weaknesses: No outlook, runs a bit buggy with my Vista.
Overall Evaluation: What happened to outlook? I kept searching trying to figure out where they put it, was it renamed? Visually I really like word, much more eye pleasing. At first glance, it appears a little overwhelming to find something. One annoying issue that I've had is the need to adjust the paragraph lines to single and check "don't add spaces box" before I can begin a letter. Otherwise, I happy with the new version, I can live with it sans Outlook.
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: MikeySoft
Updated:08-16-07
Duration of ownership:7 Days
Strengths: License for 3 computers, OneNote, Create PDF files.New UI and this UI is more intuitive then in the past.
Weaknesses: New docx, xlsx, and pptx file formats. New UI to learn but the new UI is also a big strength.
Overall Evaluation: Office 2007 Home/Student comes with Word, Excel, Power Point, and OneNote. I mostly use Word but sometimes use Power Point and excel in the past. I always have to learn the menu structure when a new office version comes out. However, office 2007 uses a different system called ribbons which is very user friendly and intuitive, so much so that I missed it in OneNote, which uses a menu UI..The standard file output for Word, Excel, and Power Point has an "x" added to the extension. The format is not compatible with the old version of Office, however, you can output using the old file format version. Writing to pdf format is great. Office can also read the old file format versions..I really like OneNote. I the past, when I do research on the internet (like for a vacation trip), I used a program to save the web pages so I organize them and can read them offline. I could organize them somewhat using tags and other things but Office OneNote is so much better! It also integrates with other programs so I can add simple spread sheets into OneNote for expensiveness. .You will have to try and use OneNote, and then you will appreciate its power
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Overall Rating
3 Star Review
Reviewed by: asb002
Updated:08-05-07
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Strengths: 3 user license for most people's Office needs (better value)
Weaknesses: No Outlook, unusual new interface, No Publisher
Overall Evaluation: While still expensive, Office 2007 is essential to working with almost any documents in a decidedly Microsoft world. This software package contains all the Office applications most people need: Word, Excel, PowerPoint. However, I am not at all impressed with the new menu system that Microsoft has introduced. I would have been much happier if there was an option to revert to "classic view." Even so, this is the way of the future, and one must upgrade to the new version to avoid being left in the dust.
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Overall Rating
3 Star Review
Reviewed by: seo413
Updated:07-10-07
Duration of ownership:2 Days
Strengths: The new office 2007 has many new features, such as ribbon, new look GUI, and so on. suitable menu composition for home user. cheap price.
Weaknesses: As it says, this is for basic users. This will give some weaknesses for advanced users not to use outlook.
Overall Evaluation: Although it just needs some time for getting use to because this office 2007 has many refreshing functions, this gives us much more helpful functions. Further more, cheaper price let me use this genuine software. As described, if it includes outlook in the package, more people may be satisfied with this software package.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: majorsmr
Updated:06-30-07
Duration of ownership:1 Months
Strengths: More visual representation of actions and tabs of sets
Weaknesses: Slow to load. Several key common actions no longer one click
Overall Evaluation: New layout takes some getting used to as much of the desktop has changed or been rearranged. Use of tabs for moving between major function groups instead of having to add toolbars is a nice touch. Software loaded far slower then 2003 but once it is running there did not seem to be a lag. Visual representations of things like fonts and layouts help choose selections quickly. Being able to put it on 3 systems a big plus.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: tewarunner2
Updated:06-11-07
Duration of ownership:2 Days
Strengths: Very good user interface and updated. A bit of time to get used to.
Weaknesses: None really that I can see at this point.
Overall Evaluation: I have been using word 97 for the past 6 years and to get this new version of Office 2007 Home and Student is very refreshing. It takes a bit of time getting use to because because word 97 seems so old after using and seeing this one.
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Overall Rating
2 Star Review
Reviewed by: sdrum
Updated:06-06-07
Duration of ownership:3 Weeks
Strengths: Visually more interestingIntuitive interface -- once you get used to it
Weaknesses: Files are not compatible with the versions of the Office that most of the world still uses.Outlook 2007 is NOT included. The low price of this version is deceiving becasue you have to buy an add-on.
Overall Evaluation: I suspect someday that the interface on this program will seem "normal", but it takes getting used to, and any time something with which you are quite familiar changes, it causes frustration. A little like rearranging the location of everything in your supermarket. Eventually you'll see the improvements, but in the short run it drives you buggy. Another reason to delay upgrading is that files created in 2007 are not compatible with earlier versions of Office -- which is still used by 95% of the people you might be sharing files with. They can get a reader to interpret your files, or you can save them in the earlier format, but this is guaranteed to cause you some difficulty sometime. Why on earth would Microsoft not include Outlook in this package? Probably to charge you another $100 or so to buy a copy. So while this version of Office seems a bargain, by the time you add a copy of Outlook it is far less so.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: mdhtbm
Updated:06-01-07
Duration of ownership:1 Years
Strengths: Increses Productivity
Weaknesses: Docx format not compatible (without update) with earlier office versions
Overall Evaluation: I've used the beta for months and I am excited to have the final version. The new ribbon feature makes it easier to find and use different tools. Options are very well organized!
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: mpho01
Updated:05-28-07
Duration of ownership:1
Strengths: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint. Pretty much all most people need. Reasonable price for this package. 3 household pc license.
Weaknesses: Onenote is not very useful would rather have Outlook which is not included
Overall Evaluation: Overall this package is well priced for what it includes. Eventhough it doesn't have Outlook most people can make do with outlook express or a web based email. One warning is that the Powerpoint file is not exactly downward compatible. Presentations may look or function differently depending which version of Powerpoint you use. The fact they the retail license allows you to install this software on three computers in your home is a definite plus.
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: Evangelmike
Updated:05-26-07
Duration of ownership:4 Months
Strengths: Extensively debugged during beta testing.Full, complete (not scaled-down) versions of the programsNew Ribbon feature eliminates endless dropdown menus.Has most features needed by the home user.
Weaknesses: VBA can?t get data from Web sites. Need 3rd party macro to interface between VBA and Web. Word lacks right click context menu to count text block?s chars--needed to fill out this box with char limit.
Overall Evaluation: I was a Beta Testers for Microsoft Office 2007, and submitted about 150 problem reports for this product during Beta testing. I will be reviewing Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007. I had a particular project in mind for Microsoft Office but was wondering whether it was legitimate under the license agreement. I called the Microsoft Anti-Piracy Hotline at 1-800-RU-LEGIT, and asked the customer service person who answered the phone if my proposed use Microsoft Office Home and Student was legitimate. I was shocked when she said that Microsoft cannot advise me as to the legal uses of this product. She suggested that I have an attorney interpret the licensing agreement. I recommended that Microsoft develop a list of valid and invalid uses of this product. She said she would forward my recommendation to management. This is poor. Microsoft should not expect users of Home and Student to contact their attorneys to see if a proposed use violates the licensing agreement. The project I developed using Microsoft Excel VBA and a third party Macro Program involves visiting two web sites, gathering data, pasting this data into an Excel worksheet, analyzing the data, reporting the results, and making recommendations based on the results. The project comprises 19 Excel macros having 5209 lines of code. With a project this large, it is essential that code show the line numbers of the code. Unfortunately in Excel VBE, line numbers are not shown. One has to click on a line of code to see its line number. The only major bug I found in this product occurs when one attempts to print a large Excel spreadsheet in landscape mode. Although the spreadsheet appears correct on the screen, when one attempts to print it in landscape mode, the sections of the spreadsheet which would be outside the normal portrait area are jumbled. I have forwarded this problem on to Microsoft tech support. Large spreadsheets print perfectly in portrait mode. A major defect in the understandability of the Excel VBA code required to be used in R1C1 format formulas having nested IF statements is readily seen when one attempts to understand or later modify the following correct code which propagates the specified formula throughout the specified range: Range("W2:W" & LstRowData).FormulaR1C1 = _ "=IF(RC[-20]=""Co name: "",0, " & _ "IF(RC[-12]"" Acquisition "",R[-1]C, " & _ "IF(AND(RC[3]=""SR"",RC[-11]> 0,RC[-13]=""Direct :""),R[-1]C+RC[-11]*RC[-10]*(1 + RC[-11]/RC[-8]), " & _ "IF(AND(RC[3]=""SR"",RC[-11]> 0),R[-1]C+R4C12*RC[-11]*RC[-10]*(1 + RC[-11]/RC[-8]), " & _ "IF(AND(RC[3]=""SR"",RC[-13]=""Direct :""),R[-1]C+RC[-11]*RC[-10]*(1 - RC[-11]/(RC[-8] - RC[-11])), " & _ "IF(RC[3]=""SR"",R[-1]C+R4C12*RC[-11]*RC[-10]*(1 - RC[-11]/(RC[-8] - RC[-11])), " & _ "IF(AND(RC[3]=""DR"",RC[-11]> 0,RC[-13]=""Direct:""),R[-1]C+0.5*RC[-11]*RC[-10]*(1 + RC[-11]/RC[-8]), " & _ "IF(AND(RC[3]=""DR"",RC[-11]> 0),R[-1]C+0.5*R4C12*RC[-11]*RC[-10]*(1 + RC[-11]/RC[-8]), " & _ "IF(AND(RC[3]=""DR"",RC[-13]=""Direct:""),R[-1]C+0.5*RC[-11]*RC[-10]*(1 - RC[-11]/(RC[-8] - RC[-11])), " & _ "IF(RC[3]=""DR"",R[-1]C+0.5*R4C12*RC[-11]*RC[-10]*(1 - RC[-11]/(RC[-8] - RC[-11])),R[-1]C))))))))))" RC indicates the active or base cell, which starts off as W2. R[-1]C indicates the previous row and the same column (W1). Likewise, RC[+1] would indicate the same row and the next column(X2). And R[+1]C[-1] indicates the next row and the previous column (V3). Unfortunately, Microsoft provides very little documentation on how such R1C1 format formulas having nested IFs are to be constructed, or how they are to be interpreted. Neither Excel help nor the Microsoft Knowledge Base gives any examples of R1C1 format formulas having nested If statements. Through trial and error, for example, I discovered that the number of parentheses to use at the end of the formula is exactly the number of IF statements used. During Beta testing I complained to Microsoft about how difficult it is to develop, understand, and maintain such code. Due to time constraints, they were unwilling or unable to come up with an interpreter or translater to allow one to write the formula code using structured logic. The interpreter would then convert to the required code in R1C1 format. A reverse interpreter would then convert formulas in the R1C1 format back to structured programming format. By the way, if the last row containing data (LstRowData) is 1000, for example, the above formula propagates itself through the range W2 through W1000. Then whenever the data in one of the referenced cells changes, Excel recomputes the formulas throughout the range W2:W1000. But when all is said and done, I could not have completed my project if Microsoft Excel did not work as well as it does. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007.
