| Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (3 User Licence) (PC) | 
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Category: Software
List Price: £119.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  116 reviews
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Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
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MPN: 79g-00007
Model: 79G-00007
UPC: 882224263627
EAN: 0882224263627
ASIN: B000HCZ8EO
Release Date: January 30, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pants October 14, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The basic idea behind the continued development of a software product is to improve the usabilty, performance and reliability of a product. To move the product forward. Well, this is the philosophy that I've adhered to in 12 years as a professional software engineer. Perhaps somebody should tip off the project managers and developers at Microsoft. Like Vista, MS Office 2007 is nothing less than an abortion on legs; at total mess. Unlike Vista, there doesn't even seem to be an option to revert to the classic Word/Excel look and feel.
Thinking of buying it? Do yourself a favour and download Star Office; it's 60 quid cheaper and far more intuitive and usable.
Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (3 User Licence) (PC)
 It wasn't broken, so what do Microsoft do?... October 13, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
... They attempt to fix it. The end result is an insanely unorthadox formatting system that rather than simplifing documents, makes life alot slower and frustrating; particularly when you're due to write an essay for University.
Why change the old layout of tabs and formatting tools? The new look/set-up may look cleaner and more modern in an attempt to look Mac-Like, but it fails because rather than simply choosing an option from a drop down menu, you have to traul through silly tabs on a new chunky bar above the document (for Word) while PowerPoint isn't even worth starting on...
One of the biggest nusances that others have highlighted is that this new version of Office isn't directly compatible (when saving files) with older versions of Office. To exchange files between a computer with an older version of Office, I've had to download a 144mb 'update' called Open XML which converts the file from being 'docx' to simply 'doc'. This is 2008 - new versions of software should be simpler!
The only ipostives to come out of this experience:
- The zoom feature is now a slider, for easier viewing on docs
- When using the Undo/Redo feature, you can act on multiple actions without having to keep clicking the tab
- I still have my trusty and nippy copy of Office 2002 under the bed!
 Forced into Change, Moderately Happy October 12, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was basically forced to change from Office 2003 into 2007 when my computer crashed taking with it all installed programs (Microsoft actually had something to do with it ;) which I took as a sign from above (Bill Gates?) that I should bring my software a little up to date.
After several weeks with the new software I am still undecided whether this was the right move. Frankly, I have yet to find a single function which would really make a difference.
The new layout is fancier but this is not what I expect - I need quick access to rather basic functions instead of dozens of functions the purpose of which I will never discover. Let's face it, I need my computer for writing. I can create an odd table every now and then but that is the limit to my computer skills. Within this fairly limited set of needs I found the new Office too big to handle.
Obviously, I am to blame to some extent, I got used to doing things "my way" over the years and now "my ways" are no longer accessible or I have to trailblaze across allegedly "intuitive" software. My basic problem is that the new Office knows too well what I want when I don't want it at all (still haven't mastered the tricky art of numbering within a single Word document starting from 1. several times).
I couldn't avoid the upgrade forever as my students started sending me essays in the new Word format which I could not open any longer but if I could I would probably be happier with the old one. And this is my conclusion - if you already have an older version of Office and it works, don't change it. It just isn't worth the money and the bother.
Could have been better October 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Objectively this product is neither as good or as bad as many of the reviews here state.
It is overpriced although there can be few people on the planet who are not eligible for a discount in some form or another. It is bloated with features that don't make a lot of sense and quite why they have moved everything about is beyond me.
However there are not many things it can't do and it does repay a bit of time learning its functionality.
It is worth looking at some of the open source alternatives before you plunge in and whether it is really an improvement over 2003 is a moot point.
Usual Microsoft rubbish September 4, 2008
5 out of 19 found this review helpful
My partner, a teacher, has just started at a new school. After being informed that the school uses Office 2007, she insisted that I purchase a copy for our home PC. As a software engineer with significant experience with Microsoft products, a tried in vain to persuade her that OpenOffice is not only free but also a superior product.
Microsoft Office arrived in the office post about an hour ago. So far, five people (all reasonably intelligent) have tried and failed to open the plastic box containing the software. When I get home, I will explain to my partner that she'll find the new software about as user-friendly as the box it came in.
I've given Office one-star because I've used it before and, as a software engineer with at least 10 years commercial experience, I know how bad it is.
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