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Rating:  - I think its good!
I've been using office for many years. I love the old interface, but the new one is pretty cool. If all these old school computer users don't know how to configure the new office system, then they must not be as much of a power user as they thought they were.
I actually got a new laptop with Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Visual Studio 2008. I've been running this for a few months now and everything works great. It just seems like everyones so afraid of change.
Rating:  - Gigantic problem with this product--beware!
I purchased Office 2007 Premium to upgrade my existing Office 2003 installation. Installation went fine, and I worked with the product for a few weeks. Then I wanted to use some templates--and found out that even though I spent a lot of money to purchase this product, IT DOES NOT COME WITH TEMPLATES! You have to download them from MS Office online.
When I tried to download the templates (resumes, brochures, etc.) the website finds my old 2003 installation and rejects the newer version, claiming that my product key is invalid. There is no work-around for this, and I have yet to find a solution. In other words, if you have a previous version of Office, none of the templates or online content are available to you.
How Microsoft would let a problem like this get through testing is beyond me. It illustrates the incompetence that has become the norm for this organization (check out the Vista disaster).
Rating: - Not a Value Add
After giving MS Office 2007 a 6-week good faith effort, I had it removed and Office XP 2003 re-installed. I have never objected to having to look things up in online help, but in this case the trouble far exceeded the benefit..and it never let up. In the field of applied behavior analysis is a concept called "stimulus control" that describes how stimuli in the environment (such as the size and relative position of traffic lights, brake pedals, menubars, icons, etc.) come to shape our behavior, often in very useful ways. Microsoft needlessly changed stimuli throughout their software, rendering ineffective many of their customers' previously fluent behavioral repertoires (e.g., keyboard shortcuts, right-clicks, mouse-overs).
Rating: - Not as bad as they say!
Having used MS Office for quite some time, I know that it changes with every version. In fact, that is part of the reason people update their software. In my case, I got kind of tired with my version of Office XP Profesional (Office 2002). I have to admit that I was worried about how many negative reviews this product recieved and I actually installed it seperately to keep XP in place (just in case).
I'm not sure what everyone's problem is. I loaded it up and was happily doing my psychology homework in a matter of minutes. I haven't had any problems with it. It took about thirty seconds to learn where a lot of the new functions are and it has been pretty user-friendly to me so far. I'm not sure I like the layout as well as some of the previous versions, but I'm pretty happy with the upgrade.
I would say that in their quest to make the product more "user friendly", they did the same thing that Windows XP and Vista did, that of course would be making everything pictures and icons; which for us experienced users, only adds extra steps. Still, I would say the majority of the programs included in the Office 2007 suite are intuitive and once you get used to the layout, you can get pretty fast with it. In some places, it is pretty darn convenient!
To summarize, I'm not saying Office 2007 is the answer to all my hopes and dreams and the new interface does take a little getting used to, but the learning curve isn't THAT steep. Spend a couple minutes just trying to find things, use the little question-mark help feature and after a couple of days you should be back to blissful productivity...
Rating: - Worst purchase EVER
This is a horrible upgrade from 2003. NOTHING looks familiar. You have to re-train yourself to use this. While I only paid $113 for this on eBay, this is the worst purchase I've ever made. Do not, Do Not, DO NOT upgrade from 2003... you will be sorry. Try to find a screen shot on google for Word or Excel 2007, THEN decide if you want to purchase it.
This version doesn't even give you the option to revert to the old "look". No more File, Edit, View, Format, Tools etc at the top. You will stumble around blindly trying to figure this thing out.
I'm spending another $150 to repurchase 2003.
2007 is WORTHLESS!!!
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