Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

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Once you get used to it, you’ll love Microsoft Office 2007

By     Bleuet (Colorado Springs, CO)

This student edition of Microsoft Office 2007 comes with four programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Unless you specifically have a need for another Microsoft Office program, this will be more than enough for the average Office user. You’ve got all the essentials: a word processor (Word), a spreadsheet (Excel), a slide show creator (PowerPoint), and even a nice program to put all your notes (OneNote). Home and Student Office 2007 version gives you the basic programs at a cheaper price than the other versions of Office.

The main difference you’ll find between this Microsoft Office 2007 version and the 03 version is that all the programs now have the “ribbon” instead of being menu-driven. The ribbon is a much more visual representation of all the features you can use. All the different tasks are grouped into ribbons; which are divided up into different tabs you can click on. For example, if you clicked on the “Insert” tab in Word you would find tasks such as “inserting” a header or “inserting” a table. What this means is that instead of being hidden in menus and submenus, most features now can be found simply by being in the right tab. This allows you to find some useful features that you might otherwise not have known existed.

Everything from Microsoft 03 is there, it just might take awhile to get used to the new layout of things. There are also a lot of cool new features added in this version, such as easily being able to write complex math equations in Word (it was such a pain in Word 03) and being provided with an easy format to create a bibliography in APA, MLA, Chicago style etc.

Perhaps the only drawback of Office 2007 is that it’s such a drastic change from Office 03 that it will take awhile to get used to. After years of knowing all the complex menus you’ll have to learn where everything is all over again, which can be frustrating for vetrans of Office 03. However, if you just give it some time, you’ll fall in love with just how well everything is set up and appreciate the new visual style this version implements.

Pros:
* The new visual style allows easy access to all the various features
* You can still save files in Office 97-03 format (Example .doc)

Cons:
* You must relearn where everything is because of the Ribbon
* Not all websites/ programs recognize the new office 2007 files

Final Recommendation: Buy it, get used to it, and love it!

GREAT software, but if you have Office 2003, no real reason to upgrade

By     Computerdude1032 (St. Paul, MN)

Office 2007 is truely fantastic software. The interface is great, everything looks great, and there are so many features. But wait, what you probably don’t know is that Microsoft didn’t add any new features to Office 2007 from Office 2003, they only made the old features easy to find. So is this software worth the purchase? If you don’t have any Office software, then yes 100%, this software is much better than all other office software. If you have Office XP or earlier, then yes, there are lots of new features for you, and you will love the interface. If you have Office 2003, I’d say you can skip this purchase. Everything you can do in Office 2007 can be done in Office 2003. Sure there are some interface improvments, but are they worth $150 (or $130 as Amazon charges)?? I’d say no. Also Office 2003 users will lose Outlook, which is just another reason not to upgrade. My guess is that in another two years, Microsoft will release a new Office product which will include the great interface, plus a ton of new features, so its my recommendation to wait for that. I give it five stars because it is in no way bad software, its just not worth the upgrade for most people.

More Than Adequate for My Purposes

By     Lynn Ryan-loeb (Port St. Lucie, FL USA)
I needed only Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, so Office 2007 was perfect for me! I applaud Microsoft for offering a low-cost alternative to the “full” Office packages, and nobody beats Amazon’s prices! I could have purchased office 2007 in the same (discount) computer chain where I bought my new laptop, but chose to purchase from Amazon instead due to the significant difference in price.

Admittedly, the new interface takes awhile to get used to (it took me a full fifteen minutes to locate the “save” button for instance) but its a fresh, clean, common-sensical new look. I’m quite pleased.

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

Best Price $65.00
or Buy New $101.98