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Manufacturer: Microsoft Part number: 021-07746
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- Overall, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade if you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations to share with others, and Outlook is better than ever, but you can stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.
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CNET editors' review
Microsoft Office Standard 2007 price range: $129.98 - $309.99
- Reviewed by: Elsa Wenzel
- Edited by: Robert Vamosi
- Reviewed on: 01/29/2007
- Released on: 01/30/2007
The good: Previously hard-to-find features now easier to explore; Word embraces basic desktop publishing tools; Excel formulas are easier to reference; PowerPoint presentations are more attractive; Outlook improves task and time management; improved integration throughout the applications; smaller application and file sizes; new file formats are easier to salvage if corrupted; document security is more straightforward.
The bad: Drastic design changes demand a steep learning curve if you're upgrading; new interface isn't always intuitive; contextual tabs and style galleries can be distracting; users of Office 2000 through 2003 must install converters to open Office 2007 files; no easy way to save work to the Web.
The bottom line: Overall, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade if you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations to share with others, and Outlook is better than ever, but you can stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.
User reviews
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Whatever happened to what the user wanted?
by erindorn on February 2, 2007
Pros: overall better look, lots of bug fixes
Cons: least customizable office ever
Summary: I was involved in the office beta, and found there were some very strong likes and dislikes that just didn't change much with time using the software. The overall ...
Summary: I was involved in the office beta, and found there were some very strong likes and dislikes that just didn't change much with time using the software. The overall look is great. Outlook is great. But the major complaint about all of the programs is the silly premise that Microsoft knows how you need the program set up to be the most efficient. While the ribbon toolbars are slick to look at, you can't rearrange the buttons at all. You're stuck with Microsofts layout. I don't know about anyone else, but I've absolutely NEVER stuck with the stock layout on any version of Office I have used, whether at home or at work. You are only given one option for a custom toolbar- a tiny bar that I mounted under the stock ribbon configuration. The worst part is, there are only so many features that you can put on it, because of space, and because a lot of features just aren't available for the custom bar. The ribbon bar, while nice to look at, is huge. I might have missed it, but I couldn't find a way to reduce the size so that I had more available workspace for my documents, spreadsheets, and e-mail. All in all, it could have been a great upgrade if they had just left me the option to make it look the way I wanted, so that it was the most efficient for me. I don't care how hard they try, some of the features will never be used by many users, so you should be able to customize your layout so that it works best for you, not some design engineer in Redmond.
21 out of 21 users found this user opinion helpful.
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The worst office ever
by Kzac Hawk on April 5, 2007
Pros: Pretty graphic icons everywhere
Cons: Very difficult to navigate It is not yet integrated
Summary: I purchased this because I was told that my Office 2003 would not work with Vista...wrong. I simply hate this program. All the navigation has changed and you have ...
Summary: I purchased this because I was told that my Office 2003 would not work with Vista...wrong. I simply hate this program. All the navigation has changed and you have to learn how to navigate the software all over again. Its not intutive to use, Its not integrated, its not any of those thigs the business world asked for. It is very techno, graphic, icon oriented. It will require major training to use and the features for the majority of users are no better than previous versions.
Micorsoft completely blew it on this one... they had the chance to make a good product better and they made it worse.
If it were my hard earned dollars, I would suggest getting a 2003 version and sticking with that. You won't find any thing in 2007 to get excited about. And you will spend a fortune retraining your folks. This is a case where sticking to the old will get you much further than changing to the new.
If you are an avid office user you will hate this upgrade.16 out of 18 users found this user opinion helpful.
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I assume they customer tested this
by Iwantone on January 31, 2007
Pros: Tabbed interface could be great
Cons: But its not- so close but so far
Summary: I have been a MS Office user for 12 years this latest iteration was supposed to be the best ever- AND I WANTED IT TO BE! But sadly its not...
Summary: I have been a MS Office user for 12 years this latest iteration was supposed to be the best ever- AND I WANTED IT TO BE! But sadly its not
Heres why-
The Tabbed interface is a great idea, the big buttons (ala Apple) are great and its about time but really something is missing.
Microsoft has correctly gotten it right that a BUTTON is easier to find and use than a drop down- fair enough.
You tell me - in a Word document what do 100% of users do with that document? They either SAVE it, PRINT it or MAIL it but the "HOME" tab has NO BIG BUTTON TO PRINT, SAVE or EMAIL!!! ARRRGGGH I have to go to a VERY small icon to do it with a one click or resort to a drop down on the circle logo and then drag my mouse to a right column for the "sub" action- this is just frickin nuts.
Hey Microsoft- why not a tab called 'MINE" that i could POPULATE with BIG BUTTONS that I WANT and use most often? Now doesn't that make sense? In these days of personalization why cant I use this $400 app the way I WANT TO USE THE APP?! And whats with all the space in the home tab for the styles and headers etc? Almost NO ONE messes with that stuff.
A chance for greatness and ease of use was missed- maybe Office for the Mac will get it right?
Oh and it seems slower than the last version- and i have a new loaded Core 2 duo Lenovo widescreen with 2 megs of RAM.15 out of 17 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Alienates any experienced user
by joseph.nowak on June 17, 2008
Pros: Outlook is easier to import old .pst files
Cons: Incredibly difficult to customize toolbars as per the old "classic" way. Assumes way too many things about how the user wants information displayed. lacks substance and utility.
Summary: I have been using Office products for more than a decade and this has to be the most counter-intuitive version yet. Developers apparently left customers out of the loop when ...
Summary: I have been using Office products for more than a decade and this has to be the most counter-intuitive version yet. Developers apparently left customers out of the loop when they were making decisions on this one. They dressed it up all pretty to attract Mac customers but failed to recognize that in doing so they'd alienate many experienced users who are more accustomed to having more control over how things look and act. The Excel Macro recorder used to only be good for getting syntax and object properties. Now a "feature" is that it ignores actions taken on chart objects and it's useless. I could go on; but in short if you have Office experience STAY WITH 2003. If you're relatively new and only use Office to type a few docs and maybe send some emails, don't bother wasting your money unless you don't already have a program that can do that...unless you value flashiness over utility and don't mind getting ripped off by a price that's way too high.
10 out of 10 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Not quite ready for prime time!
by pete4176 on June 22, 2007
Pros: Some cool added features in Outlook....
Cons: Unstable, unintuitive....
Summary: I purchased this because I bought Office 2003 (Standard) between October 2006 and February 2007 and received Office 2007 as a free upgrade. I installed 2007 over 2003 and everything ...
Summary: I purchased this because I bought Office 2003 (Standard) between October 2006 and February 2007 and received Office 2007 as a free upgrade. I installed 2007 over 2003 and everything seemed to work like a champ....except for Outlook. Don't get me wrong, the upgraded Outlook has some great features I love like the ability to "preview" Office file attachments inside the preview window. But, after about four months or so, Outlook just decided not to connect to my mail server to send or receive e-mails. Several Google inquiries later I was able to find this well-documented flaw with several work-arounds, but none were able to fix my problem. I just uninstalled 2007 and installed 2003 again and everything is hunky-dory!
As for the rest of the programs (Word, Excel PP, etc) everything worked as advertised for what I was doing with them, but navigation has changed so much that it is infuriating to have to re-learn everything all over again. After four months it still took me over a minute to figure out how to rotate my Word file from portrait to landscape! It will require a lot of training to learn all of the features again and I just don't have the time. Change doesn't have to be bad, but it doesn't have to reset my Office skill level to that of a entry-level clerk!
I'm not going to say Microsoft completely blew it, but why mess around with what was working? If it were my hard earned dollars, I would suggest staying with a 2003 version and sticking with that.9 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.
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The price is out of this world!
by ethyrdude on February 2, 2007
Pros: Good for the rich and dumb.
Cons: Just another MS money grab.
Summary: I cannot understand why people are still using Office? I suppose if you have so much money and you really want to get rid of it then fine, or you ...
Summary: I cannot understand why people are still using Office? I suppose if you have so much money and you really want to get rid of it then fine, or you can send it my way, works for me. There are far cheaper programs that work as good if not better. Open Office comes to mind and the price? FREE!!! How can you beat that, and it opens and is able to edit all Office Docs, Power Point, and Excel documents. Why shell out a boatload of money if you don't have to? I give it a 3 out of 10 because of the price alone.
7 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Don't buy it if you don't have to - stick with XP/2003
by Edstock on December 14, 2008
Pros: I like nothing about it because the drastically re-configured user interface is a mess. I'm a long-time user of XP and 2003. I assume 2007 will function just fine, but I won't keep it long enough to find out.
Cons: The new menu and toolbar configuration of 2007 is an insult to anyone who has been using previous versions of Office for basic business, personal and academic purposes.
Summary: I recently purchased a new Dell computer. The only version of Office they offered was 2007. I have XP on my other home computer and 2003 on my office computer. ...
Summary: I recently purchased a new Dell computer. The only version of Office they offered was 2007. I have XP on my other home computer and 2003 on my office computer. I am not sure if I could purchase an additional license to install XP on the new computer.
I don't have elaborate word processing or spreadsheet needs. I have become very proficient at using the keyboard instead of the mouse to navigate through worksheets and documents, select items, etc. I rarely touch the mouse, and my productivity and efficiency have gone up substantially as a result.
Now, with the 2007 interface in Office, any menus and toolbars with which I was familiar are nowhere to be found. Microsoft has offered no option of retaining the toolbars of XP or 2003 and has pretty much told experienced users that they have no option but to re-learn an enormous amount of what they probably spent years refining in their daily use.
I've found an add-in that's supposed to enable those who are stuck with Office 2007 to implement the "classic" toolbars and menu functions. Since it's not yet been reviewed by CNet, I won't name the product. They offer a 60-day trial, so I'm going to give it a go and see if it works the way they claim it does. If it doesn't, I'll be looking to buy an in-the-box 2003 Office version and I'll uninstall 2007. I hate it that much. This is the last time I'll buy a Microsoft product if there is any way to avoid it. I consider 2007 a slap in the face and a sign of arrogance. It's one thing to make a new version that supposedly has some dramatic increase in capabilities, but I'm not looking to spend substantial amounts of my time learning something that has no potential to improve my own performance.
Sorry, that's my take on it.5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Don't Upgrade Unless You Know You Need It
by pcorning on December 12, 2007
Pros: Faster for making basic documents pretty.
Cons: Most keyboard commands are missing. Many previous power features hidden or missing. Help less helpful.
Summary: Office 2007 looks pretty, and the colorful new ribbon and Live Preview feature combine to make it easy to preview and select fonts, graphics and layout options. But if you ...
Summary: Office 2007 looks pretty, and the colorful new ribbon and Live Preview feature combine to make it easy to preview and select fonts, graphics and layout options. But if you have used previous versions of Office the new ribbon interface will cause you immediate and lasting frustration.
One big problem is that nearly all of your familiar ALT- keyboard commands are gone, which will slow you down in ever Office application you are even moderately familiar with.
Another annoyance is the way fine control has been stripped from the user in some cases. For example, Word footers give you a range of semi-cute, pre-formatted choices, but I haven't found a way to just insert a file name into a footer. Yes, I do know how to use Help.
PowerPoint benefits the most from the new and easy-to-use graphics and layout tools. Creating good-looking presentations is significantly easier and faster with Outlook 2007 than with Outlook 2003.
Word is the worst, especially if you use the application's functions regularly while creating a document (instead of, say, just typing a lot of words and not worrying about formatting). I really miss Word 2003's keyboard commands - everything seems to take longer even after10 weeks of intensive use. And since I use Word most frequently, its badness easily overwhelms the fun of the new PowerPoint.
Outlook 2007 has retained the classic menu and toolbar structure in the main application, though individual email and appointment/task/contact windows have ribbon interfaces. For these smaller items the ribbon seems to work well. Outlook 2007's problem is that it is bloated and slow (much slower than 2003), yielding frustrating delays on even a 1-year-old dual-core Pentium system with plenty of memory. With a faster system, I'd give a slight edge to the new Outlook.
Excel seems fine (though I use it for pretty basic spreadsheets - power users may feel differently). Absence of keyboard commands can be frustrating, but right-clicking will get you to the most frequently used basic commands. Let's call it a tie.
Most UI experts will tell you that users resent change and will fight even good new designs at first, then come to love them later. 20 years of training on a menu-based UI can probably make for some hard-to-break preferences. Still, after 10 weeks with Office 2007 I have hit a plateau with a constant level of frustration.
Office 2007's powerful new features (for file sharing/collaboration and publishing)may be reason enough for some to buy the package, but I would rather use Office 2003 and some file converters than Office 2007.5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Nice new features, but YUCK!!!
by sm5574 on April 16, 2007
Pros: RSS feeds, categorized toolbars, better interaction between programs
Cons: It Look's Like Odie Puked on My Screen!
Summary: The first thing I always do when I get a new installation of Windows XP is switch to classic view. I detest the XP look. Office 2007 looks better than ...
Summary: The first thing I always do when I get a new installation of Windows XP is switch to classic view. I detest the XP look. Office 2007 looks better than XP, but it still looks horrible. It looks like a 12-year-old designed it and a 6-year-old colored it. And we only have three colors to choose from! Why can't we get at the very least a "classic" color scheme. I mean, I really, REALLY don't like this new look. At all.
Don't get me wrong, Office 2007 has some nice features, but honestly, if it weren't for the RSS reader in Outlook I would uninstall the whole thing. I just can't stand looking at it. And it doesn't help that the very first time I used Excel I had to hunt for a very basic command: Print. PRINT!!! All I want is what I had: a single icon to click on to print a document, and I had to hunt for it!
Why does Microsoft think that it's customers will love their new creations? If I wanted a program that looked like it was designed by a Lord of the Flies think tank I'd get a Mac. C'mon Microsoft, make new friends, but don't forget the old.5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Would love to know how MS ended up here...
by raoul_lipschitz on August 20, 2009
Pros: All the buttons are very pretty
Cons: Who moved my cheese? My format toolbar? How to print? For that matter, I can't find anything!
Summary: I've never seen a product so thoroughly burn it's bridges behind it. Nothing I knew after nearly 15 years of using some Office product or another, on either ...
Summary: I've never seen a product so thoroughly burn it's bridges behind it. Nothing I knew after nearly 15 years of using some Office product or another, on either Windows or Mac, provided any clue whatsoever as to how the new product functioned. It now takes me twice as long to edit Word documents, about the same or more for complex spread sheets, and up to 5 times longer to construct decent-looking PPT slides.
I keep hearing that, if I stick with it and get over the "steep learning curve", I'll eventually like it. I don't believe I'm overstating things by saying that, up to now, I've considered myself a "power user" of these applications. However, after 4 months, the learning curve doesn't seem to leveingl, and I'm finding that simpler (less interesting) documents are becoming the norm just to meet my deadlines.4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Microsoft
- Part number: 021-07746
- Description: Office Standard 2007 provides office software essentials to homes and small business so that users can get tasks done more quickly and easily. Office Standard 2007 is the office software suite that empowers you to create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and to manage your e-mail messages, calendar, and contacts. With improved menus and tools, enhanced graphics and formatting capabilities, new time and communication management tools, and more reliability and security, Office Standard 2007 makes it easier and more enjoyable for you to get things done at home or at work.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Category Office applications
- Subcategory Office applications - office suite
- Language(s) English
- License pricing Standard
- Localization English
Software
- License Type Complete package
- Software Suite Components Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Powerpoint,
Microsoft Outlook,
Microsoft Word - License Qty 1 PC
- License Pricing Standard
- Platform Windows
- Distribution Media CD-ROM
- Package Type Retail
System Requirements
- OS Required Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later,
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later - Software Requirements Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
- Min Processor Type 500 MHz,
500 MHz - Peripheral / Interface Devices CD-ROM,
XGA monitor - System Requirements Details Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later - RAM 256 MB - HD 1.5 GB,
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or later - RAM 256 MB - HD 1.5 GB
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