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Manufacturer: Microsoft Part number: CNETMSOFFICEWORD2007PRERTM
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- If you're ready to let go of old habits from previous versions of Word and want to make sleeker-looking documents, Microsoft Word 2007 is worth the upgrade. However, less-expensive alternatives handle its core features without the clutter.
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CNET editors' review
Microsoft Word 2007 price range: $229.95
- Reviewed by: Elsa Wenzel
- Edited by: Robert Vamosi
- Reviewed on: 02/07/2007
- Released on: 01/30/2007
The good: Microsoft Word 2007 adds built-in blogging and live previews of font and image styles; better displays complex features such as those for references and mass mailing; introduces new, smaller file formats; improves document security; integrates with other applications.
The bad: Word 2007 moves all of its commands; contextual tabs and style galleries can be distracting; new Word file formats require converters in order to be opened in Word 2000 through 2003; no free way to save work to the Web.
The bottom line: If you're ready to let go of old habits from previous versions of Word and want to make sleeker-looking documents, Microsoft Word 2007 is worth the upgrade. However, less-expensive alternatives handle its core features without the clutter.
User reviews
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A huge step backwards
by publicblast on June 10, 2007
Pros: Pretty to look at
Cons: Infuriating Ribbon interface
Summary: I have been a computer user for 26 years, and have used MSOffice for over 12 years. While Office was not always visually attractive or perfectly easy to use, it ...
Summary: I have been a computer user for 26 years, and have used MSOffice for over 12 years. While Office was not always visually attractive or perfectly easy to use, it was always great at getting the job done. In OfficeXP and Office 2003, Microsoft greatly improved functionality and ease-of-use, and Office's tools became pretty easily accessible to both novices and power users.
And that's why I'm so angry about Office 2007's "Ribbon" upgrade. I am an expert computer user, and I am constantly frustrated by the difficulty of making the "easy" interface show me the tools I want. I also like using the keyboard to access menus and tools rather than the mouse, and the Ribbon makes this impossible. Worst of all, there's no View option that allows the legacy interface to be used--everyone is stuck with the Ribbon. Even when WinXP had its new interface, an option was provided for "Windows Classic" interfaces--no such flexibility in Office 2007.
I am having this much difficulty and I am, in all modesty, an expert. My mother-in-law and other non-experts have found Office 2007 to be completely useless. A teacher of one of her graduate classes handed out an assignment using Excel for statistics, and was shocked to learn that her instructions could not be followed at all in Office 2007--the functionalty for correlation and Data Analysis wasn't even installed by default! Even more telling, my organization recently decided not to upgrade to 2007, because the IT staff felt that most people wouldn't be able to re-learn how to use Word 2007 soon enough to offset the loss in productivty from dealing with the new interface.
I'm sticking with my old copy of OfficeXP, thanks. I truly hope that Microsoft makes a patch allowing Word 2007 to use the old interface.16 out of 17 users found this user opinion helpful.
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There aren't words to describe how little I like this
by bishop74 on November 7, 2007
Pros: Honestly? I can't think of anything worth mentioning.
Cons: Damn near everything.
Summary: There has never been a program that I have used that I have hated enough to warrant writing a review until now. I have been using Word 2007 for several ...
Summary: There has never been a program that I have used that I have hated enough to warrant writing a review until now. I have been using Word 2007 for several months and I am constantly annoyed by it.
Maybe I am too set in my ways, but navigation of the program is counterintuitive. I can never seem to find what I am looking for. Microsoft's apparent need to cater to the near-blind and/or illiterate has led them to give each function a pretty thumbnail graphic of what it does. As such, what has been a simple pull down list of a few items in the past is now a row of pictures of functions that I never use that only serve to clutter up what should be relatively simple. It seems like I have to click three times what I used to do in one. Add to this the compatibility issues, and I just don't see how this is a step forward.
On the bright side, I haven't seen an animated paperclip or dog, so I guess it's not a total loss.13 out of 13 users found this user opinion helpful.
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MS WORD 2003 vs WORD 2007
by jbmc98 on November 14, 2006
Pros: More Comands
Cons: Totally revamped. Start over leaning MS Word
Summary: Over the years most people use MSWord because it came with MS Office. Now may be a time to look for something different. MS has totally changed the toolbar in ...
Summary: Over the years most people use MSWord because it came with MS Office. Now may be a time to look for something different. MS has totally changed the toolbar in MSWord 2007 & to be honest, most likely you will get frustrasted, upset, even mad trying to find some of the command you are so use to using.
So before you spend $200 to $400 on the new MS OFFICE 2007 PROGRAMS. I HIGHLY suggest you look at other word processors. Unless you have time everyday, trying to learn the new MSWord, which to me has been a pain.
That's why I quit using the Word 2007 & went back to MS WORD 2003.
Good Luck.
Buyer Beware ---- Maybe MS will doing something if they lose a lot of sales.16 out of 23 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Make your employees angry, use MS Office 2007
by dhermosillo on November 6, 2007
Pros: absolutely none
Cons: un-intuitive, bloated, giant graphics, lack of customizability
Summary: This is the worst of Microsoft. Horrible user interface pushed on to experienced users, with no way to modify the "ribbon". Our office was brought to a screeching halt because ...
Summary: This is the worst of Microsoft. Horrible user interface pushed on to experienced users, with no way to modify the "ribbon". Our office was brought to a screeching halt because of this awful "upgrade". IT had to remove it within the week because no one could do their jobs. I'm curious what Microsoft's plan is for refunding businesses for this waste of money. If you want your employees to curse you, get frustrated, or smash their computers, then you should use Office 2007.
9 out of 10 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Its just confusing
by Iwantone on February 9, 2007
Pros: Does everything
Cons: Hard to DO everything though- very disjointed interface
Summary: I am not an Anti MS zealot- I think they are a great American company that needs the government to HELP them stop pirating rather than SUE them for (foolish) "...
Summary: I am not an Anti MS zealot- I think they are a great American company that needs the government to HELP them stop pirating rather than SUE them for (foolish) "monopolistic practices". That said - this new MS word is just confusing. I like the new tabbed interface CONCEPT but the buttons all being different sizes is kind of weird at best- but WHY O WHY are the MAIN buttons (Save, Print and Save as)are NOT part of the LARGE buttons in the HOME tab?
And why cant I POPULATE a TAB WITH THE ICONS I WANT TO USE?!? After all this time and money in development that is just crazy that I cant use the app the way I WANT to use the app.
And why use all the style icons in the HOME tab- MOST users don't ever mess with those- why not PRINT, SAVE and SAVE AS there???
Also i don't know if any of you are having this problem, but importing graphics and moving them around in a document is slow and lags- and I have a new Lenovo T60 widescreen with Core 2 duo (yes I know this app isn't multi-threaded to take advantage of the two procs)and 2 gig of Ram. Word 2003 handled graphics VERY nicely. I hope this changes with a service pack because I use a lot of graphics and this simply has be smoother.
Also someone mentioned Lotus Word Pro- A GREAT APP and creating a header and footer in WordPro was MUCH easier than the cryptic way to do it in MS Word.
I do like the right clicking that gives an icon pallet to manipulate text- that was a good UI upgrade. My recommendation- use Word 2003 this really is not simpler, is not faster and has no added features that are must haves.8 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
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this really sucks
by jamieweiss on October 11, 2007
Pros: At least you can still type stuff.
Cons: They completely moved everything around. I was a whiz at Office 2003, it takes forever to find what you're looking for. No more "file" "edit" "tools" and all the things we were all used to.
5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Not worth the security risks!
by Microsoft_Facts on February 10, 2007
Pros: None. I tried to think of one, really, read full opinion.
Cons: Insucure, too exspensive, incompatibilities, lackluster performance.
Summary: Up until recently there were no document macro viruses, only Microsoft Office document macro viruses. Like many technologies only Microsoft products put consumers at risk. There was only _one_ other ...
Summary: Up until recently there were no document macro viruses, only Microsoft Office document macro viruses. Like many technologies only Microsoft products put consumers at risk. There was only _one_ other macro virus in Open Office last year. One. There are thousands of Microsoft viruses and security issues with Microsoft's office. The bottom line; if security of your PC or network matters at all, Microsoft Office is a non-starter. Look to other commercial alternatives such as Corel Office, and be sure to evaluate free alternatives such as Open Office. They all do what 99.99% of office users need. Write a letter, work a spreadsheet, create a presentation, all with formatting features, spell checking and thesaurus. Any product other than MS Office will save you money, run faster with less code bloat, as well as create compatible files with other products.
6 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
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If you like crying or pulling your hair out...
by parker1963 on April 25, 2008
Pros: Looks nice
Cons: Can't find anything!
Summary: Horrible, Horrible, Horrible!!! I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to find simple commands. Why in the world they would make it harder to use is beyond me. Vista, ...
Summary: Horrible, Horrible, Horrible!!! I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to find simple commands. Why in the world they would make it harder to use is beyond me. Vista, now this. What are they thinking??????????? Dumbsh*ts
5 out of 6 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Life's far too short!
by Phrixos000 on December 4, 2007
Pros: Does what it always did. Downright "pretty".
Cons: Does it much worse. Doesn't address a tenth of what I was hoping for.
Summary: The transition from Word 2000 to 2003 was bad enough, but this is ridiculous. The folks at Microsoft don't seem to know the meaning of the word, "simplify". (Where, ...
Summary: The transition from Word 2000 to 2003 was bad enough, but this is ridiculous. The folks at Microsoft don't seem to know the meaning of the word, "simplify". (Where, with 2003, removing the "markup" sidebar took one click, now it takes about ten. I lost count.)
Obtuse, obtuse, obtuse, obtuse, obtuse!
Did I say obtuse? Despite a 127 IQ it took me a full half hour just to find out how to show my bookmarks! (Type the old, straightforward command, "show bookmarks", into the "Help" menu and see what happens.) As for the new .docx file format, I have virtually to rewrite my 140,000-word manuscript because the transition heartily screwed up all my nice paging.
Listen; do listen, to what the CNET editor says of Word 2007, "If you're ready to let go of old habits from previous versions of Word [...--then--] Microsoft Word 2007 is worth the upgrade." ("Habits?") How flattering--but you'd better believe it. What he means is: be prepared to be run through the ringer with your pants down. If I wanted such treatment, I'd go to the Sudan and name a teddybear Muhammad.
When I ponder the rippling effects the new learning curve is going to have on the stock market, I shudder--and we have to pay to have this done to us.4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Worst "upgrade" ever
by harddude5 on July 11, 2008
Pros: The interface looks pretty
Cons: EVERYTHING has changed
Summary: What were the geniuses at Microsoft thinking? This "upgrade/redesign" is a reminder of the bad old days of incompatible DOS applications when someone trained on one application didn't ...
Summary: What were the geniuses at Microsoft thinking? This "upgrade/redesign" is a reminder of the bad old days of incompatible DOS applications when someone trained on one application didn't have a clue how to use another one. Remember the old templates for the function keys and how each application had a template that was totally different from its competitors? Well that's about where MS took us with this product. Given the vast number of users, this will go down in history as the worst "upgrade/redesign" of a software product ever. Buy this product and you will be screaming at it within 10 minutes.
4 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Microsoft
- Part number: CNETMSOFFICEWORD2007PRERTM
- Description: Office Word 2007 helps people create professional-looking documents by presenting a comprehensive set of writing tools in a new user interface. Rich review, commenting, and comparison capabilities help you quickly gather and manage feedback from colleagues. Advanced data integration helps ensure documents stay connected to important sources of business information.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Category Office applications
- Subcategory Office applications - word processor
- Language(s) English
- License pricing Academic
- Localization English
Software
- License Type Complete package
- License Qty 1 PC
- License Pricing Academic
- Platform Windows
- Distribution Media CD-ROM
- Package Type Retail
System Requirements
- OS Required Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later - Software Requirements Internet Explorer 6.0
- Peripheral / Interface Devices SVGA monitor,
CD-ROM
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- Manufacturer:Microsoft
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One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 - Phone: 1-425-882-8080
- Fax: 1-425-706-7329
