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- Keep Office 2003 as long as you can
Instead of getting more intuitive, the menus / ribbons are cryptic. I considered myself as a quite fast user of most features of e.g. Word 2003. Now, with Word 2007, I have to consult Help every second minute and get frustrated all the time! It is even worse if on one computer you have 2003 and on another 2007. A lot of extra stress when using 2007.

Rating:

- Impressive
I have never been a fan of Microsoft products especially MS Word, but this 2007 release completely converted me from WordPerfect. I have had NONE of the problems listed in the previous reviews. Some of the reviews have incorrect statements, but too many to list here.

Yes, the infamous Ribbon takes some getting used to, but the learning curve is easy and short. The Help is some help, I give it 3 stars except that it contains some animated demos that are real selling points. I should mention that the Help requires broadband internet connection for much of its content.

Once I learned the Ribbon in Word, learning it on Excel, Access, and PowerPoint was easy. In fact, I created a PowerPoint presentation on the first attempt and used it to sell my product.

The Save As gives plenty of options, saving in the new format, in the old format, and/or as a PDF file.

I don't use Outlook so can't comment, but gladly recommend Office 2007 as a friendly, easy-to-use, and productive set of tools.

Rating:

- BEWARE before you buy!!
Beware! Even though the official MS Office website states taht yo can purchase the $240 upgrade version as long as you are a licensed user of any version beside the student version between 2000 and 2007 - if you purchased your version with the computer (as OEM) you are NOT eligible to do anything other than to put 2007 on THAT computer ONLY - you cannot transfer it - not even once. So, if like me, you bought a new computer and wanted to upgrade, you're out $240 - as I am. And I'm seething. The MS guy told me that OEM version upgrades "live and die" with that computer - but I can't use the old computer and it never said that at the website when I carefully checked to ensure I was eligible to purchase. MS continues to do this sort of junk, so my next upgrade is going to be a real upgrade: a MAC. All my buddies who use Macs are quite happy.

Rating:

- Dumbed down and harder to use
The new ribbon design is supposed to make it easier to learn and use. It may be for some new users but for experienced users, it isn't. This version takes away some critical nuts & bolts customization features and many tasks now take longer to perform. This is not due to the learning curve, it is the inherent nature of the way the ribbon works. Once you are familiar with the program, nothing is faster than the old menu structure. If Microsoft added an option to allow users to choose between menus and ribbons, it would be the best of both worlds, satisfying the needs of both new and experienced users. The new version does not run macros as fast however. My recommedation for existing users: keep Office 2003 for as long as you can and consider going to Open Office when Microsoft no longer supports 2003 (unless they restore the functionality in a newer release of 2007).

Rating:

- A decent upgrade.
I am a very critical reviewer (see other reviews). I think this is an excellent update to 2003 Office. I like the ribbons...very much. I find the organization now far more intuitive than before.

I think a lot of negatives come from people that work 10 hours a day with a dated interface. I do not. I remember the same comments when Word came out at Wordperfect people had to change to Word. Vista will have similar concerns.

CONS:

A major problem for me is that they did absolutely nothing to improve media (video) handling in this version, particularly for Powerpoint. It is archaic and inexcusably stupid.

This is really a cosmetic overhaul with new file formats...which you cannot really use well until everyone accepts them.

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