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When Microsoft Office 2007 first made its appearance last year, there were lots of comments on its revamped interface, with its radically different look. Microsoft had bitten the bullet and made usability changes which require its customers to relearn the...
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While it's true that most people who buy Microsoft Office 2007 do so primarily to use either Word or Excel, there are two other powerful applications within the suite that shouldn't be forgotten. PowerPoint, despite originally being one of many competing...
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Microsofts Office has been around since 1990 on the PC, and the Mac version was launched a year earlier. With Office 2007, the choice of packages has risen to five, but all contain Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The budget Home and Student Edition is...
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Useful new features and a total interface overhaul make this the best Office ever. Four years in the making, Office 2007 is nothing short of a revolution in the way we interact with software. The main applications all have a radical new look and new fi...
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If youve followed Microsoft Office through its succession of lacklustre upgrades in recent years, you might be excused for yawning at the prospect of the 2007 version. Well, wake up: the 2007 Office System is by no means just another collection of inc...
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Great new features, powerful file format...
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Inevitable learning curve, expensive The Final Word Significant revamp provides more applications and many design improvements, though these take time to learn. If youd like to get the most out of Office applications, this upgrade can help you do it.
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Significant revamp provides more applications and many design improvements, though these take time to learn. If youd like to get the most out of Office applications, this upgrade can help you do it.
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The undisputed market leader, now in a brand new version. Great new interface and a useful range of features. If only it werent so bulky and expensive. After years of trivial changes, Microsoft suddenly decided to completely redesign Microsoft Off...
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comprehensively revamped office suite: Its been four years in development, but it looks like Microsofts Office developers have used their time well. Office 2007, in any of its eight editions, is quite a new broom and the almost-top-of-the-line Enterprise...
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Hands up if you upgraded to Office 2003. While some of us probably use Microsofts recently succeeded productivity suite, there wasnt a rush to buy when it went onsale. Businesses, in particular, may well have upgraded in the three years its been a...
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Office 2007 provides more apps and many design improvements, although anybody who uses existing versions of Office will be confused initially by the relocation of features. But before long they'll be won over by how easy the ribbon makes accessing fun...
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If you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade. But stick to your current software if you dont feel that it lacks anything. The ambitious, ground-up rebuild of Microsoft Office Stand...
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Previously hardtofind features now easier to explore, Easier to produce impressive documents, spreadsheets, etc, Improved integration throughout the applications, Documents easier to salvage if corrupted...
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Steep learning curve if youre upgrading, New interface isnt always intuitive, Users of older versions need converters to read Office 2007 files...
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Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade if you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations. But you stick to your current software if you dont feel that it lacks anything.
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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. However, you can stick to your current software if you dont feel that it lacks a...
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Previously hardtofind 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 th...
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Drastic design changes demand a steep learning curve if youre upgrading, New interface isnt always intuitive, Contextual tabs and style galleries can be distracting, Users of Office 2000 through 2003 must install converters to open Office 2007 files...
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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. However, you can stick to your current software if you dont feel that it lacks a...
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Office is back, but is it any good?...
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Intuitive, easy-to-use, grows with you...
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Expensive...
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It’s the workhorse of the office but this new version takes a great deal of grunt out of the grunt work, making this the best version of Office yet...
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Who said Microsoft was afraid of change? The two most disruptive things you can do to a successful software package are change the file format and change the interface. Office 2007 does both; plus it adds more new applications to the ever-growing list...
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Ribbon interface works, Better productivity, Improved scheduling, Instant document design...
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Not every feature essential, Many familiar buttons moved, Bright colours not to all tastes, Adoption of XML will be slow...
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Who said Microsoft was afraid of change? The two most disruptive things you can do to a successful software package are change the file format and change the interface. Office 2007 does both; plus it adds more new applications to the ever-growing list...
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The 2007 Office System is easily the most compelling Office upgrade seen in recent years, even if the 2007 applications do impose a more-demanding learning curve than their predecessors did.
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Most compelling upgrade in recent Office history, Design innovations...
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Outlook not a comprehensive improvement The Final Word The 2007 Office System is easily the most compelling Office upgrade seen in recent years, even if the 2007 applications do impose a more-demanding learning curve than their predecessors did.
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The 2007 Office System is easily the most compelling Office upgrade seen in recent years, even if the 2007 applications do impose a more-demanding learning curve than their predecessors did.
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Along with Windows Vista, Microsoft has also launched the latest version of its office suite, Office 2007. As with previous versions, there is a range of suites (see http://tinyurl.com/y4xlty for more details), including the new lower-cost Basic Edi...
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Four years in the making, Office 2007 is nothing short of a revolution in the way we interact with software. The main applications all have a radical new look and new file formats. And, while the changes to the minor applications may be less obvious...
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Getting the best value from Office 2007 means choosing the right version to buy, as there are now eight different versions. Office Standard is the minimum install of common applications, Office Small Business attempts to deserve the name by bundling in...
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Getting the best value from Office 2007 means choosing the right version to buy, as there are now eight different versions. Office Standard is the minimum install of common applications, Office Small Business attempts to deserve the name by bundling in...
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Posted AT 11:06 PM EST ON 29/11/06 Print E-mail Comments (8) Share this article License Microsoft Office 2007 JACK KAPICA Globe and Mail Update E-mail Jack Kapica | Read Bio | Latest Columns The Good:A major upgrade in both technology and user interfac...
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Office 2007: Professional Edition is the latest version of the set of interrelated desktop applications for the Microsoft Windows operating system. There is a new version for the Mac OS X system called Office 2008, but since that version is not out for...
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Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 reviewReviewed by: Howard Carson, May 2008 Published by: MicrosoftRequires: Any Windows PC running Windows 98, 2000, XP or Vista; 512MB RAM, 1GB available hard disk space; minimum effective screen resolution is 1024...
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Some 17 years since it launch on Windows, Office is still a very important product to Microsoft, second only in fact, to Windows itself. Sales of this flagship application suite account for a high proportion of the company's overall sales, so any new rele...
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Other changes are more subtle. The switch from proprietary file formats to XML is good and will help open up Microsoft files for work with third-party applications. They're smaller, too, though this isn't all down to XML.So, should you upgrade from Office...
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Everyone in the tech industry and tech enthusiasts have been keeping their eye on two brand new products from Microsoft that are due to be released on January 30th, Windows Vista and Office 2007. The new version of Office is perhaps the most updat...
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Organized interface, Easy to use features, New advanced XML file format, Professional Document/Presentation Themes, Excels SmartArt feature, Cons, PowerPoints multimedia functions are basic, Outlook lacks the new ribbon menu, Save & Share Article, Di...
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PowerPoints multimedia functions are basic, Outlook lacks the new ribbon menu...
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the newest version of Microsofts venerable productivity suite, is the slickest, most attractive yet. Its clean, contemporary look and subdued color scheme are as welcome for Office as Vistas new look is for Windows. But the...
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Gorgeous new design scheme; much-improved Outlook functionality; smattering of useful new features in all programs; effective help options...
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Ribbon interface takes getting used to; new Office Open XML file format incompatible with previous versions of Office...
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Beautiful-looking but spotty update is not quite a must-have—yet...
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In This Issue:1. Editors Note: TiVo And Universal Advance Copyright Conflicts2. Todays Top Story - Review: A Comprehensive Look At Microsoft Office 2007 - Windows Vista Ultimate, 1 Week Before Release: Report Card - Microsoft Denies Kill Sw...
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What can you expect from Office 2007? Weve given the Beta 2 release a thorough test...
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