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System Requirements
- Platform: Windows Vista / XP
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
Technical Details
- Create great-looking documents with consistent formatting, better graphics effects and high-impact tables and charts
- See formatting changes before you make them using Live Preview
- Create documents faster with the new streamlined interface and a wider choice of ready-made templates and styles
- Insert and format text boxes faster with Easy Format
- Remove comments, hidden text and personal information from documents with Document Inspector
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Welcome to Microsoft Word 2007, included in the 2007 release of the Microsoft Office system. Word 2007 is a powerful authoring program that gives you the ability to create and share documents by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with an easy-to-use interface.
Word 2007 helps information workers create professional-looking content more quickly than ever before. With a host of new tools, you can quickly construct documents from predefined parts and styles, as well as compose and publish blogs directly from within Word. Advanced integration with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 and new XML-based file formats make Word 2007 the ideal choice for building integrated document management solutions.
Product 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.Create Professional-Looking Documents EffortlesslyWord 2007 provides editing and reviewing tools that help you create professional documents more easily than ever before.- Spend more time writing, less time formatting. A new, results-oriented interface presents tools when you need them, in a clear and organized fashion. Live visual previews, predefined style galleries, table formats, and other content help you get more out of Office Word 2007 capabilities.- Add frequently used content to your documents with just a few clicks. Office Word 2007 introduces Building Blocks for adding frequently used content to your documents. Select from a predefined gallery of cover pages, pull quotes, headers, and footers to make your documents look more professional. You can even create your own Building Blocks to simplify the addition of custom text, like legal disclaimer text or other frequently used materials.- Communicate more effectively with high-impact graphics. New charting and diagramming features that include 3-D shapes, transparency, drop shadows, and other effects help you create professional-looking graphics that result in more effective documents.- Quickly apply a new look and feel to your documents. Using Quick Styles and Document Themes you can change the appearance of text, tables, and graphics throughout your entire document to match your preferred style or color scheme.Share Your Documents ConfidentlyOffice Word 2007 helps you efficiently collect and manage feedback from colleagues and helps ensure that feedback doesnTt escape with the document when it is published.- Quickly compare two versions of a docu
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67 of 70 people found the following review helpful
I'd describe myself as an expert Word user. I've been using it since its DOS days, through Word For Windows and right up to the most recent version. The upgrade to Word 2007 has to be the greatest leap since the one from DOS to Windows. The new features of Word are proving useful, such as the new approach to styles, the grid for positioning objects, and improved publishing and reviewing tools. Instant preview of formatting features is very useful to me, as it dispenses with the annoying try-undo-try method of experimenting in a document. However, I wasn't prepared for the huge changes Microsoft has made to the interface - the menus and toolbars.
The new user interface dispenses with familiar pull-down menus and rows of icons stacked into toolbars, and presents instead an entirely new approach to the presentation of tools, using a single 'ribbon' of controls where toolbars used to be, grouped into named collections, such as Clipboard, Font, and Styles. Above the ribbon is what looks like pull-down menu titles, but these just swap the ribbon's content to suit the chosen activity. This seems like a clunky way of doing things, but the ribbon manages to make far more tools available and visible at a time, meaning an end to trawling through menus and submenus. If the ribbon is in the way, you can collapse/hide it.
Also new to 2007 is the Office button - which is home to many file-related tasks such as opening, saving, printing and publishing. (Oddly it isn't used in the main Outlook 2007 window!)
The down-side of all this novelty is that activities that used to be second nature to me I now have to re-learn using the new methods. For example, document properties are now in the Prepare section of the Office button menu. It has taken me a couple of weeks to get used to working with the new interface, but I like it because, once you get used to it, it is actually a nicer way to interact with Word.
I write a lot of software for Word too, using the built-in VBA programming language. Thankfully, almost all my old code works fine in word 2007. As Word no longer supports toolbars, you'll find your toolbar icons now appear in the Add-Ins ribbon. Unfortunately, as usual, Microsoft has done almost nothing to improve VBA, but at least compatibility is not a problem. I've heard that Word 2007 runs some code slower than previously, though Word generally seems to make the computer work a bit harder. Personally, my code works just as fast as it used to.
Some reviewers have howled about file incompatibility, but they are mistaken. Word 2007 can easily be configured to save old style DOC files. I publish all my work as DOC, but all my pre-published documents are stored in DOCX files, which are much smaller and more stable than DOC ever could be.
Due to a spat between Microsoft and Adobe, Word doesn't support 'Save as PDF' out of the box, but this feature is a free download from Microsoft's website, along with the (also free) 'Save as XPS' feature.
Overall I'm pleased with the upgrade. Microsoft has done a grand job on it, but if you take the plunge and upgrade, allow a week or two to become familiar with the new interface!
The new user interface dispenses with familiar pull-down menus and rows of icons stacked into toolbars, and presents instead an entirely new approach to the presentation of tools, using a single 'ribbon' of controls where toolbars used to be, grouped into named collections, such as Clipboard, Font, and Styles. Above the ribbon is what looks like pull-down menu titles, but these just swap the ribbon's content to suit the chosen activity. This seems like a clunky way of doing things, but the ribbon manages to make far more tools available and visible at a time, meaning an end to trawling through menus and submenus. If the ribbon is in the way, you can collapse/hide it.
Also new to 2007 is the Office button - which is home to many file-related tasks such as opening, saving, printing and publishing. (Oddly it isn't used in the main Outlook 2007 window!)
The down-side of all this novelty is that activities that used to be second nature to me I now have to re-learn using the new methods. For example, document properties are now in the Prepare section of the Office button menu. It has taken me a couple of weeks to get used to working with the new interface, but I like it because, once you get used to it, it is actually a nicer way to interact with Word.
I write a lot of software for Word too, using the built-in VBA programming language. Thankfully, almost all my old code works fine in word 2007. As Word no longer supports toolbars, you'll find your toolbar icons now appear in the Add-Ins ribbon. Unfortunately, as usual, Microsoft has done almost nothing to improve VBA, but at least compatibility is not a problem. I've heard that Word 2007 runs some code slower than previously, though Word generally seems to make the computer work a bit harder. Personally, my code works just as fast as it used to.
Some reviewers have howled about file incompatibility, but they are mistaken. Word 2007 can easily be configured to save old style DOC files. I publish all my work as DOC, but all my pre-published documents are stored in DOCX files, which are much smaller and more stable than DOC ever could be.
Due to a spat between Microsoft and Adobe, Word doesn't support 'Save as PDF' out of the box, but this feature is a free download from Microsoft's website, along with the (also free) 'Save as XPS' feature.
Overall I'm pleased with the upgrade. Microsoft has done a grand job on it, but if you take the plunge and upgrade, allow a week or two to become familiar with the new interface!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This product is exciting because it has new features, I am actually learning them so yes I like it, but needed to borrow a book to find out about these and how to find/use them. Why does the layout of menus etc change every time there is an upgrade? (to sell more books?) I like the drawing feature. It has more you can do with it, which is needed.
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68 of 74 people found the following review helpful
A giant leap backwards in user-interface design
8 Jan 2008
Word 2007, some like it, but a very vocal group, one could say a majority, despise it. (just Google "hate word 2007" and you will see)
Unfortunately, I'm in the latter camp.
Having used MS Word back in DOS days, back then it was competing against the then reigning king of desktop word processing, Word Perfect, and gave it a good fight during the early years of Windows-based word processors, eventually winning the fight and driving Word Perfect into virtual obscurity.
I have watched the program undergo some fantastic development, each one better than the previous. Word 95 was remarkable, Word 97 even better, and it got progressively better as it matured and enjoyed a dominant position in the word processing marketplace. Word 2003 ruled the roost.
However, with Word 2007, Microsoft have pulled the unthinkable, and has literally foisted a new interface upon its loyal users under the guise of being "new and improved".
Boasting "new functionality", the ribbon interface appears like eye candy, and much to my disappointment, it is. Perhaps for a novice user or someone who's never touched a word processor before, it might be a pleasant learning curve to get used to the functions. Unfortunately, a vast majority of the Word 2007 users would be unsuspecting Word "loyalists" hoping to get something better than the previous version.
If you're used to keyboard shortcuts to do familiar tasks, or browsing a traditional drop-down menu to find things, you will find the ribbon as a rude shock. What MS has done is a literal "slap in the face" of the existing user-base, as it has changed access to many functions that users were familiar with (either by keyboard shortcuts, macros, even familiar menu buttons) and grouped them in a very confusing interface which seasoned Word aficionados would cuss and swear about trying to find simple things like "print" or "save-as".
Productivity takes a huge hit as a lot of time is wasted hunting for that "delete table" function or other which used to take seconds before. There is no option in the application to revert to classic menus.
To sum it up, I will use the analogy of MS releasing a new car, the "Word 2007 GT", only this time, the steering wheel is replaced by a big control ribbon taking 3 times the space of the old dashboard. It will have pretty pictures showing "Turn left" and "Turn right", and you have to tap your left foot on the foot button 3 times (they have done away with pedals) to get the "Go forward" image to appear, and then double-tap your right foot on the accelerator button to make it move. Going in reverse will require you to hover your hand over the "Go forward" image until the drop down appears showing a "reverse" symbol, which resembles a MS logo. Stopping is a whole new adventure, just nudge the red "X" on the 2nd menu's nested drop-down for "stopping functionality", and hope the car stops before hitting the one in front.
All in all, MS Word 2007 is a giant leap backwards in functionality, simply because they have alienated a massive number of their existing user base by not providing an option for "classic menus".
Back to my car analogy and MS, we want our cars to be consistent with what we've used before. It should have a steering wheel you turn to point in the intended direction. Pedals in the right places that are consistent with every other car you're likely to drive. Why fix what is not broken, Microsoft? Did your development focus group consist mainly of novices and morons?
I'd give this product a 0/5 rating if I could.
What I like: Live preview (e.g. document updates with the font or style you're hovering over). Too few others to mention.
What I don't like: Wasting time trying to find functionality that was literally a click, or a fast keyboard shortcut away. Ribbon interface taking up too much screen real-estate.
What I want: A service pack that brings back classic menus.
Unfortunately, I'm in the latter camp.
Having used MS Word back in DOS days, back then it was competing against the then reigning king of desktop word processing, Word Perfect, and gave it a good fight during the early years of Windows-based word processors, eventually winning the fight and driving Word Perfect into virtual obscurity.
I have watched the program undergo some fantastic development, each one better than the previous. Word 95 was remarkable, Word 97 even better, and it got progressively better as it matured and enjoyed a dominant position in the word processing marketplace. Word 2003 ruled the roost.
However, with Word 2007, Microsoft have pulled the unthinkable, and has literally foisted a new interface upon its loyal users under the guise of being "new and improved".
Boasting "new functionality", the ribbon interface appears like eye candy, and much to my disappointment, it is. Perhaps for a novice user or someone who's never touched a word processor before, it might be a pleasant learning curve to get used to the functions. Unfortunately, a vast majority of the Word 2007 users would be unsuspecting Word "loyalists" hoping to get something better than the previous version.
If you're used to keyboard shortcuts to do familiar tasks, or browsing a traditional drop-down menu to find things, you will find the ribbon as a rude shock. What MS has done is a literal "slap in the face" of the existing user-base, as it has changed access to many functions that users were familiar with (either by keyboard shortcuts, macros, even familiar menu buttons) and grouped them in a very confusing interface which seasoned Word aficionados would cuss and swear about trying to find simple things like "print" or "save-as".
Productivity takes a huge hit as a lot of time is wasted hunting for that "delete table" function or other which used to take seconds before. There is no option in the application to revert to classic menus.
To sum it up, I will use the analogy of MS releasing a new car, the "Word 2007 GT", only this time, the steering wheel is replaced by a big control ribbon taking 3 times the space of the old dashboard. It will have pretty pictures showing "Turn left" and "Turn right", and you have to tap your left foot on the foot button 3 times (they have done away with pedals) to get the "Go forward" image to appear, and then double-tap your right foot on the accelerator button to make it move. Going in reverse will require you to hover your hand over the "Go forward" image until the drop down appears showing a "reverse" symbol, which resembles a MS logo. Stopping is a whole new adventure, just nudge the red "X" on the 2nd menu's nested drop-down for "stopping functionality", and hope the car stops before hitting the one in front.
All in all, MS Word 2007 is a giant leap backwards in functionality, simply because they have alienated a massive number of their existing user base by not providing an option for "classic menus".
Back to my car analogy and MS, we want our cars to be consistent with what we've used before. It should have a steering wheel you turn to point in the intended direction. Pedals in the right places that are consistent with every other car you're likely to drive. Why fix what is not broken, Microsoft? Did your development focus group consist mainly of novices and morons?
I'd give this product a 0/5 rating if I could.
What I like: Live preview (e.g. document updates with the font or style you're hovering over). Too few others to mention.
What I don't like: Wasting time trying to find functionality that was literally a click, or a fast keyboard shortcut away. Ribbon interface taking up too much screen real-estate.
What I want: A service pack that brings back classic menus.
34 of 38 people found the following review helpful
This just gets dumber and dumber
12 April 2007
Word 2007 is now being forced upon us by it-departments all over the world. It is a complete makeover from the last version. The last version was ok. It was stable and for the most part you could find what you were looking for fairly quickly. Not so with the new version. It is a complte mess. And the program is extremely hard to use without reaching for the mouse all the time. In the ideal word processor, the mouse should be used as little as possible in order to maintain the flow. Alas, we have forever lost the best word processor ever in that respect, Word 2.0c. Now that was a great program. All the bells and whistles you actually needed. No stupid pets. Only took up 5 Mbytes on the hard disk.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Only if you have a spare two hours for installation.
6 Mar 2007
I spent more than an hour and a half with a tech over a static phone line trying to activate this product once it installed. I have used computers since the beginnings and have never been so frustrated trying to install a simple upgrade program. Heavily accented techie and a static phone line make this hardly worth the while regardless of how well the new upgrade performs. Never again.
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