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Office XP Professional Version Upgrade (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)

by Microsoft
Platform:      Windows 98 / 2000 / 95 / NT / Me, Unix, Linux, Mac
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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System Requirements

  • Platform:      Windows 98 / 2000 / 95 / NT / Me, Unix, Linux, Mac
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1
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Technical Details

  • This item is an upgrade. To use it, you must own a copy of Office 97 or Office 2000
  • Microsoft Word version 2002 (word processing)
  • Microsoft Excel version 2002 (spreadsheet)
  • Microsoft Outlook version 2002 (personal e-mail and information manager)
  • Microsoft PowerPointversion 2002 (presentation graphics)
  • Microsoft Access version 2002 (database management system)

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Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

After the most painless installation yet from a Microsoft product, Office XP Professional immediately starts to make an impression. The code has obviously been tightened with programs starting and closing noticeably faster. As well as several key changes from Office 2000 to improve productivity and collaboration, many smaller welcome tweaks have been introduced to improve functionality across the board.

The focus in this release is on making Office smarter, providing better collaboration tools and self-customising to individual users (with a bit of help). The "Smart Tags" are a clever way of automatically matching data in documents to tasks such as inserting an address when you're writing a letter in Word or copying and pasting data in Excel. This is extremely welcome as is the ability to customise auto-correct (don't correct these types of errors but do correct these). Also new are "Task panes". Imagine a cross between a Wizard and the Help section which, by means of some drop-down menus makes relevant commands easily available, thus achieving results faster.

As well as the cross-product improvements, each suite has had an overhaul. Outlook has seen many tweaks that improve usability and productivity notably auto-correct during typing and improved ease of setting up mail accounts plus support for Hotmail. PowerPoint contains a plethora of enjoyable new effects that can be combined in multiple ways leading to the swishiest presentations and some useful new applications most notably the organisation chart creator. Word and Excel benefit the most from "Smart Tags" and "Task Panes". Some new useful features include a merge function in Word for incorporating other users' changes, a "Word Count" display for those late-night essays, a drop-down menu in Excel with commonly used functions and an extremely easy-to-use set of diagram creators.

Office XP will improve productivity and results across the entire application suite. The improved functionality especially with "Smart Tags" and "Task Panes" once learnt will save users considerable time in creating quality documents. --Colin Neal



Product Description

Microsoft OfficeXP Software Professional Upgrade
• Includes Microsoft Word 2002, Excel 2002, Access 2002, Outlook 2002 and PowerPoint 2002• Minimum system requirements include:• Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, ME, NT4.0 with Service Pack 6 or greater, or Windows 2000 or greater• On systems running Windows NT4.0 the version of Internet Explorer must be upgraded to at least 4.01 with Service Pack 1• RAM requirements depend on the operating system used plus 8MB of RAM for each office application running simultaneously: for Windows 98 and 98 Second Edition, 24MB of RAM for the operating system; for Windows ME, NT Workstation or Server 4.0, 32MB of RAM; for Windows 2000 Professional, 64MB of RAM• 245MB of available hard disk space is required for the default configuration of Office XP Standard with 115MB on the hard disk where the operating system is installed, customers without Windows 2000, ME or Office 2000 SR1 will require an extra 50MB of hard disk space• CD-ROM drive• Super VGA (800x600) or higher resolution monitor with 256 colours• Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse or compatible pointing device• Pentium 133 MHz or higher processor• The recommended system is Windows 2000 Professional on a computer with a Pentium III Processor and 128MB of RAM
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40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Office XP Professional Version upgrade, 14 Aug 2001
By A Customer
An impressive advance over Office 97 Pro, but less likely to dazzle users of Office 2000. Installation is quick and error-free. The activation requirement is straightforward and uncomplicated for first installation and subsequent re-installations on the same hardware. It will, however, prove an unwelcome nuisance if you have to make major changes to your hardware. I can see this becoming a major issue for the October release of Windows XP.

Overall, the appearance, speed and stability of the components have been improved. Formatting tasks are easier and more consistent to perform.

Access, Word, Excel and Powerpoint remain the standard to match for other Office suites. Outlook has also received a make-over and is much more open to the user's own customisation preferences. It is an effective and straightforward e-mail and personal organiser program. However, it still has weaknesses in its handling of contacts and scheduling of appointments and tasks.

This is an essential upgrade for current users of Office 97. Office 2000 users should try out the demonstration version to see if the improvements justify the cost of upgrading.

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars it depends on your needs and status, 25 Feb 2002
By Mr D J Harris (West Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
What I mean by the title, is that if you already have office 2000, it is best sticking with that, but if you are new and want a new office, then this is probably worth it. Although some say the features are only cosmetic (a lot are), there are very good features that simply need to be seen.
These are especially in Excel and PowerPoint, which provide much easier on-screen support to get started and have many editing features (PowerPoint) by which you can animate and edit clipart images to provide a customised presentation.
There are some features in word that are useful, with its integrated speech package, which is quite accurate if you speak as advised (in sentences) otherwise it's a nightmare trying to make it recognise single words.
I first installed this package on Windows 98SE, where the application made desktop crash if I clicked on the taskbar, but since installing Windows XP, the problem has gone. If you want maximum reliability, it is best to stick to the earlier packages...
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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good interim updates, not great stability, 25 May 2002
Office XP is a mixed bag. If, like myself, you use the products fairly often, you'll notice a few improvements... Most notably, or at least the biggest change I've seen yet, are the new coloured menus...Wow. Well, they're a nice shade of blue. So, whilst waiting for whatever product of XP to crash, you can have a fun time watching these. But don't worry, you won't have to wait long. Sure enough Mr. Crash and Mrs. Lose all your work to the most unstable Office suite to date, will be along very shortly.

I have lost many pieces of work and emails when Word and Outlook (the two products I use most) have crashed. Also, XP noticeably slows down your system. I will be uninstalling XP and going back to Office 2k, which was MS's best office suite.

If you like blue menus, or are still using an old version and cannot get hold of 2k, upgrade. If you have 2k or 97, stay put.

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