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Are you planning to upgrade to Office 2007? Do some of the new Outlook 2007 features interest you?
Sonds like heaven for virus writers, Outlook will open them for you now.
By default, Outlook 2007 won't run code in attachments. (Neither will 2003. I'm not sure about 2000.)
The preview won't run executables, and asks you if you want to display pictures that aren't embedded in the e-mail. (A common tactic of spammers is to include an image in the e-mail that pulls from their server. Once you pull the image, they know your e-mail address is live and they send more junk to you. That's why Outlook has an option in it [set by default] that makes you click a link to display such pictures.)
So, no, this doesn't give virus writers, spammers, etc., any advantage.
The preview won't run executables, and asks you if you want to display pictures that aren't embedded in the e-mail. (A common tactic of spammers is to include an image in the e-mail that pulls from their server. Once you pull the image, they know your e-mail address is live and they send more junk to you. That's why Outlook has an option in it [set by default] that makes you click a link to display such pictures.)
So, no, this doesn't give virus writers, spammers, etc., any advantage.
I'm just looking at the history of major Microsoft product releases... There are always bugs, flaws, and compatibility issues at first. If you don't really need these new features, what's the hurry to upgrade? I would rather wait until after the first service pack is released, then try it.
I got a free copy of Office 2007 Pro at the Microsoft Launch Event in Atlanta so I decided to check it out. Outlook 2007 has some nice features, but it also broke some things I had working fine in Outlook 2003. I wrote an article about the experience for anyone interested - www.rhodenizer.com/consulting/cliffs/cliffs6.html
I've been using the Office 2007 beta for a few months now. I intend to upgrade (from 2003) as soon as I can afford it, for my home computer. I seriously doubt we'll upgrade any time soon at work, since there's no money available to budget for it.
As far as features for Office 2007, I find the Outlook features significantly less compelling than the Excel and Word interface changes. The new ribbons (as opposed to the prior menus) are a big improvement. Much faster to get to the controls and features I need, compared to prior versions.
A lot of that could be built using custom menu bars and some VBA, but to me it's worth the cash for an upgrade as compared to the time to build such an interface for myself.
The behind-the-scenes stuff (XML file format, etc.) doesn't currently matter much to me, so I don't really have an opinion on it.
I have to say though that I prefer Access 2003 over Access 2007 so far. I use Access as a front-end for SQL databases at work, and it gets a LOT of work. I don't find the new Access interface useful to me. For someone writing an actual Access database, without any major VBA, it might be nice, but for me, it's less useful than the prior version.
As far as features for Office 2007, I find the Outlook features significantly less compelling than the Excel and Word interface changes. The new ribbons (as opposed to the prior menus) are a big improvement. Much faster to get to the controls and features I need, compared to prior versions.
A lot of that could be built using custom menu bars and some VBA, but to me it's worth the cash for an upgrade as compared to the time to build such an interface for myself.
The behind-the-scenes stuff (XML file format, etc.) doesn't currently matter much to me, so I don't really have an opinion on it.
I have to say though that I prefer Access 2003 over Access 2007 so far. I use Access as a front-end for SQL databases at work, and it gets a LOT of work. I don't find the new Access interface useful to me. For someone writing an actual Access database, without any major VBA, it might be nice, but for me, it's less useful than the prior version.
Having used MSO2007 Beta since it's release and only those apps that are day to day for me Outlook, Word, & Powerpoint .... I found to be a leap for the better and I'm still finding cool stuff and like change 2003 gave an insight to where 2007 is now. Some credit to MS for producing what seems to be a more intuitive product. I hope they don't stuff it up with the production version.
I used the Office 2007 beta since it released. For outlook 2007, I loved the new designed on the To Do list with categorised by coloured. It simplied the time for reviewing the nature of them.
As I need to send out web contents and documents in .pdf formats. The new feature in Word 2007 and Excel 2007, "pulishing for pdf" save me for both the time and budgets for my work. And the size of output file is less than either using the acrobat 7.0 or ghost script with Office 2003.
As I need to send out web contents and documents in .pdf formats. The new feature in Word 2007 and Excel 2007, "pulishing for pdf" save me for both the time and budgets for my work. And the size of output file is less than either using the acrobat 7.0 or ghost script with Office 2003.
For those of us who haven't seen the beta, what's iCal?
I hate this trend of starting product names with a lowercase 'i' and a capitalized second letter.
I hate this trend of starting product names with a lowercase 'i' and a capitalized second letter.
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