All these things your say oare wonderful about office 2007, but have you noticed that the color you can associated with a word document phrase of any lenght are pale in comparison to the default colors on previous versions most notably W2k3 off 11.
I do not know why they changed the color to a more pastel or softer shades, but they really lack something when you are making documents with changes in color on a Key word or phrase.
If there is a way to revert back to the bolder color, I'd sure like to know of it..
Hank Freeman
Atl, GA
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Well, I'm have great difficulty with 2007, It's not backwards compatable friendly. I have a big problem with several Giga Byte of files that have been converted with 2007 that I can't get Office 2004 to open. 2003 isn't happy with it either. When I downloaded the patch for 2003 to convert the file format for 2003 it made 2003 unuseable. and requires Office to be reloaded.
I think MS needs to work out all of the problems before turning it loose to the public. It's alot like Vista, Not compatible with anything. IE7 I've had multiple problems causing the Operating system to crash. I have checked these machine over, Reloaded them from scratch and he same problems occure. Microsoft is doing it to the public again like they did when Windows 95 came out.
I've used new factory never been used disks to reload and update. Microsoft Tech support isn't very helpfull, because they keep sending me back to the computer company. I guess I'll have to wait until Microsoft fixes these problem along with my private support people, who are having simular problem. as well.
I think MS needs to work out all of the problems before turning it loose to the public. It's alot like Vista, Not compatible with anything. IE7 I've had multiple problems causing the Operating system to crash. I have checked these machine over, Reloaded them from scratch and he same problems occure. Microsoft is doing it to the public again like they did when Windows 95 came out.
I've used new factory never been used disks to reload and update. Microsoft Tech support isn't very helpfull, because they keep sending me back to the computer company. I guess I'll have to wait until Microsoft fixes these problem along with my private support people, who are having simular problem. as well.
I installed the file converters for 2003 (in order to open files from 2007) and it did not cause any problems at all with 2003. It has no problem with opening 2007 files, but it does sometimes convert continuous seciton breaks to next page breaks, which is really annoying.
I would have liked a bit more comparison in this review, like :
How do the lower end Student/home versions compare to pro? What is left out?
Have they improved the more exotic things like equation editor: is it better integrated than the clunky old version for example?
How is the integration between word and Excell now?
How do the lower end Student/home versions compare to pro? What is left out?
Have they improved the more exotic things like equation editor: is it better integrated than the clunky old version for example?
How is the integration between word and Excell now?
I have to say this has been the worse creation on the MS plate to date. I'm a seasoned computer user and this has been a frustrating exercise. I worry about the "old folks" and casual pc users who will have to relearn a whole new concept. I still have to look for stuff. Some stuff has simply vanished eg properties for embedded graphics. I certainly dont actually believe Quote: "The Office platform was built on what are now antiquated technologies-and it has accumulated
a lot of gunk over the years". Why should this bother anyone? Who are they trying to kid? I'm running a top end machine that that still seems to waddle along and choke on all the "wonderful new stuff" that I dont
need. Make sure you stack up on memory, cos you are going to need!! Open Office is starting to look a whole lot better.
a lot of gunk over the years". Why should this bother anyone? Who are they trying to kid? I'm running a top end machine that that still seems to waddle along and choke on all the "wonderful new stuff" that I dont
need. Make sure you stack up on memory, cos you are going to need!! Open Office is starting to look a whole lot better.
Some of these reasons I would consider as reasons NOT to upgrade:
"Office 2003 and predecessors are out of date" - but they are still adequate. We are running Office 2000, and it does everything that we need to. If it ain't broke... don't fix it!
"Eight flavors" - why so many? It just makes purchasing more confusing.
"Pricing" - this is the biggest reason not to purchase. For our 7500 PC estate, it's going to be very expensive - for what gain. I can't spend nearl ?1m unless I can show that we will make equivalent savings.
Can we have a "10 reasons to buy Open Office" or should that be "10 reasons to download Open Office for free"!?
"Office 2003 and predecessors are out of date" - but they are still adequate. We are running Office 2000, and it does everything that we need to. If it ain't broke... don't fix it!
"Eight flavors" - why so many? It just makes purchasing more confusing.
"Pricing" - this is the biggest reason not to purchase. For our 7500 PC estate, it's going to be very expensive - for what gain. I can't spend nearl ?1m unless I can show that we will make equivalent savings.
Can we have a "10 reasons to buy Open Office" or should that be "10 reasons to download Open Office for free"!?
Some of these reasons I would consider as reasons NOT to upgrade:
"Office 2003 and predecessors are out of date" - but they are still adequate. We are running Office 2000, and it does everything that we need to. If it ain't broke... don't fix it!
"Eight flavors" - why so many? It just makes purchasing more confusing.
"Pricing" - this is the biggest reason not to purchase. For our 7500 PC estate, it's going to be very expensive - for what gain. I can't spend nearl ?1m unless I can show that we will make equivalent savings.
Can we have a "10 reasons to buy Open Office" or should that be "10 reasons to download Open Office for free"!?
"Office 2003 and predecessors are out of date" - but they are still adequate. We are running Office 2000, and it does everything that we need to. If it ain't broke... don't fix it!
"Eight flavors" - why so many? It just makes purchasing more confusing.
"Pricing" - this is the biggest reason not to purchase. For our 7500 PC estate, it's going to be very expensive - for what gain. I can't spend nearl ?1m unless I can show that we will make equivalent savings.
Can we have a "10 reasons to buy Open Office" or should that be "10 reasons to download Open Office for free"!?
It sounds from the replies to date that this is yet another example of "upfield marketing", that is selling software that is actually little better than Beta code to an ignorant market of supposed IT specialists and managers. The previous post making this analogous with the launch of Windows 95 is probably very true. The whole "wow" factor of Vista is diluted by the fact that you need at least 2Gb RAM to run it efficiently. No doubt adding Office 2007 will increase this further. When looking at what is possible with current Linux releases and OpenOffice on far smaller platforms it is utter madness to carry on supporting the Bill Gates foundation. Why not just give your money directly to the charities concerned and spare yourself the pain of using this bloatware?
PDA users : XP and Office 2007 do not mix !
You are using a PDA, and sync it with Outlook 2003 using activesync ? Think twice before going to 2007, 'coz it aint workin' !!
It does work fine with Vista, which does not use Active sync anymore, but under XP, you are out of luck !
You are using a PDA, and sync it with Outlook 2003 using activesync ? Think twice before going to 2007, 'coz it aint workin' !!
It does work fine with Vista, which does not use Active sync anymore, but under XP, you are out of luck !
I would caution against upgrading to 2007 for anyone except the most basic of office users. I've had 2007 on one of my machines for about 5 months now, and find myself spending a lot more time trying to find a feature that either doesn't exist, or I end up having to troll through countless submenus to just get a once needed item added to the ribbon bar. Productivity for me has been greatly reduced with this "user friendly" version. Thankfully, I never upgraded my other 2 machines, both which have 2003 on them. I'm finding myself reverting back to the more useful office version a.k.a. - 2003 - more and more.
2007 seems like a more dumbed down version. Styles in Word, Data functions in Excel, the whole Access structure, just to name a few. Haven't even touched Powerpoint yet, and probably won't on this version.
So unless you're only going to do simple word processing, or ligning up things in neat tables in Excel, I would recommend to NOT 'down'grade your office version.
2007 seems like a more dumbed down version. Styles in Word, Data functions in Excel, the whole Access structure, just to name a few. Haven't even touched Powerpoint yet, and probably won't on this version.
So unless you're only going to do simple word processing, or ligning up things in neat tables in Excel, I would recommend to NOT 'down'grade your office version.
I am certified as an Expert in Word. 2007 makes it easy for any idiot to press a button and make the document look 'fancy'with themes and QuickParts, but a user using the more advanced techniques and options finds those commands buried under several layers of tabs, ribbons, and buttons. Things I used to do with 3 clicks or a shortcut now take 6 clicks. 2007 expects you to customize one lousy toolbar with all your frequently used commands and buttons (which you can no longer customize the image).
I have also found a glitch in which after a short period of time, the tab and ribbon I have been using will revert back to the Home tab, forcing me to repeatedly change back to the tab I want.
Productivity for me has dropped significantly.
I have also found a glitch in which after a short period of time, the tab and ribbon I have been using will revert back to the Home tab, forcing me to repeatedly change back to the tab I want.
Productivity for me has dropped significantly.
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1)Office 2003 and its prodeccors are out of date
2)Office 2007 comes in 8 flavors
3)Pricing is about on par with office 2003
4)It delivers a lot of stuff
5)New file formats numerous advantages
6)Interface is improved productivity
7)App- specific enhancement adds power
8)new features make it easy
9)Beefed up reduces support overhead
10)numerous options are available
2)Office 2007 comes in 8 flavors
3)Pricing is about on par with office 2003
4)It delivers a lot of stuff
5)New file formats numerous advantages
6)Interface is improved productivity
7)App- specific enhancement adds power
8)new features make it easy
9)Beefed up reduces support overhead
10)numerous options are available
First, the only reason any company comes out with something new is to make money. Not that this is bad-it makes the world go round. After you upgrade, now what? How many hours and hundreds of dollars are you willing to shell out because of new MS software? Not everyone are programmers and MS is the least intuitive let alone a big downgrade on customer service. what now? Authors of computer books benefit the most and thus why I think MS comes out with new stuff. You look, your confused, so you buy a book to help hou learn. It is either that or the new world order plan to take over the world with Microsoft Office.
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