| Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (3 User Licence) (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Software
List Price: £119.99
Buy New: £58.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 1
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.5
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Model: 79G-00007
UPC: 882224165242
EAN: 0882224165242
ASIN: B000HCZ8EO
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A great step forward... August 18, 2007
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
Don't listen to the usual army of doomsayers and Microsoft bashers. This IS a great improvement on earlier versions of the popular Office product. Other than the lack of a new version of Outlook (in the home/student edition), this is a slick, visually impressive and versitile suite of software that no one should be without. Forget the old versions and the clunky free, open products. This is the real thing - and with Vista, its a dream.
It is licensed for up to 3 PC's and will update earlier versions or install from new. Great value too!
 Good product but shop around... July 29, 2007
47 out of 53 found this review helpful
I took out a 60 day trial of this product and was impressed with the strides forward that have been made in Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, and Word since 2003. The overall look to the above four programmes is clearer and more pleasing on the eye than the 2003 version.
The Document Recovery Tool in Word is probably the most useful of the newer features, and gets rid of that old fear of losing documents and not being able to retrieve them. The Document Inspection Tool in Word comes a very close second though and allows you to edit documents for personal details etc.
Outlook features improved anti Spam measures and a useful To Do Bar which can be a very effective diary/calendar and can be utilised while reading or writing email.
I bought a Full Standard Version Disk rather than just activating my trial version on the Microsoft website. Using the Activation code on the box, I was able to activate my Trial Version without having to install the version on the disk. My recommendation is to trial the product first of all and for that you can get your 60 day free trial from the Microsoft website.
After the trial period has elapsed or just before, I would then shop around and purchase a Full Standard Version Disk rather than just activate it from Microsoft and pay the fee for that. Why? Prices tend to start around the 300 mark for these disks. By shopping around, I was able to pick up a new Standard Office 2007 Disk for just over 100.
Good, but with one flaw... July 7, 2007
19 out of 23 found this review helpful
In my opinion office 2007 is the best version of office made to date, there is only one problem. With the advanced picture borders and word art the files are not saved in the usual format (for example word was '.doc' now its '.docx'). Office has a option in the saving options to save it as a 97-2003 file so it is compatable with older versions of office.
Overall this is a brilliant version of office and is very easy to use, the tab menus make everything easy to find...
More Money for Mister Gates July 4, 2007
8 out of 21 found this review helpful
We recently bought a laptop and it has the Vista OS installed. When I tried to install my ( legit) version of Microsoft Works 2001 on it, I kept getting error messages about compatibility issues. I felt that a new Vista laptop deserved an up to date version of Word so we bought this.
This package is quite good value for money- Word, Excel and Powerpoint all in one package. There's also some convoluted rubbish called "microsoft notes" which I don't really see the point of and probably won't use. I just don't have the time to learn any new software I'm afraid!
The install went very smoothly indeed. But it doesn't install shortcuts on your desktop , which I thought it would. Maybe I was expecting too much.
If you are used to the "old" ( i.e.,pre-Vista) Microsoft word, you're in for a shock. All the same functionality is there - of course- but the drop down menus seem to have disappeared, to be replaced by flashy little icons and buttons which look childish. It's like they have changed the appearance to justify the upgrade. But then this is true of the whole "Vista" experience.
In Word you now have the facility to save your documents as various "previous versions" which is just as well because we are finding all sorts of boring glitches when we transfer documents over to our ancient ( 4 year old?) XP machine. Fonts magically change, formatting alters etc.
I can see some fun and games in the future with "word compatibility issues" as everyone is forced eventually to "upgrade" to Vista. It's a mess but then Microsoft do need to make money don't they!
I look forward to the day when no-one uses microsoft product any more. There's so much Linux open source stuff available nowadays. As a European I find it embarrassing that we are all so dependant on microsoft.
 A HUGE Disappointment June 29, 2007
44 out of 53 found this review helpful
I want to share with you my huge disappointment in paying to upgrade Office XP to Office 2007. I took my time researching the new features before having the misguided belief that five years of development might have produced a better package of software. I find change difficult, I understand new things take time to get used to, I respect Microsoft and am biased by their products, but with Office 2007 I wish I had not bothered.
I have found Office 2007 to run slower, from initial start up to what was previously the most simple of tasks. I anticipated time being needed to familiarise myself with the new look but increasingly miss the ease of use with the older Office applications. It is frustrating to spend ten times as long to find the function you want and even more irritating when Office thinks it knows what you want to do and fails miserably.
With hindsight I give you this impartial advice - if you have an older version of Office, keep it, use it, and trust me that you are saving your money by waiting for future developments. I thought it would be time and money well spent, it was not. I wanted to keep up with the Jones', I have not. I trusted Microsoft would have improved Office and given me value for money, in my opinion it has not.
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