| Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (3 User Licence) (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Software
List Price: £119.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 1
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
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MPN: 79g-00007
Model: 79G-00007
UPC: 882224263627
EAN: 0882224263627
ASIN: B000HCZ8EO
Release Date: January 30, 2007
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 High value and performance June 17, 2007
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
I don't think we should expect "something for nothing" despite the "free" offerings referred to in other reviews on this page, Office 2007 represents excellent value (especially as I believe the licence allows you to install it on 3 PCs in the same household). It is intuitive to use and Word maintains its position as the king of the word processors as do Powerpoint and Excel within their respective fields too. This suite is drawn together by MS OneNote which is an excellent tool for integrating notes and web research etc. In summary, MS Office 2007 is smooth, intuitive, fun to use and seamlessly integrated as well as being very good value in this form. I think this is an edition of MS Office that it is worth upgrading to even if you already own an earlier version. Sorry cynics - but Microsoft have got this one very right! Buy it with confidence.
Best Office Yet June 10, 2007
241 out of 256 found this review helpful
Its easy to hate everything Microsoft (I too hate crossing Bill's palm with Amex as much as the next person) and its also true that Open Office 2 is a supberb piece of software - particularly given as its free. In fact I have been using Open Office exclusively - until now.
There's one thing that gives Office 2007 the edge over Open Office and that's the new ribbon interface. It really is brilliant and it really does increase productivity. Afterall, if it wasn't for the ribbon it would be just another office suite and I would stick with Open Office.
It seems though, that Microsoft really have sat with end users and really have taken notice of how people use their software and I think that the new user interface is a huge step forward in software interaction.
As a home user as well I don't think the 85ish that Amazon is asking for 3 licenses is particularly expensive. About 27.50 each which if you think back to the cost of the full proper office suite a couple of years ago is pretty good value.
Just bear in mind that the standard Home & Student pack doesn't come with Outlook which I suppose most home users won't miss (although I can't live without it so bought it separately from MS for 40 odd) but it does come with OneNote which is proving useful.
All in all if you're not sure whether you're ready for the jump to Office 07 then download the 60 trial version from Micrsoft's website. Just be warned if you do you may find yourself reaching for your credit card - I did!! (and a word of warning, its much cheaper to by the software from Amazon than to acitivate your demo version via Microsoft).
 Open Office June 8, 2007
8 out of 56 found this review helpful
why would anybody want to pay good money for office software? I don't care that the deal that Amazon are doing is good, it's still paying for office software!
Download and install FREE software, by using Open Office.
And once you've done that, ask yourself why you're paying good money for a PC operating system (Windows / Vista), when you can download FREE Linux.
If you really must throw money away, give it to your favorite charity.
 Quit whining about compatibility! June 2, 2007
18 out of 26 found this review helpful
The reason Office 2007 files can't be opened by older Office versions is that they use an entirely different (not to mention superior) file format. If you people need to have your documents viewed by older versions of Office, save them as an older file type of Office.
The cost of progress is all of a few seconds with your trusty mouse. I suggest that you deal with it rather than moaning because old software can't cope.
As for me, I'm a little miffed that MS still doesn't support the OpenDocument formats used by OpenOffice, but that's what plugins are for.
The new interface is strange (I like it, but it's still strange), and it is a bit of a resource hog; but it's running fine on my 3 year old computer. Avoid using it on bargain basement systems from Dell, HP and the like and you'll be fine.
Check Outlook licence May 31, 2007
18 out of 25 found this review helpful
I'm sure Office is now a good programme, but if you're buying the package Amazon is offering of Home and Student with Outlook check the licence suits your needs. H&S can be installed on three computers but Outlook is only licenced for one.
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