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| Microsoft OEM Office 2007 Small Business Edition, 1 Pack, Medialess Kit (Inc. Office 2007 Professional Edition Trial) (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft OEM Licence
Category: Software
Buy New: £196.95 (On sale from £266.90)
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 4598
Platform: Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 1 x 6
MPN: 1315101
Model: 9QA-00443
UPC: 882224313957
EAN: 0882224313957
ASIN: B000MFFI82
Release Date: May 11, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Difficult to use - offers nothing over the previous edition August 29, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a business user I don't really have anything good to say about Office 2007. The new interface now requires 3-4 mouse clicks where 2-3 were needed previously. Many of the keyboard shortcuts no longer work or don't work the way they used to (I don't use the mouse very often). It's not possible to customise the menu structure to any extent as Microsoft have imposed the "ribbon" structure with it's fixed content.
Many of the highlight colours just don't stand out e.g. highlighting text is pink on a white background but highlighted buttons are a sort of yellow colour. There are also only 3 colour schemes available, blue, silver or black. None is particularly attractive and none is particularly clear. Differentiating between several windows often not easy because they are all similar colours.
As a heavy office user, I found the new version of office restrictive and un-instinctive, as if Microsoft have told me how i will work and what commands I will have easily available instead of me being able to select my own. Oh, and you can't even customise a macro button image now! Instead you have to use the ones provided which are an anonymous bunch at best.
you are restricted to a single row of custom buttons - the "quick access toolbar" but if you want the traditional icons on the bar (font, size, style) then you can only fit another 10 or so on the bar - which is restricted to a single line only. when visible, the ribbon occupies a massive amount of space (about 30mm of vertical height) thus restricting the amount of text that can be seen. There appears to be no option to relocate the ribbon, it's always along the top. Hiding the ribbon then needs a double click to bring it back.
I am struggling to express how frustrating I find this software. I am currently in the process of requesting a refund from MS and going back to Office 2003. Note that I can't find anything that 2007 does which 2003 didn't already do for me.
 Seller & Product Review June 22, 2007
The product arrived quickly and has many new features not on the older systems but, I found it quite (unecessarily) complicated at times - some were so different that it took a while to fathom! Initially unable to load the new software but the seller (PS Software Solutions) was very helpful & advised downloading the Service Pack 2 from Microsoft which quickly solved the problem. Found seller very helpful indeed.
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