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Office 2007
on: January 13, 2007, 11:54:12 AM
So what do you guys think of it?  Worth switching from office XP?  Any new features that turn out to be useful?
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Re:Office 2007
Reply #1 on: January 13, 2007, 11:57:32 AM
Are any of the features ever useful? I think they just add more variety of annoying paper clips with each update.

For the 90% of people that write an essay or letter and occasionally fire up Excel, its all a total waste of time.
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Re:Office 2007
Reply #2 on: January 13, 2007, 11:59:19 AM
Sos windows XP, sos a computer that runs anything faster than a 233.

We all know that functionality has very little to do with new hardware/software, it usually tends to be about getting the same things done at the same speed but with them looking prettier.

So has anyone actually used it?
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Reply #3 on: January 13, 2007, 12:02:04 PM
ive got a Release version from my MSDN account on the lappy, its sh*t.  Its very pretty, but my main machine runs Office 2k, and ive yet to find anything that doesnt do for me, or infact for anyone else that isnt using the high-end macros and writing VBA scripts, even then the functions can usually be added in.
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Reply #4 on: January 13, 2007, 12:34:24 PM
I quite like it tbh - finally theyve bothered to significantly update the interface.

I wrote about 30k words worth through the final 6 months of my degree using 2k7 Word, and it made my life a lot easier.

Sure the interface will take some getting used to, but once you do the old one begins to feels so dated.
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Reply #5 on: January 13, 2007, 12:35:39 PM
My mate loves it.

Slow if your a mouse user but has a shedload of keyboard shortcuts.

Loving the RSS feed integration in Outlook and the other features too :D

Menu was a bit of a bastard to get used to, but you adjust.

Were his general comments.
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Re:Office 2007
Reply #6 on: January 13, 2007, 13:15:20 PM
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Sos windows XP, sos a computer that runs anything faster than a 233.

We all know that functionality has very little to do with new hardware/software, it usually tends to be about getting the same things done at the same speed but with them looking prettier.


Your first paragraph I disagree with, but I do agree on the second.

In general the OS and hardware have to be kept up to date to keep up with both technology and software demands as everything improves; updating is kind of necessary if you want to do more than the most mundane of tasks (which we all do). Its not an ideal analogy to what is essentially a fancy word processing and spreadsheet suite.
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Office 2007
Reply #7 on: January 13, 2007, 15:34:44 PM
I want a pencil with frickin lazers.

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Reply #8 on: January 13, 2007, 19:55:26 PM
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Sos windows XP, sos a computer that runs anything faster than a 233.


Rubbish.
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Reply #9 on: January 13, 2007, 20:13:01 PM
I got it on beta played with it, some nice features but I just could not get to grips with it, the interface that is supposed to be easier to use for me was just worse, and it seemed even on the last builds rather slow and bulky.
Back on office xp now, much happier with that
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Reply #10 on: January 13, 2007, 20:22:18 PM
mm, i installed it on my fresh format/install (earlier today)

and now I wish I hadnt, for the mount I use office, id rather stick with 2003 so Ill at least know where everything is....

maybe the new one is better, but its not really worth the time investment to find out...

saying that.... i havnt really used it yet, and im not going to bother uninstalling it anc changing back to 2k6 so watch this space ;)
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Reply #11 on: January 13, 2007, 21:47:09 PM
If you read a lot of the Microsoft Docs on it, they are aware that there will be a hump for users familiar with the previous office interface, but for those who arent, the learning curve is supposedly much shorter.

Dunno how true that is, but its an interesting take.
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Re:Office 2007
Reply #12 on: January 13, 2007, 21:53:08 PM
Quote from: funkychicken9000
Sos windows XP, sos a computer that runs anything faster than a 233.


For software there hasnt been much if any improvement, 99% is bells and whistles changes. 95%+ of people will gain no actual advantage changing up except for a lighter wallet.

Hardware is different, it allows you to do some things significantly faster and can allow you to do stuff you could not do with lesser hardware. If you dont use the speed you have though then its worthless.

Your question, perhaps, should be entirely based on will I gain any additional useful functionality from upgrading? In which case we dont know as we have no idea of what you will use it for  ;)
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Re:Office 2007
Reply #13 on: January 15, 2007, 12:44:51 PM
Only thing that is useful in it is the in suite PDF creator. Doesnt seem to bad but in the beta its a tad flakey. Will get the full version in a week or two once testing is deemed good enough for network deployment.
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Reply #14 on: January 16, 2007, 23:40:05 PM
Well, now that I have had chance to have a play.

Its confirmed everything Ive said about the software/hardware industries.  It does more or less exactly what the old version does, but looks prettier and runs like a dog on an athy 3200+.

Oh look, time to get an upgrade so my word processor can look flashier  :?
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