The ambitious, ground-up rebuild of Microsoft Office Standard 2007 reveals considerably different connects and new file formats. The new Office looks so in contrast to its predecessors, it's likely to spark intensive love-hate responses from users. This update isn't for everyone: If you're individual, eager to try the most recent tools, and willing to relearn most of what you already know about Office, then you may well relish the challenge of Office 2007. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 can produce more-polished documents and presentations, and Outlook's new scheduling capabilities make it a handier communications hub. Professionals who want to impress clients and co-workers with attractive reports, charts, and slide shows will come across this a worthy upgrade. First-time Office customers may well have an simpler time than veteran customers receiving their bearings.
Nonetheless, should you only use a small small fraction of what Office offers or you felt that acquiring the hang of Office 2003 was painful enough, then you might would like to leave Office 2007 on the shelf or try it no cost for two months 1st. We imagine that power customers who have perfected the nooks and crannies of the older versions will curse the steep learning curve. But take heed: The new era of Office affects even those who do not upgrade, and a conversion tool is required to let older Office versions open Microsoft Office 2007's default, Open XML files.
Office 2007 does provide complex attributes that you can't yet uncover elsewhere. On the other hand, it also falls short in key areas. Integration among the applications isn't as thorough as we'd hoped, and there's no one-click way to collaborate with others on an edit without buying Microsoft's Groove on the internet collaboration tool or working within a server setting. The advent of Office 2007 comes as a growing number of competing tools are simpler, cost less (if they aren't free), and handle the same core attributes. Oddly, regardless of its bevy of Windows Live and Office Live services, Microsoft chose not to construct a bridge to the Web for all Office customers.