Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business Edition (Upgrade) (PC)

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Editorial reviews

Product Description
Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 is an accessible and comprehensive set of productivity and contact management tools designed for small businesses that rely on technology to work efficiently and serve their customers. Small businesses face a unique set of challenges. Developing a customer base is of the utmost importance, but marketing budgets are limited and competition is fierce. Building customer loyalty helps a business thrive, but finding the time to respond to customer inquiries and manage custome...

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-12-28 rating:
Waste of Money
Yet another disappointment from microsoft. If like me you already own an Office version (2003 or later) don't bother to buy this 'upgrade', it doesn't have anything new to offer.

The new interface is VERY irritating, it takes several more mouse actions than in previous versions to acheive the same outcome. Most of the familiar functions are impossible to find.

Other irritations? Excel has a bug (well documented on user websites, but ignored by Microsoft): when you open a spreadsheet by double clicking the data file it doesn't display until you right click on the display area.

As with other MS bloat-ware, on my XP PC this application runs much more slowly than the 2003 versions.

Word files are not backwards compatible with other versions unless you force a 'Save As' previous version.

The only positive thing I cna say is that the new Outlook is much better than Outlook 2003, but in this case it keeps the 'old' (but easier to use) interface.


review by: comicaleng date: 2007-08-29 rating:
Don't bother. A very poor upgrade
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.

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