Is Office 2007 better than Office 2003?

E

Egan

Hi

I know Office 2007 has more features than Office 2003.
Does any one think Office 2007 is better than Office 2003?

Much Help is Appreciated.
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Yes.

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After furious head scratching, Egan asked:

| Hi
|
| I know Office 2007 has more features than Office 2003.
| Does any one think Office 2007 is better than Office 2003?
|
| Much Help is Appreciated.
 
E

Echo S

Egan said:
Hi

I know Office 2007 has more features than Office 2003.
Does any one think Office 2007 is better than Office 2003?

Much Help is Appreciated.
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Depends on your needs. I think a number of things about PowerPoint, for
example, are much much better, but I think other things are worse.
 
J

jimmuh

Office XP (2002) was the first version of Office I would put on my personal
systems. Office 2003 was a considerable improvement in terms of reliability
and versatility and user interface, IMO. Office 2007 was a bit off-putting to
me at first. I felt that some of the user interface changes were gratuitous,
but I'm getting used to them. The applications launch faster (though that may
be Vista, to which I moved at the same time as I moved to Office 2007), and
they seem to be more robust.

Wish they could get around to making Money work that well -- grumble, grumble.
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

I just wish I could get around to making MONEY, period! <eg>

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Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
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After furious head scratching, jimmuh asked:

| Office XP (2002) was the first version of Office I would put on my
| personal systems. Office 2003 was a considerable improvement in terms
| of reliability and versatility and user interface, IMO. Office 2007
| was a bit off-putting to me at first. I felt that some of the user
| interface changes were gratuitous, but I'm getting used to them. The
| applications launch faster (though that may be Vista, to which I
| moved at the same time as I moved to Office 2007), and they seem to
| be more robust.
|
| Wish they could get around to making Money work that well -- grumble,
| grumble.
|
| "Egan" wrote:
|
|| Hi
||
|| I know Office 2007 has more features than Office 2003.
|| Does any one think Office 2007 is better than Office 2003?
||
|| Much Help is Appreciated.
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MVP]

Amen, Sister!!

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"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
I just wish I could get around to making MONEY, period! <eg>

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, jimmuh asked:

| Office XP (2002) was the first version of Office I would put on my
| personal systems. Office 2003 was a considerable improvement in terms
| of reliability and versatility and user interface, IMO. Office 2007
| was a bit off-putting to me at first. I felt that some of the user
| interface changes were gratuitous, but I'm getting used to them. The
| applications launch faster (though that may be Vista, to which I
| moved at the same time as I moved to Office 2007), and they seem to
| be more robust.
|
| Wish they could get around to making Money work that well -- grumble,
| grumble.
|
| "Egan" wrote:
|
|| Hi
||
|| I know Office 2007 has more features than Office 2003.
|| Does any one think Office 2007 is better than Office 2003?
||
|| Much Help is Appreciated.
 
J

jimmuh

The women here always cheer me up when I'm feelin' down about my Money (2007)!

Thanks!
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MVP]

Ohhh, you like Twisted Sister(s)?

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
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http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




jimmuh said:
The women here always cheer me up when I'm feelin' down about my Money
(2007)!

Thanks!

JoAnn Paules said:
Amen, Sister!!

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
I just wish I could get around to making MONEY, period! <eg>

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, jimmuh asked:

| Office XP (2002) was the first version of Office I would put on my
| personal systems. Office 2003 was a considerable improvement in terms
| of reliability and versatility and user interface, IMO. Office 2007
| was a bit off-putting to me at first. I felt that some of the user
| interface changes were gratuitous, but I'm getting used to them. The
| applications launch faster (though that may be Vista, to which I
| moved at the same time as I moved to Office 2007), and they seem to
| be more robust.
|
| Wish they could get around to making Money work that well -- grumble,
| grumble.
|
| "Egan" wrote:
|
|| Hi
||
|| I know Office 2007 has more features than Office 2003.
|| Does any one think Office 2007 is better than Office 2003?
||
|| Much Help is Appreciated.
Click to expand...
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J

jimmuh

The twisteder the better!

;-)

JoAnn Paules said:
Ohhh, you like Twisted Sister(s)?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




jimmuh said:
The women here always cheer me up when I'm feelin' down about my Money
(2007)!

Thanks!

JoAnn Paules said:
Amen, Sister!!

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
I just wish I could get around to making MONEY, period! <eg>

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, jimmuh asked:

| Office XP (2002) was the first version of Office I would put on my
| personal systems. Office 2003 was a considerable improvement in terms
| of reliability and versatility and user interface, IMO. Office 2007
| was a bit off-putting to me at first. I felt that some of the user
| interface changes were gratuitous, but I'm getting used to them. The
| applications launch faster (though that may be Vista, to which I
| moved at the same time as I moved to Office 2007), and they seem to
| be more robust.
|
| Wish they could get around to making Money work that well -- grumble,
| grumble.
|
| "Egan" wrote:
|
|| Hi
||
|| I know Office 2007 has more features than Office 2003.
|| Does any one think Office 2007 is better than Office 2003?
||
|| Much Help is Appreciated.
Click to expand...
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G

Guest

I saw it. I'm not that impressed. It's pretty
slow to start the first time, maybe 10 seconds
(Outlook, vs. 2002, where it was ready after
it was clicked). Then, it can still be slow
when you move to your first folder. If you pre-
load it in startup (I think it does that by
default?) it may not be so bad. It picks up to
normal eventually, except for typing. Typing is
always slower than it seems it should be. It's
a bit better with all muck-with-your-stuff-as-
you-type disabled, but it still lags (assuming
you can type faster than you can talk; maybe you
won't notice). [Machine used was 2GB/2.5GHz X2]
Color clash is still there (most Windows apps
fail here). Set to a black theme (desktop XP and
the new black Outlook theme), and there's still
a lot of WHITE, e.g., an empty preview pane area
on the right shows as a big block of empty white.
The mail headers are also WHITE (off-white) and
the text color used is the same as the dialog box
(3d object) and so clashes if you have anything
but the stock-standard, default XP theme (with
white windows and black text). And the text font
in the header can't be changed from what I can
tell; it's way too small. All in all, I was not
that impressed at all (with Outlook). Lots and
lots of irksome problems -- problems that won't
be going away, and I can't list them all.

Save-as PDF is good; not configurable as a true
distiller, but as a free cookie tossed in, good
enough for everyday use. Puts Adobe out of the
PDF business... or will if people stop buying
Acrobat (et al.) and buy O7.


I just expected better, but it's windows software,
and that means cheap software (well, in the broad
sense), so you gets whats you pays for -- mostly
works but never the way you want, or expect.
 
J

jimmuh

Considering the exemplary performance of the suite I've been seeing under
Vista I have to wonder if Office 2007 with the new OS than it does with
WinXP. I also suspect that the appearance of the Office 2007 apps may meld
better with Vista's desktop / themes than it does with those of WinXP. I do
find it interesting that Microsoft chose to give the suite its own color
scheme, but I don't find it jarring. The software works well for me. As with
any complex software there are always features that one wishes worked in a
different manner. I've always found what I consider to be an extreme amount
of focus up front on the appearance of documents. I would prefer establishing
the the more substantive elements of the content of a document before
worrying about making it visually appealing, but the paradigm of making (or
at least encouraging) you choose how you want an idea to look as you
formulate it is pretty common in document preparation software these days. I
find it irksome, but I deal with it.


[email protected] said:
I saw it. I'm not that impressed. It's pretty
slow to start the first time, maybe 10 seconds
(Outlook, vs. 2002, where it was ready after
it was clicked). Then, it can still be slow
when you move to your first folder. If you pre-
load it in startup (I think it does that by
default?) it may not be so bad. It picks up to
normal eventually, except for typing. Typing is
always slower than it seems it should be. It's
a bit better with all muck-with-your-stuff-as-
you-type disabled, but it still lags (assuming
you can type faster than you can talk; maybe you
won't notice). [Machine used was 2GB/2.5GHz X2]
Color clash is still there (most Windows apps
fail here). Set to a black theme (desktop XP and
the new black Outlook theme), and there's still
a lot of WHITE, e.g., an empty preview pane area
on the right shows as a big block of empty white.
The mail headers are also WHITE (off-white) and
the text color used is the same as the dialog box
(3d object) and so clashes if you have anything
but the stock-standard, default XP theme (with
white windows and black text). And the text font
in the header can't be changed from what I can
tell; it's way too small. All in all, I was not
that impressed at all (with Outlook). Lots and
lots of irksome problems -- problems that won't
be going away, and I can't list them all.

Save-as PDF is good; not configurable as a true
distiller, but as a free cookie tossed in, good
enough for everyday use. Puts Adobe out of the
PDF business... or will if people stop buying
Acrobat (et al.) and buy O7.


I just expected better, but it's windows software,
and that means cheap software (well, in the broad
sense), so you gets whats you pays for -- mostly
works but never the way you want, or expect.

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