Word 2007 under Windows 7?

[Jo-Anne]

I'm soon going to have to get a new computer, probably with Windows 7. Does
Microsoft Office-and especially Word-2007 work well under Windows 7? Any
advice would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

 

[Stefan Blom]

Yes, Office 2007 works just fine under Windows 7.

 

[Jeff]

I'm soon going to have to get a new computer, probably with Windows 7. Does
Microsoft Office-and especially Word-2007 work well under Windows 7? Any
advice would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

It does, (but you are then faced with the challenge of learning the MS
Office "ribbon").

 

[Gordon]

It does, (but you are then faced with the challenge of learning the MS
Office "ribbon").

If your application skills are reasonable the "challenge" is over pretty
quickly...

 

[Stefan Blom]

Hmm, you would (of course) have to learn the ribbon even if you were running
Office 2007 on Windows Vista or XP.

 

[Jo-Anne]

Thank you, Stefan!

Jo-Anne

Yes, Office 2007 works just fine under Windows 7.

 

[Jo-Anne]

It does, (but you are then faced with the challenge of learning the MS
Office "ribbon").

The ribbon is something I've had to use under XP too, and I hate it...

Jo-Anne

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

One big difference you will see in Word 2007 running under Windows 7 as
opposed to Windows XP is that there is no Places Bar (which I find extremely
useful). Instead, there is a sidebar for "Favorites" that's sort of a subset
of the Folders pane, I guess. I haven't used Windows 7 enough to get
comfortable with this, and I definitely miss the Places Bar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Jo-Anne]

I know what you mean! Many of the changes I've encountered in later versions
of my favorite programs seem to leave out the very things I find most
useful.

Jo-Anne

 

[Gordon]

One big difference you will see in Word 2007 running under Windows 7 as
opposed to Windows XP is that there is no Places Bar (which I find
extremely useful). Instead, there is a sidebar for "Favorites" that's
sort of a subset of the Folders pane, I guess. I haven't used Windows 7
enough to get comfortable with this, and I definitely miss the Places Bar.

The advantage of the "sidebar" containing "favorites" over the old
places bar is that a) it's a doddle to add folders to the favorites,
(you just drag the folder to the favorites) and b) AFAICS there's no
limit to the number of entries IN the "favorites" section...

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There's no limit to the number of Places on the Places Bar, either. I
suppose I'll get used to the Favorites, but my first impression is that it
contains a lot of folders that are of no relevance to Word/Office.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org