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Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (3 User Licence) (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Software
List Price: £119.99
Buy New: £74.97
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Rating:  67 reviews
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers.
MPN: 79g-00007
Model: 79G-00007
UPC: 882224165242
EAN: 0882224263627
ASIN: B000HCZ8EO
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
Microsoft Office 2007 Home & Student Edition Retail Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 is the essential software suite for home computer users that enables you to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and organize your notes and information in one place, making it easier and more enjoyable for you to get things done. PLEASE NOTE :- Licensed for noncommercial use.
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 Best Office Yet June 10, 2007
D. Bower (Sheffield)
97 out of 103 found this review helpful
Its easy to hate everything Microsoft (I too hate crossing Bill's palm with Amex as much as the next person) and its also true that Open Office 2 is a supberb piece of software - particularly given as its free. In fact I have been using Open Office exclusively - until now.
There's one thing that gives Office 2007 the edge over Open Office and that's the new ribbon interface. It really is brilliant and it really does increase productivity. Afterall, if it wasn't for the ribbon it would be just another office suite and I would stick with Open Office.
It seems though, that Microsoft really have sat with end users and really have taken notice of how people use their software and I think that the new user interface is a huge step forward in software interaction.
As a home user as well I don't think the 85ish that Amazon is asking for 3 licenses is particularly expensive. About 27.50 each which if you think back to the cost of the full proper office suite a couple of years ago is pretty good value.
Just bear in mind that the standard Home & Student pack doesn't come with Outlook which I suppose most home users won't miss (although I can't live without it so bought it separately from MS for 40 odd) but it does come with OneNote which is proving useful.
All in all if you're not sure whether you're ready for the jump to Office 07 then download the 60 trial version from Micrsoft's website. Just be warned if you do you may find yourself reaching for your credit card - I did!! (and a word of warning, its much cheaper to by the software from Amazon than to acitivate your demo version via Microsoft).
 Outlook? No need. Incompatibility? Not if you update. April 20, 2007
C. Cranmer (Vaud, Switzerland)
84 out of 90 found this review helpful
Assuming you're running Windows Vista, you won't need Outlook any more (for basic email/calendar/contacts needs) because Vista comes supplied with Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, etc.
As for incompatibilities, it's true that older versions of Office cannot open/edit Office 2007 documents. However, there is a Compatibility Pack available from Microsoft (official update) for earlier versions Office (XP, 2003, etc) that lets you open/edit/save Office '07 documents for Word, Powerpoint, and Excel, using older versions.
Fantastic value... but where's Outlook? February 1, 2007
Mr. T. Howells (England)
67 out of 73 found this review helpful
This is fantastic value for the Home and Student edition of Office that, unlike the Student and Teacher version it replaces, can be used be *all* home users. I would've jumped at the chance of buying Office 2007 for less than 100... if only it contained Outlook.
I honestly can't think why Microsoft decided to remove this essential application from the home edition of their Office suite. It's without doubt my most-used Office application, and by excluding it they're only going to drive existing users to rival (and mostly free) products such as Mozilla Thunderbird, which while being so much better than the dreadful Outlook Express (now known as "Windows Mail" in Vista), doesn't quite include all the functionality of Outlook.
If you don't use Outlook much but do use a lot of Word, Excel and PowerPoint then this is a must-have upgrade. The new Office 2007 versions of these products are truly ground-breaking and will definitely increase your productivity and efficiency. Those used to having Outlook for their e-mail might be left feeling a little disappointed though.
Brilliant. Office 2003, with more features and very easy to use... January 4, 2007
Mr. James Pomeroy (Abingdon, UK)
65 out of 72 found this review helpful
I use office 2007 on beta, and have been very impressed by how easy it is to navigate between menus, put your favourite buttons in bars on the screen, and the ribbons make it so easy to use.
If you like Office as a package, i would recommend getting it, but if you only use publisher- stick with 2003- as the new one doesn't use the ribbon and is almost identical. However, Excel is far easier to use and far better to look at, whilst word is very similar. Excel makes it easier with the merge cell button being on the main ribbon, and cell formatting being a drop down, not a pop up, which was frustrating in 2003.
Simply, if you use office regularly; and especially word and excel, buy this. It's nice to look at, easy to use, and a far better package that office 2003.
 Docx format is a real pain, why change it? October 2, 2007
Jersey Girl (Jersey)
51 out of 59 found this review helpful
Why have Microsoft come up with a new format (docx instead of doc)? This is a real pain for users who send documents to other users who aren't using Office 2007. Most schools can't afford to upgrade their site licences every time a new version of a product is issued so they continue to use older versions (which work very well). Students saving work in docx format will find it difficult to open documents at school without a converter.
As an school IT techie it's driving me mad! Day in day out we have a steady stream of students and teachers with precious homework which won't open.
I don't understand the rationale behind the change and I see firsthand the frustration it causes. For the time being stick to Office 2003, it's a good product with none of the problems of 2007.
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