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11 out of 13 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
"I assume they customer tested this"
Pros: Tabbed interface could be great
Cons: But its not- so close but so far
Summary: I have been a MS Office user for 12 years this latest iteration was supposed to be the best ever- AND I WANTED IT TO BE! But sadly its not
Heres why-
The Tabbed interface is a great idea, the big buttons (ala Apple) are great and its about time but really something is missing.
Microsoft has correctly gotten it right that a BUTTON is easier to find and use than a drop down- fair enough.
You tell me - in a Word document what do 100% of users do with that document? They either SAVE it, PRINT it or MAIL it but the "HOME" tab has NO BIG BUTTON TO PRINT, SAVE or EMAIL!!! ARRRGGGH I have to go to a VERY small icon to do it with a one click or resort to a drop down on the circle logo and then drag my mouse to a right column for the "sub" action- this is just frickin nuts.
Hey Microsoft- why not a tab called 'MINE" that i could POPULATE with BIG BUTTONS that I WANT and use most often? Now doesn't that make sense? In these days of personalization why cant I use this $400 app the way I WANT TO USE THE APP?! And whats with all the space in the home tab for the styles and headers etc? Almost NO ONE messes with that stuff.
A chance for greatness and ease of use was missed- maybe Office for the Mac will get it right?
Oh and it seems slower than the last version- and i have a new loaded Core 2 duo Lenovo widescreen with 2 megs of RAM.
- 3 replies to this review
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So now Apple also invented big icons. Always good to know. Did they invent icons too?
And, like someone said, you basically give Microsoft Office 2007 a 5 because you find some icons small.
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You give it a five because it lacks one feature that it doesn't even lack it (it has a customizable toolbar at the top). So basically, you give it a five because you find some of the buttons to be small. Get over yourself.
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Just a quick tip, click on the office button on the upper left corner, pose above print, right click print, and select add to Quick Access tool bar, you will find the print option added to the upper left corner tool bar, and it will stay there, you can do that for all you most used option,
I hope this would help,
Kind regards,
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