[Scooby_Doo]

Geez, they can't leave well enough along, so let's totally mess up Office.  Couldn't they have at least left Classic mode in? oh wait, then people wouldn't update to the new and very-unshiney 2007.


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[Black Wolf]

Use it for awhile. It wins you over really quickly if you give it a chance. I love the new Word and Excel (which are really the only two I use regularly) and I suspect PowerPoint will be made similarly easy. I just wish they'd gone with the ribbon for publisher.

Oh, it helps to have a widescreen monitor as well.

[Stealth]

Office 2007 is one of the best things Microsoft has ever done. 

figures there'd always be someone to crack on microsoft, regardless what they do.

but like it or not, start getting used to it... because it'll be everywhere you look very soon

[Koth]

OpenOffice FTW!

[achtung]

OpenOffice FTW!

Yes.

[Scooby_Doo]

Office 2007 is one of the best things Microsoft has ever done. 

figures there'd always be someone to crack on microsoft, regardless what they do.

but like it or not, start getting used to it... because it'll be everywhere you look very soon

Sorta like MS Bob.

I do like the right click options.

[Agent_Koopa]

When I first started it up, I nearly screamed "where are all my options?" But now I realize that the interface is much more intuitive. I only wish they had given you back your menu bar.

[Scooby_Doo]

When I first started it up, I nearly screamed "where are all my options?" But now I realize that the interface is much more intuitive. I only wish they had given you back your menu bar.

Precisely.... I wouldn't mind the interface if they offered the menu bar too.

[colecampbell666]

Thats the one thing that messed me up. Groove is awesome, though, if you have it. Once I got over my initial upset, I found out that most of the things I used were only a right-click away.

[Bob-san]

I won't upgrade until they let me use the Office 2003 style. Maybe that'll be in Office 2010, though. I'm willing to wait, or switch to OpenOffice.

[lenard27]

When I first got 2007, I think I spent more time trying to find out how to double space my paper than actually typing the damn thing.  But ever since using it a lot and getting used to it, I think it's the best office I've ever used.  It just takes a while to get used to it.
And I wish there was a menu bar too.

[Unknown Target]

I use OpenOffice, but I used Office 2007 for a few minutes while helping a friend on her Vista machine, I got annoyed by how much resources it was using up by showing translucent images of what i was copying and whatnot. Other than that I didn't really use it much, so I can't say much about it.

[Grogs]

taks some getting used too (such as paragraph format options) but in the end, i think it looks more friendlier, espically whn doing a 10 page research paper at 2 in the morning...its annoying the new *.docx format.  need to make sure i save it in *.doc format before going to school. 

[vyper]

Not used it, but the interface looks all slick and web 2.0ish. I can imagine HR personnel and business development execs everywhere creaming themselves upon launching it.

I can also imagine I.T sighing and wondering how to word the budget proposal to upgrade every workstation in the building.

[IceFire]

Office 2007 is in use on some systems in my department. We're a techy kind of department so everyone who has switched knew about the change and intended to learn the new ribbon based UI system.  They all love it after a few weeks.  Not saying this is going to be good for joe shmoe employee who has done the same thing the same way for the last 10 years but the change seems to be positive overall.

Honestly I wonder why people are worked up about it...don't like it...stay with 2003.  Heck stay with 97 like I do...actually I just use OpenOffice now.  Not really any new features along the way that warrant the change.

[colecampbell666]

How does OO compare to MO?

[achtung]

How does OO compare to MO?

Same thing, OO just doesn't support the latest MS Office formats because they're new and because MS refuses to be helpful.  OO doesn't have the "OMG NEWW" interface, but I prefer it over 07.

[jr2]

http://www.openoffice.org/

I use it... it works, it's free, it has a pretty decent interface. 

[karajorma]

I hate them both equally. I use OO cause it's free though.

Both suffer from the same flaw of thinking that they know what I'm trying to do better than I do.

[lenard27]

I hate them both equally. I use OO cause it's free though.

Both suffer from the same flaw of thinking that they know what I'm trying to do better than I do.

Oh dear lord i hate that. "It looks like you're typing a letter, so let me format it for you in a completely different way than anyone in their right mind would format a letter!  There isn't that better?"  Stupid cocky word processing program