Microsoft Office Word 2007
In the following review, we will evaluate Office 2007 as a whole and then mini-reviews highlighting the main points of Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel. To start off, the biggest change is the interface, which is both good and bad. The bad side of this is that people who use Office in a work environment and with other users will have to essentially relearn where everything is located in each program. The same features are still there (although there are new ones) and they all work the same, but now they are accessible in different locations. Now, for the good side. The fundamental change in the new Office is the way you interact with the main programs: this is down to the high-tech looking "ribbon". Gone are the standard menu bar with toolbar beneath and instead you have a series of tabs, each showing panels of icons with the most commonly-used tools and functions on them. Switching between tabs gives new sets of icons and the Ribbon is bolstered by the mini toolbar, which fades in near your mouse pointer for making format changes. Office also now includes a new feature called Live Preview, which when you select text in the application and hover over a new text font (for example), the font is applied to your text temporarily so you can see how it looks without having to do multiple clicks to change it back if you don't like it. And If you don't like where a feature is located on the ribbon, you can place any button inside a Quick Launch toolbar that lies either above or below the ribbon at all times for easy access to your features of choice. After a few minutes you start to get the idea of the Ribbon and for most functions it proves a lot quicker to use than the old interface. Another huge change in Office 2007, office now uses the XML file format for consistency across all the main applications, though it still differentiates them with .docx, .xlsx and .pptx filetypes. Files are automatically compressed with Zip compression. ). The new XML file extensions allow for better open-source development for software developers as well as additional document features for users. There is one downside however, when a user of Office 2003 and earlier tries to open one of these new XML documents, they will get an error message saying that it isn't possible. Many formatting and layout alterations you make in the big three apps can be previewed by hovering your mouse pointer over the style, font, colour or whatever selectors. New fonts are supplied with Office and widely used in Word, along with a new default line spacing of 1.15 lines. These give documents a modern, open feel.
Excel 2007 : One thing that we really liked is the new formula autocomplete feature, which will suggest formulas as you type so you don't have to waste time remembering the exact formula. Another improvement that will have the number crunchers rejoicing is the improved look of all the data charts and graphs. They are all 3D and have a very professional look to them to set them apart from previous versions. Word 2007 : Microsoft Word 2007 is definitely loaded with new features and since it is the more often used program in the Office suite. Some features have moved around in the sense that they are not in the same "category" as previous versions. The Live Preview feature mentioned earlier in this review is a really nice addition to Word because you don't have to keep going back to change a
setting if you didn't like it the first time. hanks to Microsoft, all of Word's unique document tools are nicely organized in the ribbon, which makes them very easily accessible and easily discovered. PowerPoint 2007 : The best thing about the new PowerPoint 2007 is that it really tries to help users create the best looking PowerPoint presentation regardless if they are total experts or first-timers. The best feature added to PowerPoint 2007 is the massive variety of professionally designed slide themes that are very stylish and will make any presentations stand out and shine. The themes are completely user editable as well, so you can start with one of the designed themes and modify the colors and graphics to suit your liking and make your presentation unique. Also, because themes are available in both Word and Excel, you can use the same theme for your PowerPoint presentation as well to make all your documents match. Conclussion : Office 2007 is definitely a must-have for users who currently use any of the Office suite on a regular basis. The new ribbon menu at the top really makes this version of Office stand out, in a very good way. Office 2007 works on any computer running Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista.
Hope this little review can help you to know much more about Office 2007. ^_*