bit-tech Shopping: Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student

• Note Taking
• Presentation
• Spreadsheet
• Word Processor

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64
• Microsoft Windows XP

Rating: 8

Time with product: 2 Months

Strengths: It's working great for my hobbies and home based business.

Weaknesses: A little awkward at first getting use to the new layout from the previous versions of Word/Excel.

Summary: I like the 3 applications to download instead of purchasing it pre-installed on the new computer I just purchased. I would definitely purchase them separatetly in the future. Thanks.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 30

Strengths: Windows VISTA compatible, full product with media, license to install on 3 computers, reasonable priced, compatible with Office at work.

Weaknesses: Not much especially with the included $25 rebate

Summary: I got this for my new home PC with Windows VISTA. It came with the CD media which made installation easy. I like the fact I can install this on 3 computers. This is the only reasonably priced Office version as I only needed Word, Excel and PowerPoint. I don't use the included OneNote and at home who needs Outlook when there are so many Web based email around like gmail and yahoo mail.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 1

Strengths: This version is affordable. I am thinking I only need one activation, perhaps I can sell the other 2 on ebay like I see others doing which will really make this affordable software for me.

Weaknesses: One bugger that irks me is MS Office always asking me if I want to save a blank page when I go to close. My personal opinion is that One Note falls short when compared to Evernote.

Summary: I tried to use the other office products. I really did. Just not the same at all. Always worring if this or that will be okay with Word. My DD and I need MS Office for school and about every thing. My last copy of 2003 MS Office did not let me down, I figure 2007 Office will continue to be the most popular Office used in the future to come.

Rating: 6

Time with product: 3

Strengths: more image editing features; can save as PDF format; licensed for 3 computers

Weaknesses: difficult to find commonly used features; using up lots of RAM to work

Summary: I bought this because I wanted to have a legit copy of MS Office. I like the old versions better. The common features that I used in the older versions is difficult to find in this 2007 version. I guess I just have to put some time into using it. It requires a lot of RAM on your system in order to run smoothly. I had 1GB of RAM and had to upgrade to 2GB. The main thing I like about it is the ability to save as PDF format and that the license is for 3 computers (if it's for your own use--not to share with others).

Rating: 10

Time with product: 2

Strengths: Very many new features

Weaknesses: Same as the strength

Summary: I liked this version a lot. It has so many things. I could do multiple things while making presentations. Sometimes I don't even need to use Photoshop. You wouldn't believe that I use powerpoint to make very high quality poster. I have mostly used Word and PPT. Menu icons have been nicely arranged. The document can be saved in different formats like docx and 1998-20XX compatible format etc. It deserves a try.