arstechnica.com — One of the biggest concerns that people have expressed with Office 2007 is the cost of training. Thanks to a completely overhauled user interface, businesses could be concerned that they may need to shell out quite a bit of cash to get the entire office trained. Businesses need not worry; Office 2007 was designed with Erma from Processing in mind.
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fyngyrzJun 2, 2006
As a public service, I offer this Microsoft-to-English translation:"almost no training required"...means..."crashes and loses data without user having to do anything at all"
dvdd127Jun 3, 2006
I dont even like the new layout... it is ugly as hell.
warezappzJun 3, 2006
Apparently you do NOT work in IT. Contrary to your premature analogy - Office does indeed crash. It can become un-synced if it is a network installation - Outlook (when used in a Domain/network environment with roaming profiles) will HANG incessant on a ghost plug-in malfunctioning (PST Backup) if a user who once had that installed logs into another PC where the new machine does not have that installed.So, let us review: Your statement "Get your facts straight . . ." really applies to your own lack of knowledge as it applies to your erroneous statement . . . .
titlesaysitallJun 3, 2006
I hope the new interface is great for OS X as it is Windows, it might put up some healty competition to the other alternatives.
trogdoorJun 3, 2006
"Actually, no, before Apple, things were all done in DOS, and were rather NOT easy to use."Actually, no, before XEROX, things were all done in DOS, and were rather NOT easy to use.
trogdoorJun 3, 2006
So can OO possibly catch up? Or possibly more importantly / likely, can crossover office keep up?
nismodriftJun 3, 2006
I think everytime microsoft comes out with a new Office the only thing new is the UI and a few "hotfixes" just to make money which if they were a real nice company they would give these hotfixes free on there update site. But eitherway the new office is way better than 2003, doesnt crash as much, actually i have had zero crashes so far, and its a beta, with microsoft you would expect betas are unbearable. Second, I hope they dont screw up and make the final version s**ttier than the beta by all the feedback. Some stuff is necessary, but all the unnecessary choices should be chosen to install by the people. But eitherway I think they should make the install time quicker it took forever to install just office itself without visio, etc. The biggest improvement is not the design, but the simplicity of what to click and what to do. Everyone button is organized on every tab and shown. Unlike before where some options were hidden that would be necessary like double spacing, and demote and promote. I dont use outlook so I can really say about Outlook, I primarily use Thunderbird for all my email needs. But one thing is, the final pricing is way too high I am not going to pay 600 dollars for Office pro. When it comes out just look on Pirate Bay. well eitherway, this beta shocked me cuz all the other betas suck including Internet Explorer, and Vista cuz all they do is slow there systems down even more and take up much more space. Unlike mac os x which takes up 1-6 gigs depending on your choice of installation, and gives you the choice of whether you want there browser or media player unlike vista you have no choice over that.
diggnationdevonJun 3, 2006
Office 2007 is a huge improvment over the older versions over the years, and offering a public beta is a smart choice for Microsoft. Office 2007 is a great product, it makes OpenOffice look like WordPad.
manbrinkJun 4, 2006
Office 2007 looks great but other than that I don't get it.They seem to have moved all the buttons around just for the sake of it and made it pretty but no more. As a home user this makes it a pleasure to use (once I'd re-learnt where the buttons were) but as a business user I can't see why you would upgrade.I'll reserve final judgement until I see the price of the full version when it's released.