When we chose to Customize the installation on another PC, the process was more involved. We wished that Microsoft better explained the Internet-based services Office 2007 can connect to. Here are some of the highlights: You're allowed to install Office 2007 software on two computers you must agree to download updates whenever Microsoft decides you need them and Microsoft may verify your license key at any time to make sure that you're not using pirated software. We spent 40 minutes just skimming the 10,379-word End User License Agreement and stopped before we could understand it all. However, settle into your chair if you're curious about the fine print. And oddly both the Enterprise and Professional Plus editions lack the Business Contact Manager component of Outlook, which corporate users might want for their marketing efforts.īreezing through the options, our fastest installation of Microsoft Office Standard 2007 took no more than 20 minutes on a Windows XP computer. Only the Enterprise and the $679 ($539 upgrade) Ultimate editions include the new Groove tool. At $449 ($279 upgrade), Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 costs $50 less than the Professional edition that includes the Access database program. The Basic package, with Word, Excel, and Outlook, only comes pre-installed on computers sold by manufacturers that have Microsoft software licensing agreements. Households that don't need desktop e-mail should opt for Office Home & Student at $149 (no upgrade option), a new suite roughly equivalent to Office Student and Teacher 2003 but with OneNote instead of Outlook. This suite includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook in addition to Office Tools that manage language settings and pictures and include a diagnostics tool for use in the event of a crash. We reviewed Microsoft Office Standard 2007, which costs a substantial $399, or $239 to upgrade. Oddly, despite its bevy of Windows Live and Office Live services, Microsoft chose not to build a bridge to the Web for all Office users.
The advent of Office 2007 comes as a growing number of competing tools are simpler, cost less (if they aren't free), and handle the same core features.
Integration among the applications isn't as thorough as we'd hoped, and there's no one-click way to collaborate with others on an edit without buying Microsoft's Groove online collaboration tool or working within a server setting. However, it also falls short in key areas. Office 2007 does offer complex features that you can't yet find elsewhere.
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