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04-22-2008, 01:25 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit, michigan | | | This new Micosoft Word program is TERRIBLE.
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Every computer around here has updated to the new Microsoft Word 2007. This new program is horrible. I always thought the point of upgrading a program is to make it better and easier to use. What the hell were they thinking when they designed this? The old version is much much better.
And screw Abobe CS3 while I'm at it too. I work on a project in InDesign, the lab closes, so I go to the 24-hour lab to finish it up, but they only have CS2, and now my file won't open. What the hell were they thinking when they made it this way? Extremly DUMB idea to not have compatable program usage. |
04-22-2008, 01:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Big Island | | | I have Word 2003. How is the 2007 Word different?
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04-22-2008, 01:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland | | | I got a new laptop at Christmas with Microsoft 2007 standard packages on it and thank God someone's out there with the same opinion as me! For starters the toolbar has disappeared - well not quite - just very well hidden. Excel 2007 is just as bad. I've got used to to it somewhat now - but new certainly - improved? hardly |
04-22-2008, 02:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Santa Cruz, CA | | | Go grab Open Office. Cheap as free. |
04-22-2008, 02:45 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit, michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawaii Islander  I have Word 2003. How is the 2007 Word different? | There is no tool bar at the top of the page, which is standard in any program ever created.
I have spent the last 15 minutes trying to figure out how to PRINT my frickin' document.
Usually you just go to File<print, but there is no File menu! |
04-22-2008, 02:56 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: London, England | | | Press Alt. Then the File, Edit, etc appear.
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04-22-2008, 03:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: melbourne, Australia | | | yeah get open office or abiword!
both open source so its free and they are copies of word 2003 and below.
screw vista and the new office!
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04-22-2008, 05:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: St. John's, NL | | | mine wont let me edit things after i save them or open them up....great program....just great
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04-22-2008, 05:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | I agree, 2007 is useless, it is also a resource hog for a damned word processing program! Quote:
Originally Posted by SundanceChile Go grab Open Office. Cheap as free. | Not too long back I would have agree'd, but, the compatability issues tend to get annoying. Office 2003 FTW!
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04-22-2008, 05:08 AM
| | | | I hate it and won't use it. The problem is my mother bought it and can't work it and so is forever asking me when I'm around to show her how to do certain functions. |
04-22-2008, 05:23 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | Bad Brains = a guy who complains a lot.
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04-22-2008, 05:27 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Leeds, UK | | | Word 2007 is brilliant. Infact, Office 2007 is brilliant. It's so much more user friendly for heavy users.
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04-22-2008, 05:27 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | +1 to the complaints! Why would you change the standard "save as .doc' to another format?? My band leader sent me some set lists in some strange format that I could not open. When I ask what program she used, she said Microsoft Word! |
04-22-2008, 05:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Leeds, UK | | | It's .docx which is a better format than .doc because the intellectual property isn't owned by microsoft and it's set for cross platform compatability.
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04-22-2008, 05:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Atlanta | | now you have to think to yourself.....is it bad....or is it what you were not used to?
I believe billy boy was redesigning to make it easier to use....but in a redesign, your gonna have to change the way you do things a little....
I haven't actually used it yet, although i did have to print a document once on it, and it did take me a good 2 minutes to find the word "print". but once i saw it, i realized that they now had three different options for print, quick print, blah print, and something else...i didn't pay attention. but quick print did work a lot better than print on 2003.
give it some time. Once you are used to it, you'll wonder how you ever got along with out it.
Billy is getting a little resource heavy though....2gb of RAM for vista? 
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04-22-2008, 05:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: On The Bayou | | | You do have to work with it a bit, but it's not that difficult. You can save documents in earlier formats to avoid the compatibility issues. |
04-22-2008, 05:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | I like Office 2007. Took a bit of getting used to, but now I like it more than the older versions!
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04-22-2008, 06:00 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | My uni uses Word 2007 and I don't think it's that bad. It's useable, for sure. |
04-22-2008, 06:18 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Jersey Shore | | | +1 to getting openoffice, it's an amazing set of programs for FREE.
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04-22-2008, 07:10 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Toasted It's .docx which is a better format than .doc because the intellectual property isn't owned by microsoft and it's set for cross platform compatability.
[/geek] | That's fine but how many people are using Word 2007? I had no program to open it. I had to ask her to resave it as a .doc and resend it to me. I'm not spending $149 for a program I rarely use at home.
*Edit. I see there is a free Word 2007 Viewer available.
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