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for those of you who have tried it.. Are there any significant improvements visible over office 03? This message was posted from a Nokia
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Posted: 2006-05-24 00:15:39
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when you're next online, take a look at this initial review of the beta 2 (for example)
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Posted: 2006-05-24 00:19:57
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I think it's way better...

The toolbars have been completely re-organised into different sections using tabs. The 'File' drop down menu is the only conventional menu that was in Office 2003 that exists in 2007. To access all the other features you click the tabs.

E.g: Click the 'Page Layout' tab to bring up options in the toolbar such as Page Setup, Page Background and Paragraphing or click the 'Insert' tab to bring up options in the toolbar to do with Pictures, Word Art, Shapes, Text Boxes etc.

It looks alot more simpler and is more user friendly IMO.
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Posted: 2006-05-24 00:23:26
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I can say that there are many visual improvements over office 2003. Or perhaps I should say differences rather than improvements. The whole concept of menus has been abolished, and there are now these tabs at the top, supposedly making it easier to find the feature you want, but not that easy is you have spend over 9 years with menus, and know exactly where everything is.

In terms of features, from my perspective there are a few tweaks. Formulas can be worked upon slightly easier in Excel etc. However the main improvement (in my eyes) is the creation of the new document format based upon xml (I think), which greatly reduceds file sizes.

This is a very brief summary of the differences, so I would encourage you to find out more by wisiting the Office site (though that does tend to make the whole product look super-duper new and amazing).
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Posted: 2006-05-24 00:25:46
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thanks for the heads up.. Certainly sounds like its worth giving a shot this weekend..the excel is what i use most and am interested in and your feedback surely sounds encouraging. This message was posted from a Nokia
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Posted: 2006-05-24 00:30:21
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ahh yeah i had beta 1 when it was called office 12.

on the splash screen i remember now it had "pre release version" in red writing on.

was good but dead buggy had to go back to 2003. outlook was poor, would try this 2nd offering but it dont work on macs!

boo hisss..

fatreg
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Posted: 2006-05-24 00:54:34
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Will this run ok on my intel mac if i put windows on it or am i best waiting for the final version?
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Posted: 2006-05-24 10:15:07
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cool find! ummm can anyone tell me if 2003 is better than office xp? i have been running that for donkeys years now

Cheers all.. .also i'd like to hear feedback on this release

cheers all
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Posted: 2006-05-24 10:34:47
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