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Summary: Office 2000 is better
Review: Microsoft is still successfully putting out their fabulous Office suite. Office 2000 was the perfect piece of software. In my experience, it was reasonably stable, had great options, and ran efficiently. I couldn't imagine anything else that needed to be added. Unfortunately, Office XP is a lot slower and just doesn't have such a polished feel to it like 2000 does. It feels overly bogged down with unnecessary graphics (especially on the menus) and is a lot slower than 2000.Sure, its still a good product and I only give it 2 stars by comparison to 2000. There is absolutely no reason to upgrade! Don't get tricked by Microsoft. If you are buying Office for the first time, see if you can find a copy of 2000 somewhere.
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Summary: Would have been 5 stars!
Review: I've been demoing XP for about 1/2 a year now, I rarely had any problems concerning Office. Cosmetically, it has changed (aka, the menus, etc) Very stable! Would have given it a 5 star rating, but the price is just too high. Corporate users can afford it and would benefit from it, but people like me would have to skip a car payment..
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Summary: Best
Review: This is the best Office yet. Best of all Clippy is gone. I am very happy because clippy was anoying. Now it has a better help section. It has Front Page, Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point. I highly recomend buying this even if you have Office 2000. It is a lot better. This is a must have for all PC users.
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Summary: Over Priced for Current Customers
Review: Would not buy unless an "upgrade" price is offered.
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Summary: The New Menus make it a Must!
Review: The Applications in Office XP have some great new upgrades, but what really won it over for me were the new menus and the lack of the Office Asstant. YAY NO MORE PAPER CLIP :)
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Summary: Improved usability and stability
Review: Microsoft has made its Office applications a bit easier to use and significantly more stable in Office XP. I welcome these enhancements because I'm a heavy user of Word and Excel. Occasional and light users of Office products would probably not find these enhancements worth the upgrade. I'm jazzed about Office's new Task Panes, which are (to me) the primary usability enhancement. I'm a heavy user of find-and-replace. In previous versions of Word, the Replace dialog box was always in the way, covering up text. In Word 2002, this feature appears instead in the task pane, which slides out from the right edge of the window. Instead of covering up the text, it shrinks the text area a little bit. Also, in previous versions of PowerPoint, if you wanted to see how different presentation designs looked on your presentation, you had to open a dialog box, choose a design, apply it, close the dialog box, open the dialog box, choose a design, apply it, close the dialog box, ad nauseam. In PowerPoint 2002, the presentation designs appear in the task pane, avoiding the pesky closing and reopening of a dialog box. I'm encouraged that Office XP seems to crash less than previous versions. When it does crash, it seems to do a better job of recovering your work. Also, it politely tells you when it's going to crash, automatically restarts, and gives you a choice of versions of your document (including checkpoint saves) to open.
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Summary: Where is PhotoDraw??
Review: Having invested in Office 2000 Premium with PhotoDraw and numerous Microsoft and other reference materials, I find little reason to justify a purchase of Office XP without PhotoDraw and to start the repurchase of reference materials again.
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Summary: A solid and reliable product... but for how much?!
Review: I've been trying out Office XP and have appreciated the enhanced features and the improved reliability of the software. If you work in an office environment or do a lot of office work at home, you will experience this software and the experience won't be so bad. But ... for an upgrade? Ouch! Definitely not for the home user. If you want a similar experience for less, consider WordPerfect Office Suite 2002 or, better yet, StarOffice 5.2. Both are less expensive, compatible with Office 2000 and have similar features. In particular, StarOffice 5.2 can be downloaded for free.
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Summary: Microsoft Office XP Developer
Review: I have used Microsoft Office 2000 Developer, and now I am using Microsoft Office XP Developer, and this is the BEST version of MS Office XP Developer.....EVER! BUY it....you wont be disappointed....I wasnt. :) Brian
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Summary: Same stuff, with a new look
Review: I tested the beta version of Office XP (Last candidate release) and the interface is cool but the functionality is almost the same. Only some XML stuff and many Windows crashes.. If you have previous Office versions, don't waste your money..
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