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MS Unveils Office 2007, Multiple Versions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-clippy-friends dept.

rfunches writes "MSNBC reports that Microsoft's next version of Office, now known as Office 2007 (previously code-named Office 12), will continue targeting the corporate audience through multiple versions of Office 2007. Versions announced include 'Office Professional Plus 2007' and 'Office Enterprise 2007.' From the article: '[Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007] will integrate capabilities of SharePoint, a collaboration program and Web portal that is designed to run over corporate networks and the Internet...and also incorporate Microsoft Office Communicator, a corporate instant messaging service.'"

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  2. OSS office... by pubjames · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm sure I'm like many people who just want a simple OSS word processor that's good at what it does and easy to use. The Firefox of the wordprocessing world if you like. Why doesn't such a thing exist? It's got to be in single most important piece of software and yet a good OSS version doesn't exist. Why the hell not? And don't say OpenOffice - that's bloated as hell and slow and inelegant.

    Since I never send documents to clients in Microsoft formats, but use PDF, compatibility with MS Office isn't that important to me. I am I the only one?

    1. Re:OSS office... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      To set a page to landscape in OpenOffice, you have to open Styles and Formatting, create a new style, name it landscape, set its format to landscape, and then select the landscape format for your page/document. That's something like a dozen clicks, plus typing. Of course, it's a one-time thing, but I have to explain it for EVERY user until we get a new image prepared and deployed this summer.

      In Microsoft Office, you go to Page Properties, select Landscape, and click OK. Four clicks, and it's in a simple place you'd expect to find it. THAT is why I don't like OpenOffice, who cares about bloat :p

  3. Not a troll by pubjames · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why has this been modded as a troll? I'm serious.

  4. Re:The OSS impact by garcia · · Score: 0, Troll

    What the heck is the difference between "Office Plus" and "Enterprise Edition" vis-a-vis "Office"?

    The price.

  5. Re:Mmm... versions by Seanasy · · Score: 1, Troll

    No, you got it all wrong. It's about tailoring the product to meet the customer's needs, silly. Future releases will include;

    • MS Office Student Campus Edition
    • MS Office Soccer Mom Coordination Center
    • MS Office Pimp Pack
    • MS Office Nursery, Li'l Word Processors Trainer 2008

    This is true software innovation.