Microsoft Office 2007 Upgrade Considerations

Microsoft Office used the same menus for almost 12 years. When you open Microsoft Office 97 or Office 2003, you will see a familiar set of menus and commands.  Microsoft Office 2007 is a significant upgrade. The menus and commands have been replaced with colorful Ribbons, and because of the extensive changes, even experienced users will need additional training to make use of the new features in Windows Vista^® and Office 2007.

Comma Project, LLC will be offering Windows Vista^® and Microsoft Office 2007 training through our partners  beginning in June 2007. The Complete Computer Guides will be aligned with the new certification guidelines once they are released.

Microsoft Office 2007 also uses a new XML (Internet standard) file structure. When you create a new Word document, it is a .docx file, not the common .doc file. This means, people who do NOT have Office 2007 can NOT read your file. If you want other offices or departments to read your Word 2007 document, you will have to go to File-> Save As and change the File Type to Word 97-2003 to create a common .doc file.

 Microsoft Office 2007 is a great product, however, these two significant changes—new approach and file formats— will make many businesses reluctant to upgrade their software.