Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

Received my order, started loading software, then prompted for a key code. Clicked the help to determine location of key code. Discovered that the "certificate of Authenticity" had been removed from the box. This leaves me with nothing more than a "Trial Version" at this point.
I have contacted Amazon for a possible remedy.
Haven't even had a chance to check the software out yet.......so no comment on that aspect.

Received an e-mail from Amazon.....new product is being shipped! Two thumbs for Amazon on this one.

I bought this product and really enjoy it. I would recommend this product and the place it ws purchased from.

... I never received this product ... I sent 4 different messages to Charlotte Software, and your feedback system sent me copies of each ... I received no response them ... I know my shipping address is correct, because I have subsequently ordered and received two computer related items from Amazon to that address ... I notice that Charlotte Software was a new supplier, and had not yet received any grading in your evaluation system ... needless to say, I want my money back ..

HK Ball

If you've seldom used a computer with business software, or if you've just flown in from Mars or Jupiter and aren't familiar with previous "Office" products, you'll likely grok this suite just fine... However, as others have reflected, this product disappoints greatly and borders on organized confusion when trying to transit from previous (`97 and `03) versions. Given its completely atypical and counterintuitive format, the MS marketeers should have called this suite something other than MSOffice, because at the user level one is in alien territory - even as a user who has been using productivity software for more than twenty-five years. This is the roughest transition I can recall since the text, non-mouse days of moving from AT Framework to ol' blue-screen WordPerfect.

Few of the conventional menus exist in Office 2007 - no "file," no "tools," no anything - most of these now exist on whimsical headings that seem reminiscent of TV remote-control instruction manuals that have been machine-translated from some Asian dialect into English... The majority of the conventions previously foisted on us by Bill and the herd of geeky Gatelettes (over many years), are absent or heavily disguised in the GUI. Unless you're a geek who thrives on upheaval, expect to be confused for awhile... there is hope, it is no worse than older versions once you find what you're looking for, but for goodness sake avail yourself of the MS training videos if you do any large scale document, spreadsheet or visual productions... or else allow yourself at least double the preparation time for the first few iterations...

This is a solid product in the stability sense; I've experienced zero stumbles running on XP-Pro operating system, but otherwise is exceptionally frustrating to use even after half a year... I would NOT have switched to this Office suite (nor do I recommend it) had my employer not been duped into this "upgrade" and needing the compatibility... last frustration is that documents formatted in the long-established dot.doc format (as well as the sister PowerPoint and Excel equivalents) seldom act exactly the same in the new-fangled dot.docx (Office 2007). Being an old WordPerfect devotee, I never thought I'd hear myself pine for a Bill Gates product, but I sorely miss Office 2003.

I have worked with Word and Excel for years but the upgrades in 2007 are fantastic. No more hunting through the task bar for what you need. All at your fingertips. It takes some getting use to but worth it!!