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I'm surfing the web using my father's old laptop running windows xp and I come across a link to Microsoft's new Office product: MS OFFICE 2007. This laptop does not ...
- 12-09-2006 #1Linux Newbie
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MS office 2007 fails even in online "test-drive"
I'm surfing the web using my father's old laptop running windows xp and I come across a link to Microsoft's new Office product: MS OFFICE 2007. This laptop does not have MS Office currently installed on the hard drive.
There is a free trial version (60 days) and also a free web 'test-drive' (must use IE). The test-drive can be done entirely online, provided you have a "MS passport" (usually a hotmail email account will do fine) *and* you must be using Internet Exploder. I have both (how fortunate), so I decided to try the test drive.
MS Powerpoint is looking good. The new "ribbon" feature (available for viewing at wikipedia.org) makes most tools highly visible, and thus very easily accessible.
I went to close powerpoint and open word, but I miss clicked and chose the new Outlook instead. And guess what popped up!
This is obviously genuine, considering I don't have outlook or any other ms office product installed on the hard drive (and my windows theme isn't green; it's blue).
Considering they are launching a new operating system, a new office application suite, and releasing a online test-driving of the new office suite, they have managed to make a "virtual desktop" user experience CrAsH!!!!! How dare they. How could they? I am ashlamed and embarrassed for all the folks that invested so much money and hours to create a product that crashed on an online test-drive. What a pity these minds aren't doing something better with their time -- perhaps knitting?
Can this company do anything right?
- 12-09-2006 #2Linux Newbie
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That's pretty sad, I guess it uses ActiveX or something which *can* crash (unlike a server-side web app). The ribbon looks nice, though.
I have sold my soul to the penguin
- 12-09-2006 #3Linux User
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lol! wonder if openoffice will get involved in online word procesing etc, seems thats where the shift is heading now
You know, aliens are going to come to earth in 50 years and kill the hell out of us for DDoSing their networks with this SETI crap
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- 12-09-2006 #4Linux Newbie
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i have heard rumours of GOOGLE working on their own web-based office app. It will use g-drive (or gmail) to save documents, like a network drive. It is really sad that it crashed. If it was activeX, wouldn't the entire browser have crashed too?!
Originally Posted by cayalee
- 12-09-2006 #5Linux Guru
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did you send an error report?
Brilliant Mediocrity - Making Failure Look Good
- 12-09-2006 #6Linux Newbie
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HAHAHAHA! I'M PISSING MYSELF LAUGHING! Originally Posted by Vergil83
ahh - i need that!
- 12-09-2006 #7Linux User
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I am using the beta 2 of office 2007 on my machine, and I like it so far. To be honest, it hasn't crashed once for me, but I don't use it that often.
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- 12-09-2006 #8Just Joined!
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I think they already have it. http://docs.google.com Originally Posted by felipe1982
- 12-10-2006 #9Linux Newbie
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very cool! thank you. Originally Posted by SML-why
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