Is Microsoft Word 2007 worth the money?

We recently installed the new Microsoft Office 2007 suite onto our computer. If you are used to Office 2003 then things will look a little different for you. I mostly use Microsoft Word so will use it as an illustration on how it is different.

First we will start with the toolbars, which used to be one or two lines across the top with your favorite tools to use. It is now expanded, across the top are the different tools that are used a lot. What I mean by this is that there are different tabs which are Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailings, Review and View. If someone isn't used to utilizing tabs it can be disconcerting in the beginning. Under home will have your basic functions, like font, color, copy, paste, etc. Insert provides many different objects you can insert into a document from a new page to pictures and symbols. Page layout is margins and the like, references is dictionary, word count, etc; Mailings is mail merge, labels, envelopes and Review and View are self explanatory. At first it can see complicated and disconcerting because you are used to it being a certain way, but it is actually pretty easy to use and the layout is user friendly.

They have new templates installed and different types of documents you can create like a blog entry, reports, and of course letters and faxes. They have kept the old favorites and added some new features that I like to include offering the online templates in your database and the easy way to find the information you need.

I would recommend Microsoft Office 2007 because it is easy to use but you have to make sure you change the type of document you are saving if you are sending it to someone else because unless that person has installed the new reader program they won't be able to read your document without Microsoft Office 2007. Is it enough to spend the money to buy if you already have Microsoft Office 2003, then I would have to say no, I wouldn't spend the extra money.