ActiveWin reviews Office 2007, and concludes: "It's an innovative interface yes, but will the benefits outweigh the changes? That's for users to decide. My personal say is getting used to the interface should not be a problem for many since the familiar tools are organized in ways that makes it convenient for the user to access both new and previously hidden features. This makes the interface more intelligent and more aware of what the user is doing, presenting the right tools for the task at hand. I am proud to say: this is an Office release I definitely look forward to using everyday."
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Member since:2006-07-04
Maybe you should research a topic before spouting knee-jerk responses.
Office 2007 did have out-of-the-box pdf support, but Adobe threatened to sue them over it (in the EU courts, of course, since the EU is predisposed to rule agains Microsoft in any and all matters regardless of the merits of the case). So Microsoft pulled pdf support out of Office 2007 and are now offering it as a free downloadable plugin instead. And Adobe is still making noises about suing.
Adobe felt that its monopoly in Office->PDF conversion tools was threatened by Office 2007 supporting pdf. Adobe went so far as to propose to Microsoft that Microsoft could include PDF support if they raise the price of Office 2007 so as not to undercut Adobe's own Office->PDF tools (this is known as collusion and price-fixing). Micrsoft refused to do that, so they pulled native pdf support and are offering the downloadble plugin instead.
As for PDF being "open", the specs might be, but Adobe reserves the right to sue anyone that implements those specs, according to their whim.
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2005-07-06
>Mac version should be ready soon.
Ok. What about Linux/BSD/other OSes versions?
>It's Adobe to blame not MS. Anyway the pluin in free and it works so I don't see your point.
What, Adobe made the Office 2007? AFAIK, PDF specifications are open, so it's up to MS to implement them in their Office suite, not Adobe's problem.
Edited 2006-11-20 14:06