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Microsoft Project Standard 2007 Review
User Submitted Microsoft Project Standard 2007 Reviews
Date: 2008-12-22
MS Project Purchase
This was my first software purchase on Amazon. Because the product was $100 less than I'd seen on the Microsoft website and in retail stores, I was nervous that the product was not new or would not come with a "key" or some other issue. I was delighted to receive a completely new software package just as if I bought it retail.
Date: 2008-10-20
Unable to install
I could not even install MS Project. I keep getting some cryptic error message box informing me that MS Project 2007 is not compatible with Office 2007. Never mind that I don't even have Office 2007 installed. Actually, I SHOULD know better. Even if they are FREE, Microsoft garbage/bloatware is seldom worth the trouble--move on.
Date: 2008-09-08
Best Project Managing Software
This software made it so easy to track finances and projects/tasks at work. It has very adaptable tool functions.
Date: 2008-09-03
Not as bad as others would have you believe
My first attempt to own Microsoft Projects was to buy the 2003 version. In general, Microsoft did best in 2003. I was rough on Microsoft Office 2007 for good reason: it is not an improvement over 2003. After getting bogus software I bit the bullet and bought Projects 2007; the guy who provided it said it ran fine on his machine.
All in all, this software is adequate. I am only disappointed in that I expected more after years of development. I used an Gantt chart program developed by Symantec in the 1990s; I always suspected that MS stole the core software but this the nature of the business: "Yo, ho, ho... it's the pirate's life for me."
Other reviewers will tell you that the software won't work with the web. I really don't care. If you want that, pay the extra for Primavara. If you want Pert charts, Gantt charts and want to do it simple, with your eyes closed, then this is the software for you. Avoid the other planning software that you can google. Go with Microsoft Projects. The other software will nickle and dime you with add-ins.
They did improve this software over early versions. I used Projects 2000 and it was clumsy and hard to edit. Oh, and by the way, there really is no good training material with this software. I looked at "Projects for Dummies" and was not impressed. I did buy a book on details but don't expect to use it. Microsoft Projects is really a hands-to-learn software. So, dig into your wallet and buy this software. It really is a good deal, not a great deal, but a good deal.
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Date: 2008-06-16
Warning - "Save as Web Page" removed
I previously used Microsoft Project 2003 heavily, but was dismayed to find out that the 2007 version removes the "Save as Web Page" feature that was present in the 2003 version. This feature was quite handy for a project administrator to manage a project and publish it for viewing by other interested parties.
Instead, the feature has been replaced by "Save as XML". Although Microsoft's Help claims that the XML format is "more flexible" -- which is true -- it is also true that this requires that the user program a style sheet to transform all the project tags into a readable format. Although this could be useful to users who need to process the data with other programs, it removes the easiest way to share your data. Note that there is no free viewer for Project the way there is for other Microsoft Office programs. Coincidentally, Microsoft sells an expensive Project Server which allows users to see web page versions if they pay per-user Client Access Licenses and upgrade to the expensive Professional version of Project.
XML could have been an addition alongside the HTML support. Instead, HTML export was removed, crippling this program's usefulness for anyone not willing to shell out thousands of dollars and install a Project Server.
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