Microsoft Office XP Professional [OLD VERSION]

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Includes Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access
• The Send for Review feature further streamlines the collaborative process by allowing the sender to view revisions made by multiple parties within the framework of the original document
• Microsoft's publicly pink-slipped office assistant
• Introduces several features that utilize the vast infosphere inhabited by the 21st-century desk jockey
• The task pane looks similar to Microsoft Internet Explorer's Explorer Bar

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.3 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005AFI0
• Item model number: 269-04508
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 19, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,214 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Microsoft Office XP's empowering document design tools, integration of voice recognition functionality, and impressive network- and Web-based sourcing capabilities should be enough to convince those interested in saving time and consolidating effort to take the leap.

In keeping with Microsoft's much-ballyhooed .NET strategy, Office XP introduces several features that utilize the vast infosphere inhabited by the 21st-century desk jockey. Smart tags beckon underneath recognized objects like misspellings or symbols, offering a stock quote here, a synonym there, or "Would anyone care to configure my auto-correction list?" The task pane looks similar to Microsoft Internet Explorer's Explorer Bar, and acts like an open tool chest pulled up alongside each application in the suite, providing readily configured searches for information or multimedia files. Putting up a team Web site that tracks projects and serves as an information hub requires only the use of one of the included templates, ready to be customized and uploaded to the server.

The Send for Review feature further streamlines the collaborative process by allowing the sender to view revisions made by multiple parties within the framework of the original document. Outlook now features a color-coded calendar and easier meeting management, along with instant messaging and variable e-mail account access. All user system errors can be tracked globally, and then network security settings modified remotely while anti-virus and debugging IT resources are diverted accordingly.

After firing up Microsoft Word, typing "Dear Somebody," and hitting the Enter key, we made a startling discovery. Up popped Clippy, Microsoft's publicly pink-slipped office assistant. Clippy might have aptly announced, "Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated," but instead predictably observed, "It looks like you're writing a letter." Once the groans of disbelief had subsided, we quickly right-clicked and banished Clippy to the silicon ether, presumably forever. --Dominic Johnson--This review refers to Office XP Standard Edition

Product Description

Microsoft Office XP's empowering document design tools, integration of voice recognition functionality, and impressive network- and Web-based sourcing capabilities should be enough to convince those interested in saving time and consolidating effort to take the leap. In keeping with Microsoft's much-ballyhooed .NET strategy, Office XP introduces several features that utilize the vast infosphere inhabited by the 21st-century desk jockey. Smart tags beckon underneath recognized objects like misspellings or symbols, offering a stock quote here, a synonym there, or "Would anyone care to configure my auto-correction list?" The task pane looks similar to Microsoft Internet Explorer's Explorer Bar, and acts like an open tool chest pulled up alongside each application in the suite, providing readily configured searches for information or multimedia files. Putting up a team Web site that tracks projects and serves as an information hub requires only the use of one of the included templates, ready to be customized and uploaded to the server. The Send for Review feature further streamlines the collaborative process by allowing the sender to view revisions made by multiple parties within the framework of the original document. Outlook now features a color-coded calendar and easier meeting management, along with instant messaging and variable e-mail account access. All user system errors can be tracked globally, and then network security settings modified remotely while anti-virus and debugging IT resources are diverted accordingly.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

66 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good program, but not worth the money., August 1, 2001

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James Bow "Writer, The Unwritten Girl" (Kitchener, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office XP Professional [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I gave Office XP a fair trial, and I have to say that this program *looks* good. The interface was slick, the program responsive (even with a Pentium III 450) and the crash recovery a godsend. It should be noted that the program did not play nice with programs by Adobe, however. .pdf creation macros caused Microsoft Word to crash each and every time I exited the program. Adobe DTP programs such as PageMaker and InDesign could not easily import files saved in Office XP, even though they are not substantially different from Office 2000 files.

These were the only problems, however. Removing the faulty macros solved the crash problem, and saving XP files as rtf files allowed me to import without losing any of the formatting. So, on the whole, very good.

However, is it worth the amount of money required to upgrade, let alone buy the full version? The answer is no. I saw no reason whatsoever to upgrade from Office 2000 SR-1a. XP's Product Activation was also a nuisance. Microsoft clearly did not price this upgrade for me, and so I can't purchase, nor really recommend this version.

If you want a good Office suite, and want a better deal, download StarOffice 5.2 from [...]. The program is free, and it's fully compatible with Office 2000.

Best, James

73 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars IT'S DECKED IN HYPES AND TWEAKS, June 30, 2002

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reviewer (Zurich, Switzerland.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office XP Professional [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Glorified tweaks here and there will only deceive those that they will. Unless your Office Suite is 97 or earlier, don't lend ears to all the hypes you hear. Most of the "improvements" attributed to Office XP are just over-advertised tweaks that only make the software a bit more user-friendly AND NOT more powerful.
Compared to Office 2000, Microsoft has put up fewer applications for more money: Office 2000 Professional has every application Office XP Professional has PLUS the Publisher and the Small Business Customer Manager. Also, there is this restrictive activation tinge in XP, which implies that if you have a desktop at home, and a laptop for your on-the-move runs, you may have to pay allover again in order to have identical software on your two machines. Fighting piracy is a good deed, but Microsoft must not compel millions of honest customers to pay for her anti-piracy pursuits.
All users of Windows 95 (or earlier versions) beware! Office XP will only run on Windows 98 (or later versions).

56 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this product!!!!!, March 12, 2005

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C. J. Campbell (Redford twp., Mi United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office XP Professional [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I have Microsoft Office 2000 and was in the process of buying/upgrading to Microsoft Office XP, until I noticed that I would have to buy 4 different programs for my family's 4 separate computers.

My wife has her own computer, my daughter has her own computer I have mine, and we have a laptop we all use collectively when we travel.

So with Microsoft's new licensing policy it would cost me a small fortune to keep those in my family using the XP version.

On top of that... we tend to stay on the cutting edge of the latest hardware available, (I build and upgrade my own systems), so I would be susceptible to going to Microsoft with my hat in hand explaining why I need clearance to reinstall THEIR program again on my computer.

I know the runaround this involves, plus I don't like the idea of having to play this game with a product I have paid for!
It is demeaning to say the least.

Microsoft can keep their programs (I was going to purchase Microsoft Front Page and found similar restrictions), and I will be sure to keep their "Big Brother" mentality in mind when I purchase software in the future.

This new licensing policy is sure to hurt their sales and is sure to open up opportunities for other software companies not so anal about licensing.

Microsoft can stick this (and their other programs) up their hard drive, because it's not going on mine!