Microsoft Word 2002 [OLD VERSION]

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005B0C5
• Item model number: 059-03073
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 30, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,448 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review
Microsoft Office XP introduces a host of new features designed to complement all your favorite Office applications. The bulk of these changes are found in Word 2002, the latest version of Microsoft's ubiquitous word processing program. New features like task panes, smart tags, and integrated e-mail are designed to increase both personal and professional productivity, creativity, and efficiency.

Task panes are dynamic windows that pop up in response to specific actions you're performing within a document, such as paragraph formatting or using mail merge options. Similarly, smart tags are icons that appear when you perform a particular task--simply hover your mouse over them and a drop-down menu of options will appear.

Smart tags really come into play in Word 2002, greatly expanding your options. For example, you can now place your mouse over a contact name in a letter and the menu allows you to send that person an e-mail, open their entry in your contact book in Outlook, refer to outstanding schedule commitments, and so on.

Other exciting innovations include the ability to select multiple, unconnected chunks of text (so you can cut and paste two unconnected paragraphs in one go), and the Reveal Formatting task pane, which lets you see all the formats and styles on a given selection. Use the Drawing Canvas to position pictures within a document, check out the Diagram Gallery to add business diagrams, or insert professional clip art from the Clip Organizer.

While there is only so much you would want to change in a word processing package, which is designed for simply and quickly writing documents, Microsoft has managed to improve upon an already well-executed application. --John Rennie

Product Description
Microsoft Word is a commonly used application for creating critical documents such as reports, letters, business plans, and more for the World Wide Web and for print. This latest version of Word extends this tradition by giving users the tools they need to streamline the process of creating, sharing, reviewing, and publishing their important documents.

Word 2002 makes it easier for users to discover and use existing functionality, and provides intelligent new ways for users to work with their documents. Word now also makes it easier for users to share and review documents with others without changing the way they currently work. This goal is achieved through new tools such as Task Panes and Smart Tags that are shared throughout the Microsoft Office suite, as well as through improved technology for working with formatting, styles, bullets, tables of contents, and more.

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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware, August 1, 2001

By	Matthew J. Rowland (Lees Summit, MO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There is nothing redeeming about this new version of Word. Ok, sure, they have a few nice changes here and there, but overall, this is nothing but a cheap update that is not-so-cheap on the checkbook. I don't know how Microsoft can get away with charging that much for basically doing nothing but "patching" a previous version.

If you absolutely HAVE to have this product, I'd try to somehow obtain it through your employer's checkbook as a work-related write off. If you're unable to do that, just stick with Word 2000 or 1997. Most people don't notice the differences anyway, and most people just use it to write basic letters, memos, etc. If that's all you're doing, you don't need this. And unless you want to blow the price listed above, you don't need it either. You'll have much more fun and get much more satisfaction in taking those 3 Ben Franklin's and setting fire to them.

54 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars After all these years ..., February 25, 2002

By	David M (Vienna, VA USA) - See all my reviews

They still can't get it right. You would think that a company as rich as Microsoft could figure out how to implement a word processor. But alas, it seems that after 10 years or so they still can't come up with industrial strength code. MS Word is fine if you want to type a three page memo or a letter to grandma but if you really want to write a lot of documentation it is a lot of trouble. Word tends to do what it wants with out explaining why or letting you get a word in edgewise. There have been many times when I have spent as much time getting the section numbering and formatting correct as I have in writing the document. For the most part the features are poorly implemented and confusing ... I don't have nearly enough space to list all of its problems but lets just say the only reason I'm using it is because it is the standard word processor for my company. I write large (200+ page) documents on a regular basis and have done so for many years. MS Word has always been painful to use and it never seems to get better.

And to top it off, my copy has crashed three times so far today (it is 9:30 am), all times when I wasn't even touching the keyboard or mouse. At least these days it doesn't take down the operating system with it. I guess that counts as a major improvement for Microsoft software.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars No one needs Word anymore, with OpenOffice.org & StarOffice, November 10, 2002

By	"joy_scj" (Lafayette, CO United States) - See all my reviews

Word is adequate, bloated, has a decent interface, and is ludicrously expensive. All in all, thumbs down. Word 2002 is just another edition of the same thing. I've used Word on and off since 1991, avoiding it whenever possible, and am so happy I don't have to use it anymore.

Go to ... and download your office suite for free, or order StarOffice 6.0 here on Amazon. They both contain Writer, the Word equivalent that handles, and lets you create, Word files. (And programs that let you open and create Excel files and PowerPoint files.) Don't spend another penny on Word til you've tried OpenOffice.org or StarOffice.