Built-in blogging and live previews of font and image styles
Better displays for complex features, eg. references, mass mailing
New, smaller file formats with improved document security
Better integrated with the rest of Office
The bad:
All commands have been moved
Contextual tabs and style galleries can be distracting
Converters required for 2007 files to be viewed in Words 2000 to 2003
No free way to save work to the Web
The bottomline:
If you're ready to let go of old habits from previous versions of Word and want to make sleeker-looking documents, Microsoft Word 2007 is worth the upgrade. However, less-expensive alternatives handle its core features without the clutter.
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