PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (Microsoft Office Add-in)
Our opinion: A simply tool from Microsoft which allows you view PowerPoint files without Microsoft PowerPoint installed.
Free. A must to have.
Developer's description:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Viewer 2007 - lets you view full-featured presentations created
in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.
Download
here
Free PDF to Word Doc Converter
Our opinion: A very useful FREE program to transform pdf documents to typically Microsoft Word documents. It is not perfect because it will not keep the original used font but it is free. That is enough we think for home needs. Easy to use by anybody. Click and convert.
Developer's description:
How to edit PDF files without purchasing an expensive PDF editor? How to extract text/images from PDF files? What you need is a PDF to Word Converter.
Free download here
visit HelloPdf home page here
Systran
Our opinion: Available in few versions, Systran means translation software, expensive but functional. Gives you possibility to do translate at once large selections of text in a wide choice of languages. Mostly recommended for job instead of home needs. Complex program, does not translate indeed accurate but at least you have a starting point. We recommend try it before buy. Includes integrate functionality with Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer or Microsoft Word.
Developer's description:
SYSTRAN's wide range
of translation software products and solutions will help you
create multilingual documents and understand foreign language
content in real-time. SYSTRAN is the market-leading provider of
language translation software products and solutions for
desktop, enterprise and Internet that facilitate communication
in 52 language combinations and in 20 vertical domains.
for download and test
visit
SystranSoft home page here
Microsoft Save as PDF (Microsoft Office Add-in)
Our opinion: A simply tool from Microsoft which allows you to save your documents in format pdf.
Free. A must to have.
Developer's description:
Microsoft Save as PDF
- allows you to export and save to the PDF format in eight 2007
Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send files as
e-mail attachments in the PDF format in a subset of these
programs.
Download
here
Get it here!
Adobe Reader
Our opinion: A simple but very necessary tool which only helps you to open and read files in format "pdf". Documents in format "pdf" are often met and you cannot open easy with other programs. Free to use, easy to understand and use by anybody as long doesn't require user interaction.
Developer's description:
Adobe® Reader® — free software that lets you view, print, search, and share Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files more securely using a variety of platforms and devices.
Free download
here
visit
Adobe
home page here
Microsoft OneNote 2007
Microsoft Access 2007
Microsoft Publisher 2007
Microsoft InfoPath 2007
Microsoft Groove 2007
Our opinion: While
all the solutions above are extremely useful and recommended for
those who may need, they are in our opinion not necessary for a
home user. Therefore we will not present any comments along. Be
aware that it might be wise to purchase from the beginning a larger
suite to prevent the needs you may have in future.
Developer's description:
A digital notebook solution, allowing you to gather notes and information in one place.
A database solution that allows you to effectively track, report and share information.
Microsoft Publisher 2007
Create, personalize,
and share a publications and marketing materials in-house.
Microsoft InfoPath 2007
An information-gathering program, allowing you to create and deploy electronic forms.
Microsoft Groove 2007
A collaboration tool that helps teams work together.
visit Microsoft home page here
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
Our opinion: If you need to create presentations this is the tool. 2007 version is better than never. Even if it's easy to use by anybody and it has friendly interface, you should definitely choose it only if you work with slides.
Developer's description:
Microsoft PowerPoint
2007 - Powerful presentation tool that allows you to create
professional-looking presentations.
visit
Microsoft home page here
Microsoft Outlook 2007
Our opinion: The solution you need to communicate by e-mail. Easy to use and understand, Outlook will become in your home the planner which help you more than sending simply messages. Outlook will help you manage and plan your daily time. Easy to use by anybody, extremely friendly interface.
Simply said - a must to have.
Developer's description:
Microsoft Outlook
2007 - An integrated solution for managing your time and
information, connecting across boundaries.
visit
Microsoft home page here
Microsoft Excel 2007
Our opinion: If you need to create tables, keep evidence of your records, calculate totals, extract or compare and sort your data from records, make macros and many other more, then you need Excel 2007. Easy to use, all you need is at hand with Excel 2007. Extremely friendly and intuitive interface.
Simply said - a must to have.
Developer's description:
Microsoft Excel 2007
- A powerful tool for creating spreadsheets, and analyze and
share information.
visit
Microsoft home page here
Our comments:
We start with Microsoft Office Suites because in our opinion is not better product you should use as a home user. It is absolutely a must. Everybody use Microsoft Office and this is great because this way documents can be opened and shared without compatibility problems from one user to another. In addition, we like Microsoft because you can definitely rely on their solutions.
Microsoft is offering a few choices of suites including different components you may need or not. Below we will tell you our opinion about them and the consideration why is that you may need it or not.
Microsoft Office Basic 2007
includes:
Word 2007 - a must
Excel 2007 - a must
Outlook 2007 - a must
Microsoft Office Standard 2007
includes:
Word 2007 - a must
Excel 2007 - a must
Outlook 2007 - a must
PowerPoint 2007
Microsoft Office Home and Students 2007
includes:
Word 2007 - a must
Excel 2007 - a must
PowerPoint 2007
OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office Small Business 2007
includes:
Word 2007 - a must
Excel 2007 - a must
Outlook 2007 - a must
PowerPoint 2007
Publisher 2007
Microsoft Office Professional 2007
includes:
Word 2007 - a must
Excel 2007 - a must
Outlook 2007 - a must
PowerPoint 2007
Publisher 2007
Office Access 2007
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
includes:
Word 2007 - a must
Excel 2007 - a must
Outlook 2007 - a must
PowerPoint 2007
Publisher 2007
Office Access 2007
Groove 2007
InfoPath 2007
OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
includes:
Word 2007 - a must
Excel 2007 - a must
Outlook 2007 - a must
PowerPoint 2007
Publisher 2007
Office Access 2007
Groove 2007
InfoPath 2007
OneNote 2007
Developer's description:
Microsoft Office
provides people at home or work with a comprehensive set of
tools that helps them gather and consolidate virtually any type
of information, find what they are looking for quickly, and
easily share information with others across geographical or
organizational boundaries so they can deliver better results
faster.
visit
Microsoft Office home page here
So, what about working at home software solutions? All of us we need software programs to work at home. That means we all need often to communicate with others for business reasons sometimes, to write documents or to calculate and keep evidence of records, to read electronic documents in different formats, to edit presentations for personal events or for job. That is what we name software to work at home even if probably such software applications were not yet categorized. Remember that this guide provide software advice mostly for regular users without much experience in finding necessary software for their PC computer.
Microsoft Word 2007
Our opinion: perfect solution for writing documents and share with others; Easy to use by anybody, extremely friendly interface. Does not need user experience.
Simply said - a must to have.
Developer's description:
Microsoft Word 2007 -
A comprehensive set of writing tools that help you create and
share content.
visit
Microsoft home page here