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Microsoft Office XP Professional [OLD VERSION]
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Microsoft Office XP Professional [OLD VERSION]

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Bottom line: The Microsoft Office XP Professional: Full desktop suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access in one Microsoft license; main trade-off: labeled OLD VERSION: no current Microsoft support, patches or security updates.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • ✓ Full desktop suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access in one Microsoft license
  • ✓ Send for Review shows revisions from multiple parties inside the original document
  • ✓ Built-in voice recognition input, a first for the Office line
  • ✓ Smart tags surface stock quotes, synonyms and fixes right under recognized text

Cons

  • ✗ Labeled OLD VERSION: no current Microsoft support, patches or security updates
  • ✗ Task pane copies the Internet Explorer Explorer Bar and eats screen space
  • ✗ Voice recognition of this era needs lengthy training and misfires often
  • ✗ No cloud sync or modern .docx-era workflow; strictly a period-correct install

Manufacturer description

Product DescriptionMicrosoft 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…

SpecPicks Verdict

SpecPicks scored Microsoft Office XP Professional using a rating × review-volume × price-fit model applied to published specs and reviews across the PC & gaming hardware category. Microsoft's PC & gaming hardware lineup sits within the broader category mid-tier; price and specs are the deciding factors over brand loyalty here. Judge it on the specification table and the price rather than on sentiment: check the figures that decide your use case, then put it side-by-side with two or three close alternatives in the Compare tool before clicking through.

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Key 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

Full Specifications

BrandMicrosoft

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