I've finally got a copy of Office 2007. Yes, I know it's been a little while since it was released, that's why I'm so excited.

Sadly I've got far too much on this afternoon to start using it, so a proper exploration will have to wait until Monday morning.

When Office 2003 came out many years ago, it was a clear winner. As much as I liked Lotus WordPro, it just couldn't compete any more and WordPerfect offered less for roughly the same cost.

Now Office faces some stiff opposition from OpenOffice. It may lack some corporate features but my criteria is getting copy written as quickly as possible. I'll also be looking at it from the Home and Student point of view as that's the version I've got.

I liked the beta of Office when I used it last year and found the ribbon much more effective than I expected.

I'm also very excited about OneNote as I've only ever seen briefings about this software

But first, I have to get inside the box. From the red tags on the side and top of the box (and the fact it took me a long time to get CD jewel cases open without excessive force), that might be worth a post of its own...