Microsoft Office 2007

Research and innovation are a continuous process for Microsoft. The different productivity suites, servers, Windows operating systems, and more products, all launched in successive versions with addition of newer and enhanced features well substantiate the statement. The recent Windows version of Microsoft Office System - MS Office 2007 – has further simplified working processes on the computer. When the MS Office 2007 was first released in its beta cycle in November 2006, it was called Office 12; it was launched in the market for retail customers in January 2007.

The MS Office 2007 comes equipped with a repertoire of new features. The menus and toolbars are no longer a feature in this new version; instead you will come across a tabbed toolbar called Ribbon. This is an exclusive new graphical user interface called the Fluent User Interface which includes a central menu button. The various versions of MS Office 2007, designed to suit specific user requirements, include the following:

Office 2007 Home and Student
Office 2007 Standard
Office 2007 Small Business
Office 2007 Professional
Office 2007 Ultimate

System compatibility is required to run the MS Office 2007 for any of the aforementioned versions. Your system will require Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher, Windows Vista or Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or higher.

New server-side tools and applications are a feature of all the versions of the MS Office 2007 whether it is Office 2007 Professional or Office 2007 Standard or Office 2007 Ultimate or Office 2007 Home and Student. If you are running a small business, you get benefited with the Groove and the Office SharePoint Server 2007. The latter feature, a server platform, supports excel workbooks that can be shared in multiple systems. You can view as well as edit the workbook via a web page. The SharePoint Designer is another new feature that replaces the FrontPage. If you want handwriting and speech recognition work, you will have to install MS Office 2007 on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or Windows Vista. Given below are the key features of the MS Office 2007:

An all-inclusive set of writing tools in Word 2007 that facilitates creating and sharing of content
A powerful presentation tool - Office PowerPoint 2007 - facilitating the creation of quality professional-looking presentations
Analysis and sharing of information made easy besides creating of spreadsheets with Office Excel 2007
Get a digital notebook solution with the Office OneNote 2007 wherein at one place you can gather notes and information
With the integrated Outlook 2007, you can get connected beyond geographical boundaries at the same time managing your time and information
With Access 2007, information can be efficiently tracked, reported and shared
Office Publisher 2007 facilitates creation and sharing of marketing materials and other publications
You can get teams working together for your small business with the Office Groove 2007, a collaboration tool
The InfoPath 2007, which is a program for gathering information, lets you create and organize electronic forms