Using Microsoft Office 2007
Find out which edition of Microsoft Office 2007 is right for you.
An Overview of Microsoft Office 2007
The new Microsoft Office 2007 is available in eight editions designed to meet the needs of every computer user:
Home Users – The Microsoft Office 2007 Basic, Home & Student and Standard editions offer the new and improved versions of Word and Excel which allow you to create professional documents and charts more intuitively and in less time. Outlook 2007 is included in the Basic and Standard Office editions whereas the Home & Student edition comes with OneNote, a digital notebook application.
Small and Medium Businesses – The Small Business and Professional editions of Office 2007 include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook with Business Contact Manager. In addition, both editions include Publisher while Office Professional 2007 includes Access.
Large Businesses and Enterprises – The Professional Plus and Enterprise editions, available through the Microsoft Open License Program, include all programs mentioned above and add applications specific to the needs of large businesses. For the first time, Office 2007 comes in an Ultimate edition containing all applications included in the various other editions.
The following chart gives a snapshot of the applications contained in each suite:
Benefits of Microsoft Office 2007 for Small Businesses
Centralise information about customers and prospects – The contact management solution of Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager allows you to group all your customer information in one place. View the customer history, identify the status of prospects, identify your next sales opportunities and manage your appointments.
Manage your emails effortlessly – Find, filter and prioritise your email messages easily with the new instant search feature and improved junk mail filter in Outlook 2007.
Produce professional marketing material in-house – With Publisher 2007 you can re-use copy and graphics between publications easily, for example changing a newsletter to a flyer.
Analyse your data at a glance – Excel 2007 can automatically format data cells in a workbook using colours, bars and icons to let you analyse business data easily and allow you to identify risks and opportunities at once.
Intuitive new user interface – Thanks to the revolutionary ribbon interface, Word 2007 and other Office applications present formatting and program options relevant to the task you are performing. Hovering your mouse over formatting icons in the ribbon shows you an instant preview in the document itself, removing the guesswork.
Save in PDF format – A free, downloadable add-in allows you to save documents from Access, Excel, InfoPath, OneNote, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio and Word 2007 to PDF format directly.
Test Drive Microsoft Office 2007 Online
Can’t wait to get your hands on the new Microsoft Office? You can now try all the new Office applications online from your desk and see for yourself what it can do for you and your business.
With the test drive you can try out the latest improvements to familiar Microsoft Office applications and use sample data that you can edit, send by e-mail, and post to Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies sites in real time.
Take Microsoft Office out for a spin in this quick, easy-to-use, browser-based trial experience.
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