Microsoft® Office Standard 2007 has new tools to manage e-mail and create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The suite contains the following Microsoft® Office programs
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Word 2007
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Excel® 2007
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PowerPoint® 2007
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Outlook® 2007
What’s New?
The 2007 edition of this product includes many new features and benefits, including the ability to create great-looking documents faster. New graphics and visual galleries help you create more dynamic documents and presentations.
In addition, the suite enables you to find commands and help with ease. An improved user interface and help system make it easy to find the tools you need to get things done.
Another key improvement is that you can now work more securely and confidently. An improved Document Inspector and automatic document recovery help to protect your work.
There are also new tools to help you organize your time and communications. You’ll be able to quickly search through e-mail, manage tasks, and get the latest news from your favorite Web sites.
Familiar Programs, New Features
One of the many reasons to upgrade to the 2007 version of this suite is that you can format, present, and communicate your information in more dynamic ways with new versions of familiar Microsoft® Office programs. Here’s a preview of what each of these programs has to offer:
Word 2007
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Create great-looking documents with enhanced bullets, text effects, and visual galleries.
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Access frequently used commands more easily with an improved user interface.
Excel® 2007
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Create eye-catching charts using 3-D, soft shadowing, and transparency
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Organize and analyze data with new tools such as Conditional Formatting for sorting and visualizing information.
PowerPoint® 2007
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Create dynamic presentations faster with new themes, layouts, and styles
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Add visual impact with new charts, SmartArtTM diagrams, and tables and quickly preview changes.
Outlook® 2007
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Use the new To-Do Bar to view tasks, appointments, and flagged e-mails in one place.
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Reduce spam and harmful attachments with an enhanced junk e-mail filter.
Minimum System Requirements:
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Processor:
500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Operating system
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, or later operating system2
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Memory:
256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher1
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Hard disk:
1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive.
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Drive
CD-ROM or DVD drive
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Display
1024x768 or higher resolution monitor
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Other
Certain inking features require running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later. Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device. Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
Connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later is required for certain advanced functionality in Outlook 2007. Dynamic Calendars require server connectivity. Instant Search requires Microsoft Windows Desktop Search 3.0.
Connectivity to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is required for certain advanced functionality PowerPoint Slide Library requires Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32 bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees may apply).
Additional Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration and operating system.
1 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Outlook Instant Search. Grammar and contextual spelling in Word is not turned on unless the machine has 1 GB memory.
2 The Office Clean-up wizard not available on 64 bit OS.