• Command tabs on the results-oriented Ribbon that display commonly used commands that previously appeared only in lengthy drop-down menus.
• An improved Help system that offers a smooth transition between the Help menu in the Microsoft Office system and Help on the Internet (when connected). Larger, more informative enhanced ScreenTips provide help about commands.
• Command tabs that are context-sensitive and change automatically depending upon the task that you are trying to complete.
• Online tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions for common tasks.

Organize your time and communicationsOffice Standard 2007 includes Microsoft Office Microsoft Outlook 2007, which is now an even more complete and easy-to-use e-mail and appointment manager, leaving you more time to do the things you want to do. You can quickly search throughout your e-mail, share your calendar with the people you care about, and get the latest news from your favorite Web sites using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).

New features and improvements include:

New features and improvements include:

• Instant Search that helps you quickly find information in any of the Microsoft Outlook modules such as e-mail, calendar, and contacts.
• A To-Do Bar that brings together tasks, appointments, and flagged e-mail messages in one place.
• Color Categories that help you quickly differentiate e-mail messages.
• An RSS aggregator that offers you the opportunity to subscribe to and read Web content in Office Microsoft Outlook 2007. (A separate fee-based RSS subscription is required.)

Software Features

Here are the top 10 ways Office Standard 2007 can help you:

1. Get better results faster with a new streamlined user interface.  Office Standard 2007 has an improved user interface to help you create documents faster, more easily, and more intuitively. Reduce the time and frustration of learning software new software with commands that present the right tools when you need them.
2. Create high-quality documents you can be proud of.  Office Standard 2007 has improved picture, charting, and graphics tools to help you produce better-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations more quickly. A large library of standard charts, quick formatting tools, and SmartArt diagrams make it easy to include rich and stunning visuals and charts.
3. Preview your changes quickly.  Office Standard 2007 makes it easier to format your Microsoft Office documents with Live Preview. You can quickly preview proposed changes to your document while you’re working on it without having to repeatedly search through layers of menus. By “test-driving” your proposed formatting, you can save time and experiment more easily.
4. Organize your tasks and communications in one place.  Microsoft Office Microsoft Outlook 2007 features a new To-Do Bar for organizing tasks, appointments, and e-mail messages flagged for follow-up. You can also view tasks on the calendar alongside your appointments. Tasks not completed roll over to the next day and accumulate until completed.
5. Visualize key data trends using conditional formatting.  Office Standard 2007 features highly visual conditional formatting in Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel 2007 with new data bars, more colorful gradients, and icons. You can then format data based on specific rules and easily identify key data trends with visual cues.
6. Keep your e-mail more secure and reduce electronic junk mail.  Office Standard 2007 includes an enhanced Office Microsoft Outlook 2007 junk e-mail filter to help reduce spam and protect against potentially harmful attachments. Office Microsoft Outlook 2007 also includes security enhancements to help prevent "phishing," a fraudulent e-mail attempt to trick you into providing financial or personal information.
7. Remove private information from the documents you want to share.  Detect and remove unwanted comments, hidden text, or personally identifiable information in your documents using the Document Inspector. With just a few clicks, you can automatically detect and choose to remove sensitive information from your documents.
8. Have better control and predictability when formatting documents.  Office Standard 2007 makes it easier to format your Microsoft Office Word 2007 documents with more stable and predictable bullets, numbers, and tables. Also, Themes help ensure a consistent appearance between the documents you create in Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel 2007, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, reducing the effort of working across the programs you use the most.
9. Help ensure broader distribution of your documents and presentations.  New support for Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) file formats helps ensure broader distribution of your documents with others.¹ Convert your files to PDF or XPS for sharing with users on any platform. (¹ You can save as a PDF or XPS file from a 2007 Microsoft Office system program only after you install an add-in.)
10. Find the Help you need to get started.  Office Standard 2007 is easier to use, thanks to an improved Help system that provides enhanced ScreenTips and links to relevant information in Microsoft Office system programs or on the Internet when connected. Get started easily by using online tutorials with step-by-step instructions or by using some of the new out-of-the-box templates.

Microsoft windows Computer Requirements

¹ 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Microsoft 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.



When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2003 to the 2007 release you should not need to upGrade Computer learning software computer game educational software your hardware, although you may need to upGrade Computer learning software computer game educational software to a supported operating system. When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2000 or Office XP to the 2007 release you will need to ensure that your hardware and operating system meet the minimum 2007 Microsoft Office system requirements.

We highly recommend you evaluate your computer before installing 2007 Microsoft Office system software products to verify your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements.

Note:   2007 Microsoft Office system programs are supported on Microsoft windows Vista Beta 2 (when available), and not earlier versions of Microsoft windows Vista. The 2007 Microsoft Office system programs client is a 32-bit application and runs on a Microsoft windows 64-bit platform (Microsoft windows XP and Microsoft windows Server 2003) via WOW64.

Please Note: Due to the "Special Packaging" on this item, it can not be returned once it has been opened.

• Instant Search that helps you quickly find information in any of the Microsoft Outlook modules such as e-mail, calendar, and contacts.
• A To-Do Bar that brings together tasks, appointments, and flagged e-mail messages in one place.
• Color Categories that help you quickly differentiate e-mail messages.
• An RSS aggregator that offers you the opportunity to subscribe to and read Web content in Office Microsoft Outlook 2007. (A separate fee-based RSS subscription is required.)

Software Features

Here are the top 10 ways Office Standard 2007 can help you:

1. Get better results faster with a new streamlined user interface.  Office Standard 2007 has an improved user interface to help you create documents faster, more easily, and more intuitively. Reduce the time and frustration of learning software new software with commands that present the right tools when you need them.
2. Create high-quality documents you can be proud of.  Office Standard 2007 has improved picture, charting, and graphics tools to help you produce better-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations more quickly. A large library of standard charts, quick formatting tools, and SmartArt diagrams make it easy to include rich and stunning visuals and charts.
3. Preview your changes quickly.  Office Standard 2007 makes it easier to format your Microsoft Office documents with Live Preview. You can quickly preview proposed changes to your document while you’re working on it without having to repeatedly search through layers of menus. By “test-driving” your proposed formatting, you can save time and experiment more easily.
4. Organize your tasks and communications in one place.  Microsoft Office Microsoft Outlook 2007 features a new To-Do Bar for organizing tasks, appointments, and e-mail messages flagged for follow-up. You can also view tasks on the calendar alongside your appointments. Tasks not completed roll over to the next day and accumulate until completed.
5. Visualize key data trends using conditional formatting.  Office Standard 2007 features highly visual conditional formatting in Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel 2007 with new data bars, more colorful gradients, and icons. You can then format data based on specific rules and easily identify key data trends with visual cues.
6. Keep your e-mail more secure and reduce electronic junk mail.  Office Standard 2007 includes an enhanced Office Microsoft Outlook 2007 junk e-mail filter to help reduce spam and protect against potentially harmful attachments. Office Microsoft Outlook 2007 also includes security enhancements to help prevent "phishing," a fraudulent e-mail attempt to trick you into providing financial or personal information.
7. Remove private information from the documents you want to share.  Detect and remove unwanted comments, hidden text, or personally identifiable information in your documents using the Document Inspector. With just a few clicks, you can automatically detect and choose to remove sensitive information from your documents.
8. Have better control and predictability when formatting documents.  Office Standard 2007 makes it easier to format your Microsoft Office Word 2007 documents with more stable and predictable bullets, numbers, and tables. Also, Themes help ensure a consistent appearance between the documents you create in Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel 2007, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, reducing the effort of working across the programs you use the most.
9. Help ensure broader distribution of your documents and presentations.  New support for Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) file formats helps ensure broader distribution of your documents with others.¹ Convert your files to PDF or XPS for sharing with users on any platform. (¹ You can save as a PDF or XPS file from a 2007 Microsoft Office system program only after you install an add-in.)
10. Find the Help you need to get started.  Office Standard 2007 is easier to use, thanks to an improved Help system that provides enhanced ScreenTips and links to relevant information in Microsoft Office system programs or on the Internet when connected. Get started easily by using online tutorials with step-by-step instructions or by using some of the new out-of-the-box templates.

Microsoft windows Computer Requirements

¹ 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Microsoft 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.



When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2003 to the 2007 release you should not need to upGrade Computer learning software computer game educational software your hardware, although you may need to upGrade Computer learning software computer game educational software to a supported operating system. When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2000 or Office XP to the 2007 release you will need to ensure that your hardware and operating system meet the minimum 2007 Microsoft Office system requirements.

We highly recommend you evaluate your computer before installing 2007 Microsoft Office system software products to verify your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements.

Note:   2007 Microsoft Office system programs are supported on Microsoft windows Vista Beta 2 (when available), and not earlier versions of Microsoft windows Vista. The 2007 Microsoft Office system programs client is a 32-bit application and runs on a Microsoft windows 64-bit platform (Microsoft windows XP and Microsoft windows Server 2003) via WOW64.

Please Note: Due to the "Special Packaging" on this item, it can not be returned once it has been opened.

• Instant Search that helps you quickly find information in any of the Microsoft Outlook modules such as e-mail, calendar, and contacts.
• A To-Do Bar that brings together tasks, appointments, and flagged e-mail messages in one place.
• Color Categories that help you quickly differentiate e-mail messages.
• An RSS aggregator that offers you the opportunity to subscribe to and read Web content in Office Microsoft Outlook 2007. (A separate fee-based RSS subscription is required.)

Software Features

Here are the top 10 ways Office Standard 2007 can help you:

1. Get better results faster with a new streamlined user interface.  Office Standard 2007 has an improved user interface to help you create documents faster, more easily, and more intuitively. Reduce the time and frustration of learning software new software with commands that present the right tools when you need them.
2. Create high-quality documents you can be proud of.  Office Standard 2007 has improved picture, charting, and graphics tools to help you produce better-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations more quickly. A large library of standard charts, quick formatting tools, and SmartArt diagrams make it easy to include rich and stunning visuals and charts.
3. Preview your changes quickly.  Office Standard 2007 makes it easier to format your Microsoft Office documents with Live Preview. You can quickly preview proposed changes to your document while you’re working on it without having to repeatedly search through layers of menus. By “test-driving” your proposed formatting, you can save time and experiment more easily.
4. Organize your tasks and communications in one place.  Microsoft Office Microsoft Outlook 2007 features a new To-Do Bar for organizing tasks, appointments, and e-mail messages flagged for follow-up. You can also view tasks on the calendar alongside your appointments. Tasks not completed roll over to the next day and accumulate until completed.
5. Visualize key data trends using conditional formatting.  Office Standard 2007 features highly visual conditional formatting in Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel 2007 with new data bars, more colorful gradients, and icons. You can then format data based on specific rules and easily identify key data trends with visual cues.
6. Keep your e-mail more secure and reduce electronic junk mail.  Office Standard 2007 includes an enhanced Office Microsoft Outlook 2007 junk e-mail filter to help reduce spam and protect against potentially harmful attachments. Office Microsoft Outlook 2007 also includes security enhancements to help prevent "phishing," a fraudulent e-mail attempt to trick you into providing financial or personal information.
7. Remove private information from the documents you want to share.  Detect and remove unwanted comments, hidden text, or personally identifiable information in your documents using the Document Inspector. With just a few clicks, you can automatically detect and choose to remove sensitive information from your documents.
8. Have better control and predictability when formatting documents.  Office Standard 2007 makes it easier to format your Microsoft Office Word 2007 documents with more stable and predictable bullets, numbers, and tables. Also, Themes help ensure a consistent appearance between the documents you create in Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel 2007, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, reducing the effort of working across the programs you use the most.
9. Help ensure broader distribution of your documents and presentations.  New support for Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) file formats helps ensure broader distribution of your documents with others.¹ Convert your files to PDF or XPS for sharing with users on any platform. (¹ You can save as a PDF or XPS file from a 2007 Microsoft Office system program only after you install an add-in.)
10. Find the Help you need to get started.  Office Standard 2007 is easier to use, thanks to an improved Help system that provides enhanced ScreenTips and links to relevant information in Microsoft Office system programs or on the Internet when connected. Get started easily by using online tutorials with step-by-step instructions or by using some of the new out-of-the-box templates.

Microsoft windows Computer Requirements

¹ 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Microsoft 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.



When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2003 to the 2007 release you should not need to upGrade Computer learning software computer game educational software your hardware, although you may need to upGrade Computer learning software computer game educational software to a supported operating system. When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2000 or Office XP to the 2007 release you will need to ensure that your hardware and operating system meet the minimum 2007 Microsoft Office system requirements.

We highly recommend you evaluate your computer before installing 2007 Microsoft Office system software products to verify your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements.

Note:   2007 Microsoft Office system programs are supported on Microsoft windows Vista Beta 2 (when available), and not earlier versions of Microsoft windows Vista. The 2007 Microsoft Office system programs client is a 32-bit application and runs on a Microsoft windows 64-bit platform (Microsoft windows XP and Microsoft windows Server 2003) via WOW64.

Please Note: Due to the "Special Packaging" on this item, it can not be returned once it has been opened.