Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 version comparison

This version comparison provides a feature-to-feature comparison of Office Publisher 2007, Microsoft Office Publisher 2003, and Microsoft Publisher 2002.

---

• Create high-quality branded publications and marketing collateral

• Effective online marketing

• List management and personalization

• Share, print, and publish

• Integration with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager

---

Create high-quality branded publications and marketing collateral

KEY:
= Feature Included = Improved in Office Publisher 2007 = New in Office Publisher 2007

Getting Started Features

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Library of templates for print, Web, and e-mail Employ hundreds of customizable print, e-mail, and Web templates in more than 25 categories, including 100 blank layouts to help you get started.
Apply your brand in one step With Office Publisher 2007 you can easily apply and view elements from your brand — logo, colors, fonts, and business information — all templates, in one step.
Create your own business identity sets Store your business information — name, contact information, and logo — and use these elements consistently in all your marketing materials.
Template search Quickly find just the right template within Office Publisher 2007 or on Microsoft Office Online. Preview Office Online templates within Office Publisher 2007.
Catalog Merge Use Catalog Merge to build custom materials, such as datasheets or catalogs, by merging text and images from a database — for example, those in Microsoft Office Excel, Access, or Outlook.
Office Online templates preview When connected to the Internet, you can access hundreds of Publisher templates available on Office Online right from within Office Publisher 2007.

Design Guidance Features

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Publisher Tasks Use new Publisher Tasks in Office Publisher 2007 for help with common Publisher creation and distribution procedures.
Design Checker Use the enhanced Design Checker to identify and fix potential problems with desktop printing, commercial press, Web sites, and now e-mail, before you publish.
Find out details about your images Use the Graphics Manager to view image details such as file size, type, resolution, and location, or to link or replace graphics within a publication.
Color schemes and font schemes Choose from more than 60 professionally coordinated color schemes and 45 font schemes, or create your own.
Multiple master pages Repeat background design and layout elements on multiple pages in a publication.	Left and right master pages only	Multiple master pages
Baseline alignment and guides Improve the appearance of text by aligning text across multiple columns and evenly spacing text in columns. You can also align text to a baseline guide.
Page sorter Easily move, add, or delete pages, or rename Web pages, just as you do in other Microsoft Office programs.	For page navigation only
Training, clip art, and downloads Visit Office Online for additional templates, tips, demos, training, clip art, and downloads.

Content Reuse Features

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Store frequently used design elements Store and reuse text, graphics, and design elements across Publisher publications using the Content Library.
Reuse entire publications Quickly change one type of publication to another and get a good start on the new layout; for example, change your letterhead into a business card, or transfer a newsletter to an e-mail message.
Start your own template library Easily save, categorize, and access your own branded templates in My Templates within Office Publisher 2007.
Save as picture Group and save design elements as graphics, and specify the image format and resolution you want to use in other programs.
Use existing content Import existing text, graphics, charts, and more from other Microsoft Office system programs and from other compatible programs.

 Top of Page

Effective online marketing

KEY:
= Feature Included = Improved in Office Publisher 2007 = New in Office Publisher 2007

E-Mail Features

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Personalized e-mail with E-Mail Merge Create and send personalized marketing communications by e-mail using E-mail Merge.
Personalized hyperlinks Personalize the display text and hyperlinks to further personalize your e-mail merge communications.
Improve navigation with bookmarks Add bookmarks to help readers quickly browse publications and e-mail messages.
Apply an e-mail template to publications Apply an e-mail template to a multiple-page publication such as a newsletter, add bookmarks, and distribute as an e-mail message.
Check your e-mail design Identify and correct potential problems with e-mail publications, such as text converted to an image, with the enhanced Design Checker.
E-mail templates Choose from dozens of e-mail publication templates for a quick start to your e-mail communications.
Send publications as e-mail messages Send Publisher files as e-mail messages using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 or Outlook Express 6.0.
Send publications as e-mail attachments Use Office Outlook 2007 or Outlook Express 6.0 to send Publisher files as e-mail attachments, or send Publisher files as a Portable Document Format file (PDF) or XML Paper Specification (XPS) attachment.1

¹You can save as a PDF or XPS file from a 2007 Microsoft Office system program only after you install an add-in. For more information, see Install and use a PDF or XPS add-in.

Web Features

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Web site and page templates Choose from four basic Web site templates, including Easy Web Site Builder, and 26 page types, such as Photo Gallery, to quickly build a Web presence.
Web navigation bars Add primary and secondary navigation bars to Web sites and publications converted for online viewing.
Web toolbar and Web view The Web view editing environment provides better support for Web-specific functionality, including a Web authoring toolset.
Convert print publications to Web publications Use Web templates to create Web sites, and tools on the Web toolbar to add pages, hyperlinks, and a customizable navigation bar.

 Top of Page

List management and personalization

KEY:
= Feature Included = Improved in Office Publisher 2007  = New in Office Publisher 2007

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Combine lists within Publisher Combine, edit, and save lists from multiple sources — including Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Office Outlook 2007, and Microsoft Office Access 2007 — within Office Publisher 2007 to create personalized print and e-mail materials or to build a publication using Catalog Merge.
E-Mail Merge Create and send personalized marketing communications by e-mail using E-Mail Merge.
Personalized hyperlinks Personalize the display text and hyperlinks to further personalize your e-mail merge communications.
Personalization tips with Publisher Tasks Use Publisher Tasks to learn how to prepare a mailing list, and get tips for personalizing a mailing list, purchasing a mailing list, and using mailing services.
Enhanced Mail Merge and Catalog Merge Mail Merge enhancements help you more easily personalize print and e-mail publications and more intuitively create catalogs or datasheets by merging text and graphics from a database.

 Top of Page

Share, print, and publish

KEY:
= Feature Included = Improved in Office Publisher 2007 = New in Office Publisher 2007

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Publish in PDF or XPS format Save Publisher files in PDF or XPS file format for sharing, online viewing, and printing.2

²You can save a PDF or XPS file from a 2007 Microsoft Office system program only after you install an add-in. For more information, see Install and use a PDF or XPS add-in.

Web Features

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Post publications to the Web Preview your Web publication before posting. Support for incremental file upload makes it easy to update your site.
Incremental Web site upload Upload only the changes to a publication that has already been posted to a Web server.

Commercial Printing Feature

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Full commercial printing support Publisher supports four-color process and spot-color printing, cyan-magenta-yellow-black (CMYK) composite postscript, and prepress tools for commercial printers.
Create press-ready PDF files For commercial printers using a PDF workflow, press-ready PDF files from Office Publisher 2007 means easier acceptance of Publisher files.
CMYK composite postscript Create process-color (CMYK) composite postscript files, a feature highly requested by commercial printers that makes it easier for you to get your Publisher publications commercially printed.
Advanced print settings Create separations directly from the Print dialog box, including converting spot colors to process colors.
Graphics Manager Use the enhanced Graphics Manager task pane to view graphic size and file extensions quickly.
Pack and Go Wizard Prepare your file to take to another computer or to a commercial printer. The wizard embeds TrueType fonts and gathers graphics.

 Top of Page

Integration with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager

KEY:
= Feature Included = Improved in Office Publisher 2007  = New in Office Publisher 2007

Features and Benefits	Publisher 2002	Office Publisher 2003	Office Publisher 2007
Create a new marketing campaign Initiate a new marketing campaign using Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager from a new toolbar within Publisher.3 Identify lists of Business Contacts or Accounts to which to distribute publications.
Link to Business Contacts for tracking Create a flyer, newsletter, e-mail message, or other publication and indicate which Business Contacts, Accounts, Opportunities, or Business Projects within Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager are to receive your publication.
Search folders With improved Mail Merge and E-mail Merge functionality, you can now choose Outlook contacts saved to Search Folders.

³Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager is available in the following 2007 Microsoft Office suites: Microsoft Office Small Business 2007, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, and Microsoft Office Professional 2007.

 Top of Page