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2007 Microsoft Office system solutions at work

The 2007 Microsoft Office release helps you simplify the challenges of today's workplace and get more out of the tools you use every day. It was built with feedback from customers all around the world to help make your work easier. Advanced tools and the intuitive Microsoft Office Fluent user interface make it easier for you to organize and analyze information, share ideas, create great-looking documents, and cut through unnecessary busywork.

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There is an ever-increasing amount of e-mail, documents and reports that come across your desk each day. It can be frustrating trying to manage so much information when you're also struggling to create and format professional looking documents.	The 2007 Microsoft Office release can help you be more efficient and effective. The Office Fluent user interface makes it easier to create high-impact, persuasive documents, and to organize email, calendars, and tasks. The Office Fluent user interface simplifies the way you work by organizing program features according to the activities you want to do. Additional features appear when you need them and you can preview formatting and editing decisions before committing to a change. Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 helps you to stay organized and efficient throughout your workday. A fully integrated inbox helps you see e-mail and voice messages in a single view, together with your calendar and task list. You can easily drag and drop tasks onto your schedule, and make time to get things done. New graphics capabilities, including, SmartArt, let you spend more time focusing on content by making it easier to create professional-looking, impactful documents, spreadsheets, and presentations that are "publication ready" without having to spend hours on formatting and making refinements.
It's a challenge to work with multiple versions of documents, or to share confidential or time-sensitive material, especially when people are in different places.	The 2007 Microsoft Office release can help you easily and more securely share documents and ideas, keeping your whole team on the same page, wherever they may be located. SharePoint sites make it easier for teams to work from the same version of a document. Create workspaces to share information, store documents, and coordinate tasks. Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 makes staying in touch with colleagues easier, regardless of their location. Instant messaging and audio or video conferencing are accessible from a single screen. Presence technology makes it possible to start a conversation by simply clicking on a person's name in a Word document or Outlook e-mail. Microsoft Office Live Meeting makes it easier to share information and conduct interactive meetings remotely, via the Web. You can direct presentations, manage questions, display video of the presenter, and show Windows Media movie clips.
Spending time gathering feedback or on repetitive tasks and paperwork can make it difficult to get to the work which matters most.	The 2007 Microsoft Office system release has new tools to help you get through the busy work faster, streamlining the cumbersome and everyday processes that slow your workday down. Microsoft Office Word 2007 offers enhanced reviewing tools, helping you solicit feedback from colleagues with automated e-mail, and making it easier to integrate their comments into one final version. The Document Inspector helps ensure comments and hidden text are removed so they are not seen by others inadvertently. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 makes it easier to share key slides with others through PowerPoint Slide Libraries. These libraries store important slides in an accessible, central location, allowing your colleagues to insert them directly into presentations, and to automatically update them if the originals change. Documents, spreadsheets, and forms can link to corporate data sources or directories, automatically staying updated if information changes and helping you minimize manual entry.
With so much information available, and so many sources of business data, it's sometimes difficult to find what you need and draw out the insight that lets you see the big picture.	The 2007 Microsoft Office release makes it easier for you to find, analyze and act on the key business information in your organization. Enhanced search technology, including Instant Search, enables you to quickly find the information you need — whether it's hidden in an email, a contact, or a file shared across your organization. Microsoft Office Excel 2007 makes it easier to analyze data quickly with powerful new visualization tools, such as data bars, 3-color gradients, and key performance indicator icons. Microsoft Office Access 2007 offers an easy way to compile and track information from different sources, letting you quickly filter data and create relevant reports. Office Access now provides a library of pre-defined tracking applications and a similar user interface to Office Excel, making it easier to get started working with databases.