Features Include:

• Spend more time writing and less time formatting -A new, results-oriented interface presents the right tools when you need them, making it easy to format your documents quickly. Now you can find the right features in Office Word 2007 to make your documents communicate more effectively.
• Communicate more effectively with new formatting features and high-impact graphics - New charting and diagramming features that include 3-D shapes, transparency, drop shadows, and other effects help you create professional-looking graphics that result in more effective documents. Using Quick Styles and Document Themes, you can quickly change the appearance of text, tables, and graphics throughout the entire document to match your preferred style or color scheme.
• Quickly assemble documents from pre-defined content - Building Blocks in Office Word 2007 can be used to assemble documents from frequently used or pre-defined content like disclaimer text, pull quotes, sidebars, cover pages, and other types of content. This will help ensure you don't spend needless time re-creating content; it also helps ensure consistency across all of the documents created within your organisation.
• Communicate with users across platforms and devices - Office Word 2007 offers you a choice for sharing documents with other people. You can convert your Word documents to Portable Document Format file (PDF) or XML Paper Specification (XPS) format without the addition of third-party tools to help ensure broad communication with users on any platform.
• Quickly compare two versions of a document - Office Word 2007 makes it easy to find out what changes were made to a document. A new tri-pane review panel helps you see both versions of a document with the deleted, inserted, and moved text clearly marked.
• Master your document review processes using Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - With built-in workflow services in Office SharePoint Server 2007, you can initiate and track document review and approval processes from within Office Word 2007, helping people accelerate review cycles across your organisation without forcing them to learn new tools.
• Enhance protection of the private information in your documents - Detect and remove unwanted comments, hidden text, or personally identifiable information using the Document Inspector to help ensure that sensitive information doesn't escape when it is published.
• Publish and maintain Blogs directly from Office Word 2007 - You can now publish weblogs (blogs) directly from Office Word 2007. You can configure Office Word 2007 to link directly to your blog site, and use the rich Word experience to create blogs with images, tables, and advanced text formatting features.
• Reduce your file sizes and improve corrupt file recovery - The new Microsoft Office Word XML Format offers a dramatic reduction in file size as well as improvement in recovery for damaged files. This new format provides a tremendous savings to storage and bandwidth requirements, and reduces the burden on IT personnel.

Minimum System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2 or later or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (or higher) required
• 500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
• 256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher
• DVD drive
• 1 gigahertz (GHz) and 512 MB of RAM or higher is required to run Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
• 2 gigabyte (GB) necessary for install; a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive
• Minimum 800x600; 1024x768 monitor resolution or higher recommended

Educational Pricing:

* School SELECT pricing is only available to schools (under the LGA agreement)

• Microsoft Home

• Office 2007 Packaging Matrix

• Office Home and Student 2007
• Office Standard 2007
• Office Professional 2007
• Office Professional Plus 2007
• Office Ultimate 2007
• Office Enterprise 2007

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