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Microsoft Office 2007 Windows Guide

Table of Contents

• Purchasing Information
• Comparison Guide
• Reasons to Upgrade
• Tips for the Configuration and Usage of Office 2007
• Reviews

***NOTE to Office 2003 Customers: Office 2007 has a new file format. To read more about the new file format, see Information On Format Changes For Microsoft Office. If you are using Office 2003 and need to read documents with the new format, you will need to install the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack.

Purchasing Information

The Office of Information Technology's (OIT) Software Licensing Office distributes authorized software to the University of Maryland community. In addition to the standard Office application, language add-ons (also known as multi-language packs) are available for an additional charge. The language add-ons include, but are not limited to, Russian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, Arabic, and German. For more information on purchasing, please visit the OIT's Software Licensing unit at http://www.oit.umd.edu/units/slic/products/microsoft/office2007.html

Comparison Guide

Reasons to Upgrade

1. Get information when and where it's needed.
   

   Context-sensitive smart tags provide speedy access to relevant information by alerting you to important actions – such as formatting options for pasted information, formula error correction, and more.

2. Accomplish more in less time.
   

   New task panes put the tools you need just a click away, helping you find files and format content quicker. When you start applications, you will see the contextual tabs at the top of the screen. These tabs are also known as the Ribbon Interface.

3. Access and analyze information easily from the Web.
   

   Add data – such as stock tickers, weather updates, or news flashes – to your spreadsheets and databases, and automatically keep them current.

4. Express ideas in powerful, compelling ways.
   

   Create professional-looking documents with enhanced formatting, editing, review, and web-integration features. Use speech recognition to dictate text, direct formatting changes, and navigate menus.

5. Spend time creating, not re-creating.
   

   The Document Recovery feature gives you the option to save automatically your current document, spreadsheet, or presentation when an application stops responding; you don't lose any of your work.

6. Compare and merge changes easily.
   

   Send for Review streamlines the feedback process for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint®, thus giving the author full control over which comments and revisions to accept or reject.

7. Manage all your e-mail in one place.
   

   Microsoft Outlook® makes it easy to send and receive e-mails from multiple accounts, including MSN Hotmail. You can also send and receive instant messages with MSN® Messenger, all within a single view. In addition, Outlook 2007 is much faster than previous versions.

8. Work together, no matter where you are.
   

   SharePoint™ Team Services from Microsoft allows the seamless sharing of information between Office 2007 applications and your team's Web site. Team members can upload documents, participate in discussions and surveys, and add content such as announcements and events.

9. Coordinate schedules and activities easily.
   

   Manage all appointment and task reminders in a single, consolidated Reminders window. Outlook makes it easy to resolve scheduling conflicts so you can quickly review your group's schedule and allow others to propose alternate meeting times.

10. Use the robust Office platform to meet your business needs.
    

    IT professionals and developers can create customized smart tags that give users access to context-sensitive information.

11. Experience improved reliability and security:
    • Recovery of your documents. In the event of an error, Office 2007 keeps a backup of your work, giving you the chance to save and recover it so you don't lose valuable time or data.
    • Protection from virus attacks. Powerful and new antivirus tools help IT professionals control team security settings, thus reducing the risk of virus attacks and avoiding costly downtime.

12. Simplify deployment and control:
    • Reduce downtime during deployment. The Office Profile Wizard saves personal computer settings to a file or on the Web, creates them once, and applies them instantly to any computer, anywhere.
    • Customize desktop configurations. IT professionals can use the Custom Installation Wizard to customize security settings and Outlook profiles, thus eliminating unnecessary features or applications.

13. Blogging is now available.

    For the first time, Microsoft Office 2007 includes blogging tools. These tools help users create content for their favorite blog sites, such as Windows Spaces, WordPress, or TypePad.

Tips for the Configuration and Usage of Office 2007

• Microsoft Word 2007 Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
• Microsoft Word 2007 Tutorial

Reviews

• CNET
• ZDNet
• PCPRO