Get more out of the Microsoft Office system programs you use every day.

The Microsoft Office Fluent user interface enables you to be more successful finding and using program features by organizing product features according to task, labeling them with both text and graphics, and enhancing ScreenTips with illustrations and Help text.

Deliver high-impact results that look more professional.

The new graphics capabilities of Office Professional Plus 2007 help you produce great-looking, high-impact documents, spreadsheets, and presentations that are publication-ready without spending hours making formatting adjustments. Office Professional Plus 2007 also enables you to share documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in Portable Document Format file (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) format without requiring additional third-party tools.¹

Create, review, and publish professional-looking content quickly and easily.

Microsoft Office Word 2007 includes a set of connected enhancements, including Building Blocks, enhanced reviewing tools, and integration with the built-in workflow services in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to make it easier for individuals and organizations to efficiently produce and distribute high-quality content in a consistent, predictable, error-free manner.

Develop and share greater insight from spreadsheet data.

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 makes sophisticated data analysis available to more information workers through easier access to corporate data sources, redesigned interfaces for PivotTable views, and more powerful and easier-to-use conditional formatting. Share your analysis more effectively with professional-looking charts that are easier to create using the redesigned charting tools. Apply rich visual enhancements to your charts such as 3-D effects, soft shadowing, and transparency.

Manage your time and commitments more effectively.

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 helps users more effectively manage their time and commitments through new tools such as the To-Do Bar, task and calendar integration, and Instant Search. The To-Do Bar provides a consolidated view of tasks, upcoming appointments, and e-mail messages flagged for follow-up. Better integration between tasks and calendars enables drag-and-drop allocation of time for working on tasks. And Instant Search helps you find the information you need in your inbox quickly and easily.

Streamline communication, information sharing, and group project work.

Office Professional Plus 2007 now includes Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 to make communicating with colleagues in different locations or time zones easier while using a range of communication options, including instant messaging (IM), voice, and video.² Collaboration is further enhanced through a broad set of new capabilities for sharing information more effectively and executing on group projects with greater efficiency. These capabilities are enabled by the integration of Office Professional Plus 2007 with Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Integrate documents into business processes.

Office Professional Plus 2007 introduces a new level of support for XML with new Ecma Office Open XML Formats. These new file formats enable smaller, more robust documents and enable easier integration with information systems and external data sources.

Gather information efficiently and reliably.

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 makes information gathering more efficient by delivering electronic forms that reach the necessary participants easily, reduce redundant data entry, and improve the quality of the data collected. Office InfoPath 2007 makes it easy to move your paper-based information gathering to electronic forms by converting your existing Word documents and Excel spreadsheets to InfoPath forms.

Make more effective use of corporate data resources.

New capabilities for data integration in Office Professional Plus 2007 reduce the cost and complexity of connecting documents and spreadsheets to central data sources. In addition, the redesigned Microsoft Office Access 2007 enables non-developers to build and use desktop database applications for managing complicated sets of information — Access data can be centrally stored on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services sites for more efficient data management.

Deploy Office Professional Plus 2007 with greater ease and lower costs.

The new Microsoft Office Migration Management Technologies are a set of tools to aid with migration planning, compatibility testing, file conversion, and patch management. These features will enable you to deploy Office Professional Plus 2007 with greater ease and at an attractive price.