MICROSOFT OFFICE ULTIMATE 2007

MICROSOFT OFFICE ULTIMATE 2007

I have been introduced to this excellent product from Microsoft last year and very much familiar with most of the features. My employer has provided it to me. A great product for all and provides much more features then its previous versions (MS Office 2003). Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 comes with the Office Fluent user interface with many new and improved features with more options. The price varies between $200 and $700 in the market. This application is a 32-bit application which is also compatible with 64-bit platform. Depending upon the platform, there are some limitations to its features which means actual requirements and functionality varies based on system configuration and operating system. The package includes the following Microsoft Office system program features:

Microsoft Office Word 2007
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Microsoft Office Access 2007
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office Groove 2007

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
Better Team Performance, Managing Processes and Content more Efficiently.

Personal Impact on Organization: With more contributions in less time.
Collaborative Workspaces: Template Workspace, File Sharing Workspace, Standard Workspace.

Real-Time Communication Tools: Files Tool, SharePoint Files Tool, Discussion Tool Meetings Tool, Calendar Tool.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Processor: 500 MHz or higher.
Operating System: Windows XP with (SP2) / Windows Server 2003 with (SP1) or later Operating Systems.

Memory: 256 MB RAM or higher.
Hard drive space: 1.5GB (Varies depending upon type of installation). To install all its Features, more disk space is required.

ABOUT INSTALLATION

For installing Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, first we have to uninstall all previous versions of Microsoft Office from our system. Next we have to run the setup. To continue the installation, Microsoft Software License Terms must be agreed. After clicking continue button, we will get the interface, where we can choose the type of installation we want. After completing the installation process, we can update Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 from its website if available. To interact with the application we can go from “All Programs” or we can create a Desktop shortcut.

ABOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD 2007

Microsoft Office Word 2007 is an excellent authoring program and will allow you to create professional document more easily. It has a very user friendly interface with all tools necessary to create a professional looking document, sharing documents and its contents in a secure way, connecting documents to business modules and managing contents with Office SharePoint 2007. Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a managed repository for all important documents. We can directly upload documents to this repository directly from Office Word 2007 and also publish documents without using an external tool or Web browser interface. This keeps our documents safe and we can reuse documents whenever necessary. To create a document in the best possible way and in less time, new predefined building blocks are available which includes frequently used information, attractive headers and footers, text boxes, cover pages and quotes. Then using document themes, we can quickly apply font, style and color change to the entire document with a single click. Microsoft Office Word 2007 has much more to offer then its previous versions. It has new smartart diagrams and a new charting engine, compose and publish blogs directly from within word interface, equation builder, live word count, contextual spelling checker, tri-pane review panel, save as portable document format (PDF) or XML paper specification (XPS) format, document information panel and many more. With all improved features from its previous versions, Microsoft Office Word 2007 is the best authoring program available in the market today.

ABOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL 2007

With Microsoft Office Excel 2007, you will be able to create better Spreadsheets, perform Spreadsheet analysis, share information with clients and partners and manage information more effectively. It has many new features in order to create better Spreadsheets, such as, a fluent user interface, increased spreadsheet row and column capacity, very fast formatting with cell style, page layout view, charting and shared diagramming, chart formatting tools, conditional formatting with visualization and many more. For improved Spreadsheet analysis, it has improved Sorting and Filtering facility. Another improved feature is that, creating a pivot table or chart is now very easy. New feature includes, full support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 analysis services and conditional formatting with rich data visualization schemes. In order to share information with other people, newly added features includes dynamic rendering of Spreadsheets in HTML, support for PDF and XML Paper Specification (XPS), business dashboards. In order to manage information in the best possible way, it has a new data connection library, permission based control, office xml formats, application programming interface, report management features, publishing facility with office SharePoint 2007. Thus it facilitates support for more number of clients in less time with recently updated information.

ABOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE POWERPOINT 2007

Well, I think many of us are vary much familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 is necessary to create dynamic presentations, for sharing presentations easily with others and to manage our presentations efficiently. To create dynamic presentations, newly added features are custom layout, rich text and typography effects, themes, smart art diagram tools, various office styles and a very easy to use interface. For sharing presentations, it has new features like, saving as PDF or XPS functionality, PowerPoint xml formats, slide libraries and direct approval of workflow process from PowerPoint 2007 with the help of SharePoint Server 2007. For managing our presentations efficiently, it has new features like managed document repository, document inspector and digital signatures. All these newly added features are available with a very fluent user interface which facilitates more output in less time. With drop-down galleries, you can now easily present formatting options, layouts, graphic choices and more. All these features will simply make your presentation unique.

ABOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE PUBLISHER 2007
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 is essential for those people related to marketing and publishing business. It helps professionals to create variety of high-quality publications and marketing materials such as e-mail newsletters, complex brochures and catalogs. Its easy to use interface facilitates creating, maintaining, publishing, distributing and printing important materials. Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 is well equipped with new as well as improved features from its previous versions. New features includes publishing files as portable document format (PDF) or XML paper specification, creating personalized e-mail publications, using targeted lists from Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, managing and tracking marketing campaigns, applying an e-mail template to multipage publications, choose from thousands of available templates before you start creating your material, integration with Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager and many more. Along with all these newly added features, it has also improved all features from its previous versions. Professionals are now more comfortable in building custom materials from a database, applying elements from brand identity, creating a business information set, personalize contents if necessary, adjusting images within Office Publisher 2007,choose from thousands of readily available options and many more. Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 adds more value to an existing business with effective marketing campaigns.

ABOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE OUTLOOK 2007
Newly added features in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 includes RSS feed integration, task integration on the calendar, attachment preview, various color categories, managed folders, to-do bar, instant search, calendar snapshot, publishing, overlay mode and many more. Along with all these new features, it has improved features in order to prevent anti-phishing and junk e-mails, information rights management and many more. With a very fluent user interface and to-do bar in it, it’s now very easy to manage daily priorities. With a very powerful instant search integrated, necessary information can be located, quickly. With color categories we can visually distinguish between various elements which are very helpful for maintaining a project. With RSS feed integration we can now subscribe updated information. With improved out-of-office capabilities we can now notify key contacts or people via a message both inside and outside of an organization. It is also integrated with Office SharePoint Server 2007 which works in conjunction with Exchange Server 2007. We can transfer files from our managed folders to SharePoint serves, share calendars, contacts, or tasks. Additionally, we can perform attachment preview, send and receive text and picture messages between Office Outlook 2007 and any mobile phone, auto account setup, electronic business cards exchange and many more.

ABOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE ACCESS 2007
Microsoft Office Access 2007 includes many mew and improved features. The Microsoft Office system is integrated with programs, servers, and services in order to fulfill professional requirements. With Microsoft Office fluent user interface and interactive design capabilities, professionals now create complex applications that do not require much database knowledge and programming capabilities. All informations can be shared by using SharePoint services. Professionals can now organize and track complex information in a structured and efficient way. In order to start working, it offers a library of prebuilt database solutions. Newly added features includes, interactive form design capabilities, navigation pane, attaching external documents and files, automatic data type detection in tables, tabbed document window viewing, integration with Outlook 2007 and SharePoint server, automatic generation of Microsoft office InfoPath 2007, moving files with a single click, revision history and many more. Along with these new features it has improved field insertion capabilities in tables, data transfer capabilities, data imports, tiles and graphics support and more. Almost all features available in its earlier versions are improved with more capabilities. With interactive design capabilities, we can now perform drag-and-drop editing, grouping of information, filtering and sorting of information more easily. Office Access 2007 also supports complex data types, so we create columns that accept more than one value in a cell. All these features are readily available with a fluent user interface.

ABOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE INFOPATH 2007
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 is an information-gathering program. With the help of Office InfoPath 2007, we can create and deploy electronic forms solutions to gather
information efficiently and in a secured way. Next, it provides centralized form management and deployment facility. Its form service, which is a part of SharePoint Server 2007, provides centralized management of electronic forms for the entire organization in order to get better control over forms and its management. It also provides easy upgrades, version management, and monitoring tools and comprehensive solution for optimizing business processes. Office InfoPath 2007 will allow to deploy smart, mobile forms with more reliable and efficient way. It has built-in data validation, connections to external information, deployment over Web browsers, e-mail connections, and many other features. It is integrated with other Microsoft Office programs in order to perform quality work, such as Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, which is very much essential for delivering forms as e-mail messages. It is also integrated with Access 2007 to collect information by automatically creating InfoPath forms and connecting them to the database for automatic updates. It reduces form development and management time and provides form solutions using visual studio 2005. Along with all these features, it helps us to protect our forms with information rights management.

ABOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE ONENOTE 2007
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 is a digital notebook. This feature provides a flexible and easy way to collect and organize much more information which includes audio, video recordings, text, Web research, clippings, drawings, pictures. This is a shared notebook with search capabilities. Very helpful to keep track of related information, finding updated information related to a particular project and organized them well. Members can contribute online or offline and changes are visible to every members of the team. The best part is that, it is connected / integrated to Outlook 2007 and SharePoint 2007 server. It provides a very user friendly interface and enables team members to concentrate more on work with easy to accessible and updated information.

ABOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE GROOVE 2007
This feature helps small teams or a group of people to work combined, manage their work dynamically and more effectively. It provides a common workspace to all team members and each member can access information from their own computer. The benefit of this feature is that it provides a live environment among team members i.e. one can coordinate in less time and make a search for most recent updated information. With Groove, one can add tools and invite members to join a particular workspace, monitor activities and many more. The best part is that, it supports as many as twenty eight languages and so members can explore functionalities in their native languages. Along with all these, with Groove also provides Chat facility (text or voice). Obviously this increases the productivity of the team working on a particular project.

DISADVANTAGES OF MICROSOFT OFFICE ULTIMATE 2007
Well, as far as I am concerned, I don’t see any disadvantage associated with this excellent product from Microsoft. Yes, training is very much essential for those who wants to explore all product features fully.

MY OVERALL OPINION
In my opinion, Microsoft Office Ultimate 200 7 is very helpful for all professionals to work more efficiently and effectively. With many new and improved features, this is the right product for all organizations in order to maintain all business related activities. With a very fluent user interface equipped with right kind of tools, much more information gathering and sharing capability in a secure way, and real time platforms, it definitely enhances the performance of every team working on projects. Management of an organization will find it even more helpful to perform data analysis with interactive Charts, Graphs, PivotTables, Updated information, by constantly monitoring all activities and making right decision at the right time. All i can say is that, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 is for those who wants to stay current and keep themselves up to date.