Microsoft Office 2007 Tips

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For those of you that previously perused alternate TUATM sections, it should be immediately obvious to the casual observer; this is definitely a unique look for me. No, these colors were not chosen after another over-dose of Zoloft and Prozak, however more in line with Microsoft’s Office System 2007 format. The jury is still convening whether this jovial color combination prevails or simply a passing fancy to amuse personal adolescent behavior patterns. Check back in a few weeks to see if Timmy’s medication has worn off and I return back to some semblance of normalcy.

Microsoft Office Systems 2007
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Obligatory Preamble:

	Microsoft Office 2007:
	> Microsoft Access
	> Microsoft Excel
	> Microsoft Outlook
	> Microsoft PowerPoint
	> Microsoft Publisher
	> Microsoft Word

	Office 2007 Links of Interest:
	> Microsoft Office Home > The New Paperclip > World Start > Info Packets > Microsoft Clip Art and Media > Microsoft On-Line Help

Microsoft Office 2007 (officially called 2007 Microsoft Office system) is the most recent version of Microsoft's productivity suite. Formerly known as Office "12" in the initial stages of its beta cycle, it was released to volume license customers on November 30, 2006 and made available to retail customers on January 30, 2007. These are, respectively, the same dates Windows Vista was released to volume licensing and retail customers.

Office 2007 contains a number of new features, the most notable of which is the entirely new graphical user interface called the Fluent User Interface (initially referred to as the Ribbon UI), replacing the menus and toolbars that have been the cornerstone of Office since its inception. Office 2007 requires Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, or Windows Vista.

Office 2007 also includes new applications and server-side tools. Chief among these is Groove, a collaboration and communication suite for smaller businesses, which was originally developed by Groove Networks before being acquired by Microsoft in 2005. Also included is Office SharePoint Server 2007, a major revision to the server platform for Office applications, which supports "Excel Services", a client-server architecture for supporting Excel workbooks that are shared in real time between multiple machines, and are also viewable and editable through a web page.

Microsoft FrontPage has been removed from the Office suite entirely. It has been replaced by Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer, which is aimed towards development of SharePoint portals. Its designer-oriented counterpart Microsoft Expression Web is targeted for general web development. However, neither application is included in any of the Office suites. Also, since speech recognition and handwriting recognition are now part of Windows Vista, speech and ink components have been removed from Office 2007. Handwriting and speech recognition work with Office 2007 only on Windows Vista or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.

Development:

The first beta of Microsoft Office 2007, referred to as Beta-1 in emails sent to a limited number of testers, was released on November 16, 2005. The Beta-1 Technical Refresh was released to testers on March 13, 2006. The Technical Refresh fixed issues in installing with Windows Vista build 5308. Office 2007 Beta 2 was announced by Bill Gates at WinHEC 2006, and was initially released to the public at no cost from Microsoft's web site.

However, because of an unprecedented number of downloads, a fee of $1.50 was introduced for each product downloaded after August 2, 2006. The beta was updated on September 14, 2006 in Beta 2 Technical Refresh (Beta2TR). It included an updated user interface, better accessibility support, improvements in the robustness of the platform, and greater functionality.

The Beta versions continued to function in a reduced functionality mode after February 1, 2007. If users downloaded the Technical Refresh to update Beta 2, then users could use its full functionality until March 31, 2007 for client products and May 15, 2007 for server products. The Beta program ended on November 8, 2006, when Microsoft declared the product "Released to Manufacturing" (RTM) and started manufacturing the final product. After RTM, the availability of the Beta download ended. Office 2007 was released to volume licensing customers on November 30, 2006, and to the general public on January 30, 2007.

Note of Interest:

Most of the rambling diatribe contained within this section is taken directly from Microsoft website or Wikipedia. Method of madness centers on; I fail to find anything remotely positive to write about Microsoft’s latest over-rated incarnation. Do I use this product? Yes. Is it worth the price and inconvenience to learn? No... My reasons for learning this latest nightmare are directly related to current job function. Basically stated and reduced to simplest terms, I am paid to answer computer questions for those better suited to use Crayola Crayons, and it’s inevitable my employer shall eventually support this product.

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