Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Office 2007 published by Microsoft Corporation is the continuity of the series of Office suites with multiple improvements in productivity apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. The biggest change is the introduction of Ribbon as a replacement for menu and toolbars. 

Office 2007 proves the best edition and helps to retain Microsoft Office as one of the best suites for managing your business and personal documents. It offers unified services to manage productivity apps for creating, managing, and collaborating. 

The changes in MS Office 2007 are unlimited as we have arranged an exclusive list of features.

User Interface

User Interface has a big change than predecessors, it is Ribbon that has replaced the menus and toolbars in all core applications including Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and so on. Now, on launching any application ‘Home Ribbon’ will appear as the default tab. 

Office Button

the File menu has been replaced with the Office Button in the top left corner of the screen. You can manage all functions related to productivity apps i.e. opening, saving, and printing files.

Mini Toolbar

It is quite similar to the Context menu to handle the editing process while offering all basic formatting commands. It can’t be customized as it exists like a ghost image beside your selected content. On hovering the mouse over it will appear, or you can enable it by right-clicking or pressing the menu key using your keyboard.

Live Preview

When you make changes to your documents, and apply formatting commands and other actions from button to button, you need to take a preview to monitor your changes. The ‘Live Preview’ feature offers a quick preview option before you apply them. 

Contextual Tabs

When you select some specific objects from your document, the Contextual tabs appear to expose the functionality related to the selected text.

Quick Access

You can perform some common functions i.e. save, undo, or search using the Quick Access feature. It is housed on a ribbon next to the Office button. It is customizable and allows you to add other common commands such as Print, Spell Checker, etc. 

File Formats

The File Format has been changed and now, it has Open XML based on XML format as the default. The current formats are heavier than it and the users are allowed to use different extensions for saving their files such as Word files can be saved as filename.docx. 

Some Specific Changes with Productivity Applications

MS Word

• Auto-generating of citations and bibliographies with different styles and rules such as APA, Chicago, MLA, etc.
• Multiple innovative capabilities i.e. advanced formatting, collaboration, and so on.
• Support for multiple blogging sites i.e. Windows Live Spaces, and SharePoint help the bloggers to directly upload their blogs.
• The full-screen reading layout offers two pages at the spot with access to different tools used for reviewing. 

PowerPoint

• Use different slide transitions, animations, and pre-made templates to create stunning presentations.
• Paste Excel’s tables in PowerPoint.
• Advanced calculations are supported

Excel

• Importing of external data including databases, formatted tables, and reports.
• Advanced formatting and 3D rendering with the support of new charting capabilities.

Outlook

• It works only with Exchange 2000 and above
• Support  RSS feeds
• Indexing of emails, calendars, contacts, and others

OneNote

Create, manage, and share notes using the digital notebook format.