Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Word 2007 Beta 2
Maintainer:	Microsoft
Stable release:	N/A  (N/A) [+/-]
Preview release:	Beta 2 (12.0.4017.1003)  (May 23, 2006) [+/-]
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Use:	Office suite
License:	Proprietary
Website:	www.microsoft.com/office/preview

2007 Microsoft Office system, also known as Microsoft Office 2007, is Microsoft's next release of its productivity suite, slated to replace Microsoft Office 2003. Microsoft Office 2007, formerly known as Office "12" in the initial stages of its beta cycle, is scheduled to be released in January 2007 for end users and in November 2006 for corporate customers (to coincide with the edition launches of Windows Vista). Microsoft plans to include several new features in Office 2007, such as a comprehensively redesigned graphical user interface, codenamed the "Ribbon". Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1003, 170 KB) Summary Screenshot of Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Beta 2, running under Windows XP. Licensing This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software for Microsoft Windows, and copyright for it is most likely held by the author(s) or... lol n00bs Microsoft Word is a word processing application from Microsoft. ... Software maintenance is one of the activities in software engineering, and is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, SEHK: 4338) is an international computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of US$39. ... A software release is to create a new version of the system or program and release it to the user community. ... A software release is to create a new version of the system or program and release it to the user community. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An operating system (OS) is an essential software program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... As of 2006, Microsoft Windows is the worlds most popular operating system for use on personal computers. ... In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office application suite, productivity suite, offimatic suite or integrated offimatic program, is a software suite intended to be used by typical clerical and knowledge workers. ... A software license is a type of proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software — sometimes called an End User License Agreement (EULA) — that specifies the perimeters of the permission granted by the owner to the user. ... Proprietary software is software that has restrictions on using and copying it, usually enforced by a proprietor. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office application suite, productivity suite, offimatic suite or integrated offimatic program, is a software suite intended to be used by typical clerical and knowledge workers. ... Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. ... Economics and commerce define an end-user as the person who uses a product. ... Windows Vista is the next major version of Microsoft Windows, the proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft. ... A graphical user interface (or GUI, often pronounced gooey) is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text. ... Microsoft codenames are the codenames given by Microsoft to products it has in development, before these products are given the names by which they appear on store shelves. ...

The first beta of Office "12" was released on November 16, 2005, to a limited number of testers. 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 has been made available for free download from Microsoft's web site. Windows Vista is the next major version of Microsoft Windows, the proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft. ... William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is the co-founder, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worlds largest software company (as of April 2006). ... The Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is the annual conference where Microsoft sets out its hardware plans for Microsoft Windows-compatible PCs. ...

Editions

The 2007 Microsoft Office system will be distributed in seven editions:

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1. Additional tools include: Enterprise Content Management, Electronic Forms, and Windows Rights Management Services capabilities

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New features

User interface

Office Button

The new result-oriented user interface, "Ribbon", will be featured in the core applications of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and the mail editor of Outlook. These applications have been selected for the UI overhaul because those applications center around document authoring^[2] and present a multitude of options to the same regard. The rest of the applications in the suite will also be upgraded to the new UI eventually^[3]. According to Microsoft, the new UI centers on the principle of helping people focus on what they want to do, rather than bothering with the details of how to do it. Image File history File links OfficeButton. ... Image File history File links OfficeButton. ... lol n00bs Microsoft Word is a word processing application from Microsoft. ... -1... Powerpoint redirects here. ... Microsoft Access is a relational database management system from Microsoft, packaged with Microsoft Office Professional which combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface. ... Screenshot of Outlook 2003 Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. ...

Debuting in the Beta 1 refresh is the Office button. It replaces the File menu and provides access to functionality common across all Office applications, including but not limited to Opening, Saving, Printing, and Sharing a file. Also, people can choose color schemes for the interface.

The Ribbon

The Ribbon, a panel that houses the command buttons and icons, organizes commands as a set of Tabs, each grouping relevant commands. Each application has a different set of tabs which expose the functionality that application offers. For example, while Excel has a tab for the Graphing capabilities, Word does not feature the same. Instead it has tabs to control the formatting of the document. Within each tab, various related options may be grouped together. The Ribbon is designed to make the features of the application more discoverable and accessible with fewer mouse clicks^[4] as compared to the menu-based UI used until Office 2003. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x140, 39 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...

Some tabs, called Contexual Tabs, appear only when certain objects are selected. Contexual Tabs expose functionality specific only to the object with focus. For example, selecting a picture brings up the Pictures tab, which presents options for dealing with the picture. Similarly, focussing on a table exposes table-related options in a specific tab. Contexual tabs remain hidden when the object it works on are not selected.

Galleries

Gallery in a contexual tab for a SmartArt

Galleries are a new UI construct which show, as graphic representations, formatting options that can be applied to various elements. For example, document styles, document title page styles, slide designs etc are presented as galleries, which let people have an idea of what they are selecting, rather than sifting through multitude of options, as would have been the case had the UI design been a dialog-box centric one. Galleries help by presenting a much larger list of pre-rendered potential formatting options, rather than have the user figure them out by mixing and matching dialog box options. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x738, 108 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x738, 108 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...

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Live Preview

Microsoft Office 2007 also introduces a feature called "Live Preview", which temporarily applies formatting on the focussed text or object, when any formatting button is moused-over. The temporary formatting is removed when the mouse pointer is moved from the button. This allows users to have a preview of how the option would affect the appearance of the object, without actually applying it.

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Mini Toolbar

Mini toolbar, which pops-up near the selected text whenever some text is selected, provides easy access to most used formatting commands. When the mouse pointer is away from it, the toolbar becomes semi-transparent to allow almost unobstructed view of whats beneath. But when the mouse pointer moves over it, it becomes opaque and ready for use. It also appears above the right click menu when a user right clicks on a selection of words.

Other UI features

• Super-tooltips, that can house formatted text as well as images, is used to provide detailed description of what most buttons do.
• The Quick Access toolbar, which sits in the title bar, serves as a repository of most used functions, regardless of which application is being used, such as save, undo/redo and print.
• Zoom slider present in the bottom-right corner, allowing for dynamic and rapid magnification of a document.

SmartArt

SmartArt, found under the Insert tab in the ribbon, is a new group of easily editable and formatted organization charts. There are approximately 80 preset SmartArt graphics layout templates in categories such as list, process, cycle, and hierarchy. When an instance of a SmartArt is inserted, a Text Pane appears next to it to guide the user through entering text in the hierarchical levels. Each SmartArt graphic, based on its design, maps the text outline, automatically resized for best fit, onto the graphic. There are a number of "quick styles" for each graphic that apply largely different 3D effects to the graphic, and the graphic's shapes and text can be formatted through shape styles and WordArt styles. In addition, SmartArt graphics change their colors, fonts, and effects to match the document's theme.

Microsoft Word 2007's help feature recommends SmartArt graphics for organization charts of fewer than 30 shapes that have 3D effects (such as bevels and glows) applied to them. It suggests Microsoft Visio organization charts for charts of up to 1000 shapes that must be precisely customizable. Microsoft Visio 2000 with elements of an example diagram highlighted Microsoft Visio is diagramming software for Microsoft Windows that is part of the Microsoft Office series of applications. ...

File formats

Main article: Microsoft Office Open XML

Microsoft Office will use a new file format, OpenXML as the default file format. It is based on XML and uses the ZIP file container. According to Microsoft, this file format, which is compressed, will be up to 75% smaller than the current file formats^[5]. Microsoft has also officially announced that it will support Portable Document Format in the next version of Office, Office 2007, albeit with certain limitations as of Beta 1. Users can save documents without installing a third-party add-on, but they cannot open existing PDF files. [1] For example, before Office 2007, Adobe Acrobat (but not Acrobat Reader) installed macros in Office to do this. Office 2007 can also create and view a XPS document. It has been suggested that WordprocessingML be merged into this article or section. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data. ... Zipper may refer to: Look up zipper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Adobe Acrobat was the first software to support Adobe Systems Portable Document Format (PDF). ... Adobe Acrobat was the first software to support Adobe Systems Portable Document Format (PDF). ... The XML Paper Specification (XPS, formerly codenamed Metro) describes the XPS Document format. ...

User Assistance System

In Microsoft Office 2007, the infamous Office Assistants have been completely removed because of the much improved help system. One feature of the new help system is the extensive use of Super Tooltips which explains each button or what each function performs.

Collaboration features

Microoft Office Groove 2007

Microsoft Office 2007 includes features geared towards collaboration and data sharing. As such, Microsoft Office 2007 features server components for applications such as excel, which work in conjunction with SharePoint Services, to provide a collaboration platform SharePoint works with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, which is used to host a SharePoint site, and uses IIS and ASP.NET 2.0. Excel server exposes Excel Services, which allows any worksheet to be created, edited and maintained via web browsers. it features Excel Web Access, the client-side component which is used to render the workseet on a browser, Excel Calculation Service which is the server side component which populates the worksheet with data and perform calculations, and Excel Web Service that exposes Excel functionalities as individual web services. Sharepoint can also be used to host Word documents for collaborative editing, by sharing a document. SharePoint can also be used to hold PowerPoint slides in a Slide Library, from which the slides can be used as a formatting template. It will also notify users of a slide automatically in case the source slide is modified. Also by using SharePoint, Powerpoint can manage shared review of presentations. Any SharePoint hosted document can be accessed from the application which created the document or from other applications such as a browser of Microsoft Office Outlook. Image File history File links Groove2007. ... Image File history File links Groove2007. ... The term SharePoint can refer to either of two related Microsoft products: Windows SharePoint Services - a free extension to Windows that provides collaboration and intranet services Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server - a collaboration and portal server that extends Windows SharePoint Services Categories: Disambiguation | Microsoft software | Windows server software ... IIS (Microsoft Internet Information Services or Server) is a set of Internet based services for Windows machines. ... // Headline text ASP.NET is a set of web development technologies marketed by Microsoft. ...

Microsoft Office 2007 also includes Groove, which brings collaborative features to a peer-to-peer paradigm. Groove can host documents, including presentations, workbooks and others, created in Microsoft Office 2007 application in a shared workspace, which can then be used in collaborative editing of documents. Groove can also be used in managing workspace sessions, including access control of the workspace. to collaborate on one or more documents, a Workspace has to be created, and then those who are to work on it have to be invited. Any file shared on the workspace are automatically shared among all participants. The application also provides real-time messaging, including one-to-one as well as group messaging, and presence features, as well as monitoring workspace activities with alerts, which are raised when pre-defined set of activities are detected. Groove also provides features for conflict resolution for conflicting edits. Schedules for a collaboration can also be decided by using a built-in shared calendar, which can also be used to keep track of the progress of a project. However, the calendar is not compatible with Microsoft Outlook.

Application-specific enhancements

Microsoft Office Word

Blog authoring using Word 2007 (also, note the word count displayed in the bottom-left)

• Blog entries^[6] can be authored in Word itself, directly uploaded to the blog. Supported blogging sites include MSN Spaces, Blogger etc.
• Word count listed by default in the status bar. The word count dynamically updates as you type.
• Translation tool tip option available for English (U.S.), French (France), and Spanish (International Sort). When selected, hovering the mouse cursor over a word will display its translation in the particular language.
• Automated generation of citations and bibliographies according to defined style rules, including APA, Chicago, and MLA.
• Preset gallery of cover pages with fields for Author, Title, Date, Abstract, etc. Cover pages follow the theme of the document (found under the Page Layout tab).
• Document Inspector which strips word document off information such as author name and comments.
• Building Blocks, which lets save frequently used content, so that they are easily accessible for use.

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Microsoft Office Outlook

RSS reader in Outlook 2007

• Outlook now indexes^[7] the e-mails, contacts, tasks, calendar entries, RSS feeds and other items, to speed up searches. As such, it features word-wheeled search, which displays results as characters are being typed in.
• Search folders, which are saved searches, have been updated to include RSS feeds as well. Search folders can be created with a specific search criteria, specifying the subject, type and other attributes of the information being searched. When a search folder is opened, all matching items for the search are automatically retrieved and grouped up.
• Outlook now supports text-messages and SMSs, when used in conjunction with Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging.
• Outlook includes a reader for RSS feeds, which used the Windows Common Feeds Store. RSS subscription URLs can be shared via e-mails. RSS feed updates can also be pushed to a mobile device.
• Outlook can now support multiple calendars being worked with, simultaneously. It also includes a side-by-side view for calendars, where each calendar is displayed in a different tab, and allows easy comparison of them. Outlook also supports web calendars. Calendars can be shared with other users.
• Calendar view shows which tasks are due.
• Flagged e-mails and notes can also be converted to Task items.
• Outlook includes a To Do Bar, which integrates the calendar, appointments and tasks items, in a concise view.
• Online or Offline editing of all Microsoft office 2007 documents via a SharePoint site. All edits are automatically synchronized.
• Contacts can be shared among users, via e-mail, Exchange server or a SharePoint site.

Microsoft Office Outlook can also include an optional Business Contact Manager which allows management of business contacts and their sales and marketing activities. Phone calls, e-mails, appointments, notes and other business metrics can be managed for each contact. It can also keep a track of billable time for each contact on the Outlook Calendar. Based on these data, a consolidated report view can be generated by Microsoft Office Outlook with Business Contact Manager. The data can be further analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel. This data can also be shared using SharePoint services. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x738, 136 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x738, 136 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...

Microsoft Office OneNote

Microsoft Office OneNote 2007

• OneNote now supports multiple notebooks.
• Word-wheeled search is also present in OneNote, which also indexes notes.
• Synchronization of Tasks with Outlook 2007.
• Support for tables. Using tabs to create tabular structure automatically converts it to a table.
• OCR is performed on images so that any text in them is searchable.
• Notes can have hyperlinks among themselves.
• Embedding documents in notes.
• "Drawing tools for creating diagrams in OneNote.
• Typing any arithmetic expression, followes by "=" results in the result of the calculation being displayed.
• Print to OneNote, via which any application can print to a virtual printer for OneNote and the "printed" document is imported to the notebook.

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Microsoft Office Access

Microsoft Office Access 2007

• Access now includes support for a broader range of data types, including documents and images.
• Referential integrity checks. If any information is entered which doesn't have a related entry in another table, Access offers to either remove the entry or update the other table.
• Whenever any table is updated, all reports referencing the table is also updated.
• Dropdown lists for a table can be modified in place.
• Lookup Fields, which get their values by "looking up" some value in a table, have been updated to support multi valued lookups.
• Many new preset schemas are included.

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Microsoft Office Excel

Color Scales and Data Bars

Excel 2007, showing function completion and shortcut key toltips

• Support for more than a million rows and 16000 columns in a single worksheet.
• Conditional Formatting introduces support for three new features — Color Scales, Icon Sets and Data Bars
  • Color Scales, which automatically color the background of a group of cells with different colors according to the values.
  • Icon sets, which precede the text in a cell with an icon that represent some aspect of the value of the cell with respect to other values in a group of cells, can also be applied. Icons can be conditionally applied to show up only when certain criteria is met, such as a cross showing up on an invalid value, where the condition for invalidity can be specified by the user.
  • Data Bars show as a gradient bar in the background of a cell the contribution of the cell value in the group.
• Column titles can optionally show options to control the layout of the column.
• Multithreaded calculation of formulae, to speed up large calculations, especially on multi-core/multi-processor systems.
• User Defined Functions (UDF), which are custom functions written to supplement Excel's set of built-in functions, can work of the the extra cells and columns. UDFs now can also be multithreaded. Server side UDFs are based on the .NET Managed code.
• Importing data from external sources, such as a databse, has been upgraded. Data can also be imported from formatted tables and reports, which do not have a regular grid structure.
• Formula Autocomplete, automatically suggests function names, arguments and named ranges, and automatically completing them if desired, based on the characters entered. Formulae can refer to a table as well.
• CUBE functions which allow importing data, including set aggregated data, from data analysis services, such as SQL Server Analysis Services.
• Page Layout view, to author spreadsheets in a way that mirrors the formatting that will be applied when printed.
• PivotTables, which are used to create analysis reports out of sets of data, can now support hierarchical data, by displaying a row in the table with a "+" icon, which, when clicked, more rows regarding it, which can also be hierarchical. PivotTables can also be sorted and filtered independently, and conditional formatting used to highlight trends in the data.
• Excel features a new charting engine, which supports advanced formatting, including 3D rendering, transparencies and shadows. Chart layouts can also be customized to highlight various trends in the data.

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Microsoft Office PowerPoint

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

• Improvements to text rendering to support text based graphics.
• Rendering of 3D graphics.
• Support for tables.
• Slide Library, which lets reusing of any slide or presentation as a template. Any presentation or slide can be published to the Slide Library.
• Any custom-designed slide library can be saved.
• Presentations can be digitally signed.
• Presentations can be exported as PDF or XPS documents.

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Microsoft Office InfoPath

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007

• InfoPath designed forms can now be used from a browser.
• A form can be sent out to people via e-mail. Such forms can be filled out from Outlook 2007 itself.
• Automatic conversion of forms in Word and Excel to InfoPath forms. Forms can also be exported to Excel.
• Forms can be published to a network share or to SharePoint server.
• Adding data validation, using validation formulae, and conditional formatting features without manually writing code.
• Print Layout view for designing forms in a view that mirror the printed layout. Such forms can be opened using Word as well.
• Ability to use Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office Access of other databases as back-end data repository.
• Multiple views for the same forms, to expose different features to different class of users.
• Template Parts, used to group Office InfoPath controls, for use later. Template parts retain its XML schema.

Microsoft Office Visio

• PivotDiagrams, which are used to visualize data, show data groups and hierarchichal relationships.
• Visual modification of PivotDiagrams by dragging data around levels, to restructure the data relationships.
• PivotDiagrams can show aggregate statistical summaries for the data and show them.
• Shapes can be linked with external data sources. Doing so, the shapes are formatted according to the data. The data, and hence the shapes, are updated periodically. Such shapes can also be formatted manually using the Data Graphics feature.

Microsoft Office Publisher

1. Templates automatically fill out with information such as company name, logo etc, wherever applicable.
2. Frequently used content can be stored in Content Store for quick access.
3. A document can be automatically converted from one publication type, such as a newsletter, to another publication type, say a web page.
4. Catalog Merge can create publication content automatically by retrieving data, including text, images and other supported types, from an external data source.
5. Design Checker, which is used to find design inconsistencies, has been updated.

Microsoft Office Project

1. Ability to create custom templates.
2. Any change in the project plan or schedule updates and highlights everything else that is affected.
3. Analyze changes without actually committing them. Changes can also be done and undone programmatically, to automate analysis of different changes.
4. Improved cost resource management and analysis for projects.
5. Project data can be used to automatically create charts and diagrams in Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office Visio, respectively.
6. The project schedule can be managed as 3D Gantt chart.
7. Sharing project data with the help of SharePoint services.

Server Components

SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 allows sharing and collaborative editing of Office 2007 documents. It allows to central storage of documents and management of Office documents, althroughout the enterprise. These documents can be accessed either by the applications which created them, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 or a web browser. Documents can also be managed through pre-defined policies and lets users create and publish shared content, through a SharePoint site.

SharePoint server allows searching of all Office documents which are being manged by it, centrally, thereby making data more accessible. It also provides access control for documents. Specialized server components can plug into the SharePoint server to extend the functionality of the server, such as Excel Services exposing data analysis services for Excel services. Data from other data sources can also be merged with Office data.

SharePoint also lets users personalize the SharePoint sites, filtering content they are interested in. SharePoint documents can also be locally cached by clients for offline editing; they change are later merged.

Forms Server 2007

Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007 allows InfoPath forms to be accessed and filled up using any browser, including mobile phone browsers. Forms Server 2007 also supports using a database or other data source as the back-end for the form. Also it allows centralized deplyment and management of forms. Forms Server 2007 hosted forms also support data validation and conditional formatting, as their InfoPath counterpart.

Groove Server 2007

Microsoft Office Groove Server is for centrally managing all deployments of Microsoft office Groove 2007 in the enterprise. It enables using Active Directory for Groove user accounts, and create Groove Domanins, with individual policy settings. Typically Active Directory is managed using the graphical Microsoft Management Console. ...

Project Server 2007

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 allows to centrally manage and coordinate projects. It allows budget and resource tracking, and manage activity plan. The project data and reports can also be further analyzed using Cube Building Service. The project management data can be accessed from a browser as well.

Project Portfolio Server 2007

Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server allows creation of a project protfolio, including worsflows, and hosting it centrally, so that the information is available althroughout the enterprise, even from a browser. It also aids in centralized data aggregation regarding the project planning and execution, and visualize and analyze the data to optimize the project plan. It can also support mutiple portfolios per project, to track different aspects of it. It also includes reporting tools to create consolidated reports out of the project data.

Related Products

• Sharepoint 2007, also known as Sharepoint Services v3.

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References

1. ^ Microsoft adds Ultimate edition of Office. CNet News.com. (2006-05-25). URL accessed on 2006-05-25.
2. ^ What programs get the new Office UI?. URL accessed on 2006-05-25.
3. ^ Office 2007 Beta 2 UI Review. URL accessed on 2006-05-25.
4. ^ The New Microsoft Office User Interface Overview. URL accessed on 2006-05-25.
5. ^ File formats. URL accessed on 2006-05-25.
6. ^ Blogging from Word 2007. URL accessed on 2006-05-25.
7. ^ Computer World Review. URL accessed on 2006-05-25.

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External links

Microsoft

• Get The Beta Now
• [2] Main information site of 2007 Microsoft Office system
• [3] 2007 Microsoft Office system UI preview
• [4] New Office "12" UI showcase
• [5] PDC 2005 downloads, including Office "12" presentations
• [6] Office "12" & Business Intelligence
• [7] Microsoft Releases Technical Beta of Office "12"

Microsofts Professional Developers Conference (or PDC) is a conference for professional software developers, normally Windows developers. ...

Internal bloggers and evangelists

• [8] Jensen Harris: in depth Office "12" UI design overview
• [9] Brian Jones: Office "12" XML file formats
• [10] David Gainer: Excel "12"
• [11] Erik Rucker: Access "12"
• [12] Chris Pratley: OneNote "12" WebLog
• [13] Owen Braun: another OneNote "12" blog
• [14] Dieter Zirkler: ProjBlog, including Project "12" news
• [15] Lidiane Souza: a new Project "12" blog
• [16] Cyndy Wessling: PDF support in Office "12"
• [17] Jeff Bell: Publisher "12" and PDF support in Office "12"
• [18] Andy Simonds: XPS and digital documents team
• [19] Joe Friend: Word "12"
• [20] Rob Mauceri: FrontPage "12"
• [21] Mike Kelly: Office Assistance team
• [22] Marc Olson: integration of Groove into Office "12"
• [23] Will Kennedy: Outlook "12"
• [24] Michael Affronti: Outlook "12" RSS aggregation and search
• [25] Melissa MacBeth: Outlook "12" task and time management
• [26] Ryan Gregg: Outlook "12" programmability
• [27] Brendan Busch: PowerPoint "12"
• [28] Eric Rockey: Visio "12"
• [29] Tudor Toma: InfoPath "12"
• [30] PJ Hough: Windows SharePoint Services
• [31] Office "12" Web Content Management blog
• [32] Brian Kennemer: Project Server and Deployment Issues
• [33] Larry Duff: Project and Project Server Development

The XML Paper Specification (XPS, formerly codenamed Metro) describes the XPS Document format. ...

Channel 9 videos

• [34] New Office UI
• [35] Outlook Express
• [36] Sharepoint
• [37] Infopath
• [38] Sharepoint & Windows Workflow Foundation
• [39] Word to PDF File Translation
• [40] Business Intelligence in Excel 2007

Other reviews

• [41] ZDNet.com.au: review of the Office "12" pre-Beta 1
• [42] xBetas @ PDC 05: new UI screenshots
• [43] Bink.nu: more UI screenshots
• [44] ActiveWin: more screenshots of FrontPage and OneNote
• [45] ActiveWin: review of the Office "12" Beta 1 (a lot of details and screenshots)
• [46] CNET News on Office beta & native PDF support
• [47] SQL BI blog: Excel "12" BI revealed (by Marco Russo)
• [48] PC Magazine's review of the Office "12" Technical Beta 1 release (over 25 screenshots)
• [49] Paul Thurrott: PDC 2005 coverage
• [50] Paul Thurrott: Office "12" pre-beta 1 screenshot galleries
• [51] Paul Thurrott: Inside Office 12, Part 1
• [52] Paul Thurrott: Inside Office 12, Part 2
• [53] Office 12 Watch blog
• [54] OfficeZealot's Office 12 zone
• [55] Sharepoint 3.0 features blog post
• [56] List of Excel "12" articles (maintained by Debra Dalgleish)
• [57] Microsoft Project Reporter
• [58] SharePoint Reporter
• [59] Collaboration SharePoint
• [60] Paul Thurrot's review of Office 2007 Beta 2
• [61] Computerworld.com's Review and Visual Tour: Microsoft's 2007 Office Beta 2
• [62] eWeek.com's Microsoft's 2007 Office Beta 2 review