Microsoft business contact manager 2007 overview

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At a minimum, you'll need to have Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or Windows XP SP2 on a 500MHz processor with 256MB of RAM (512MB or more for Outlook with Business Contact Manager, which comes in the Small Business, Professional, and Ultimate editions). Office 2007 is supposed to work the same whether running on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista. Unlike the Windows Vista operating system, the new Office does not demand the newest hardware. Office Standard 2007 is smaller than its predecessors, at about 3GB. In the end, we installed everything available.ДЇrom that point on, loading the Office suite onto our hard drive took 15 minutes flat. And while Microsoft displays your available hard drive space as well as how much of that is needed by your selected set of applications, there's no indication of the size of each individual application and you're left to your subtraction skills here. It's too bad that while this process lets you handpick which items to install, it doesn't explain what you'll miss if you reject, say, Office Tools. When we chose to Customize the installation on another PC, the process was more involved. We wished that Microsoft better explained the Internet-based services Office 2007 can connect to.

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Here are some of the highlights: You're allowed to install Office 2007 software on two computers you must agree to download updates whenever Microsoft decides you need them and Microsoft may verify your license key at any time to make sure that you're not using pirated software. We spent 40 minutes just skimming the 10,379-word End User License Agreement and stopped before we could understand it all. However, settle into your chair if you're curious about the fine print.

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And oddly both the Enterprise and Professional Plus editions lack the Business Contact Manager component of Outlook, which corporate users might want for their marketing efforts.Д«reezing through the options, our fastest installation of Microsoft Office Standard 2007 took no more than 20 minutes on a Windows XP computer.

Only the Enterprise and the $679 ($539 upgrade) Ultimate editions include the new Groove tool. At $449 ($279 upgrade), Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 costs $50 less than the Professional edition that includes the Access database program. The Basic package, with Word, Excel, and Outlook, only comes pre-installed on computers sold by manufacturers that have Microsoft software licensing agreements.

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Households that don't need desktop e-mail should opt for Office Home & Student at $149 (no upgrade option), a new suite roughly equivalent to Office Student and Teacher 2003 but with OneNote instead of Outlook. This suite includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook in addition to Office Tools that manage language settings and pictures and include a diagnostics tool for use in the event of a crash. We reviewed Microsoft Office Standard 2007, which costs a substantial $399, or $239 to upgrade. Oddly, despite its bevy of Windows Live and Office Live services, Microsoft chose not to build a bridge to the Web for all Office users. The advent of Office 2007 comes as a growing number of competing tools are simpler, cost less (if they aren't free), and handle the same core features. Integration among the applications isn't as thorough as we'd hoped, and there's no one-click way to collaborate with others on an edit without buying Microsoft's Groove online collaboration tool or working within a server setting. However, it also falls short in key areas. Office 2007 does offer complex features that you can't yet find elsewhere. But take heed: The new era of Office affects even those who don't upgrade, and a conversion tool is needed to let older Office versions open Office 2007's default, Open XML files. We imagine that power users who have mastered the nooks and crannies of the older versions will curse the steep learning curve.

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However, if you only use a small fraction of what Office offers or you felt that getting the hang of Office 2003 was painful enough, then you might want to leave Office 2007 on the shelf or try it free for two months first. First-time Office users may have an easier time than veteran users getting their bearings. Professionals who want to impress clients and co-workers with attractive reports, charts, and slide shows will find this a worthy upgrade. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 can produce more-polished documents and presentations, and Outlook's new scheduling abilities make it a handier communications hub. This upgrade isn't for everyone: If you're patient, eager to try the latest tools, and willing to relearn most of what you already know about Office, then you may relish the challenge of Microsoft Office 2007. The new Office looks so unlike its predecessors, it's likely to spark intense love-hate responses from users. The ambitious, ground-up rebuild of Microsoft Office Standard 2007 presents drastically different interfaces and new file formats.

Microsoft business contact manager 2007 overview