Ashtech

Yeah…Yeah…I know I’m a little late with this one but as they say “Better late than Never”.
so to start off with office 2007, ill just give you a summary of what’s new in it in Advance-

Microsoft Word

new, results-oriented interface presents tools to you when you need them, in a clear and organized fashion:

• Save time and get more out of the powerful Word capabilities by selecting from galleries of predefined styles, table formats, list formats, graphical effects, and more.
• Word eliminates the guesswork when you apply formatting to your document. The galleries of formatting choices give you a live visual preview of the formatting in your document before you commit to making a change.
• When you are working on a document from a particular template type, such as a report, you can select from a gallery of preformatted cover pages, pull quotes, and headers and footers to make your document look more polished.
• If you want to customize the preformatted content, or if your organization often uses the same piece of content, such as legal disclaimer text or customer contact information, you can create your own building blocks that you select from the gallery with a single click.
• New charting and diagramming features include three-dimensional shapes, transparency, drop shadows, and other effects.
• When your company updates its look, you can instantly follow suit in your documents. By using Quick Styles and Document Themes, you can quickly change the appearance of text, tables, and graphics throughout your document to match your preferred style or color scheme.
• Quickly compare two versions of a document

• Remove unwanted information

• Convert your Word documents to PDF or XPS(Master Stroke!)

• Instantly detect documents that contain embedded macros

• Reduce file sizes and improve corruption recovery

• Connect your documents to business information

Ok..so that was all listed in the Help file of the word program. Now when I used office 2007 on my PC there’s one thing I noticed instantly. It works like a snail on a low-end PC, so its better off with 2003 if you aren’t lucky enough to even have 512 Mb of ram(I’ve got 256…ouch!).

Barring that the new look and interface breath a new life into the word processor, it may take a little time to get used to but after an hour or two, it works like a dream. The new Ribbon style as compared to the old drop down menu style gives a lot more accessibility without much hassle, and the increased file compatibility is a sureshot winner!Another new addition to the program is the option to “Theme” your file through which you can change the look of Word itself!

Another new and exciting feature is the Smart Art option where you can add interactive tables and images to your document-

Here’s an example of how it actually looks!!!

Conclusion-

Bold and Beautiful, Definitely a must have!!!