Get better results faster with the Office Fluent user interface
The new Fluent user interface in Office Basic 2007 helps you create documents faster, more easily and more intuitively. Reduce the time and frustration of learning new software with commands that present the right tools when you need them.

Create high-quality documents you can be proud of
Office Basic 2007 has improved picture, charting, and graphics tools to help you quickly produce better-looking documents, spreadsheets and presentations. A large library of charts, quick formatting tools and SmartArt diagrams make it easy to include stunning visuals in your documents.

Preview your changes quickly
Office Basic 2007 makes it easier to format your Office documents with Live Preview. You can preview proposed changes to your document while you work, without having to repeatedly search through layers of menus. By ‘test-driving’ your proposed formatting, you can save time and experiment more freely.

Organise your tasks and communications in one place
Office Outlook 2007 features a new To-Do Bar, for organising tasks, appointments and e-mail messages flagged for follow-up. You can view tasks on the calendar alongside your appointments, while uncompleted tasks roll over to the next day and accumulate until finished.

Visualise key data trends using conditional formatting
Office Basic 2007 features highly visual conditional formatting in Office Excel 2007, with new data bars, and more colourful gradients and icons. You can then format data based on specific rules, and easily identify key data trends with visual cues.

Improve email security and reduce electronic junk mail
Office Basic 2007 includes an improved Office Outlook 2007 junk e-mail filter, to help reduce spam and protect against potentially harmful attachments. Office Outlook 2007’s enhanced security features help to prevent the widespread practice of ‘phishing’ – fraudulent attempts to obtain users’ personal financial details.

Remove private information from the documents you want to share
Detect and remove unwanted comments, hidden text or personally identifiable information in your documents using the Document Inspector. With just a few clicks, you can automatically detect and choose to remove sensitive information from your documents.

Take control of formatting documents
Office Basic 2007 makes it easier to format your Office Word 2007 documents, with more stable and predictable bullets, numbers, and tables. The Themes feature helps ensure a consistent appearance between your Office Word 2007, Office Excel 2007 and Office PowerPoint 2007 documents, reducing the effort of working across the programs you use the most.

Help ensure broader distribution of your documents and presentations
New support for Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) file formats helps ensure broader distribution of your documents with others. Simply convert your files to PDF or XPS, and share with users on any platform.

Find the Help you need to get started
Office Basic 2007’s improved Help system provides enhanced ScreenTips, and links to relevant information in Office 2007 and online. Get started easily with online tutorials featuring step-by-step guides, or by using some of the new out-of-the-box templates.

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• 500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
• 256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher
• 1.5 gigabyte (GB) hard disk; a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive.
• CD-ROM or DVD drive
• 1024x768 or higher resolution monitor
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, or later operating system
• Certain inking features require running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later. Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device. Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
• Connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later is required for certain advanced functionality in Outlook 2007. Dynamic Calendars require server connectivity. Instant Search requires Microsoft Windows Desktop Search 3.0.
• Connectivity to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is required for certain advanced functionality PowerPoint Slide Library requires Office SharePoint Server 2007.
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32 bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees may apply).
• Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration and operating system.
• 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Outlook Instant Search. Grammar and contextual spelling in Word is not turned on unless the machine has 1 GB memory.
  The Office Clean-up wizard not available on 64 bit OS

• Microsoft Office OneNote™ 2007 enables information workers to easily capture, organize, find, and share their notes, so they can manage all of their information in one place and use it more productively.
• Microsoft Project Standard is the easy-to-use Microsoft Office tool that enables project managers and business managers to effectively plan and manage projects independently from a computer.
• Visio is ideal for people who don’t have artistic skills but need visuals to help relay important information. Users can easily assemble diagrams using intelligent, pre-defined SmartShapes® symbols.

Office Basic 2007 is only promoted by computer manufacturers in conjunction with a new computer purchase and is preinstalled.