<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
(	O
codenamed	O
Office	B-Application
12	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
office	O
suite	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
officially	O
revealed	O
on	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2006	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
12th	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
manufacturing	O
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2006	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
subsequently	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
volume	B-License
license	I-License
customers	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
to	O
retail	O
on	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ninth	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
Office	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
was	O
preceded	O
by	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
and	O
succeeded	O
by	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
equivalent	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
called	O
the	O
Fluent	O
User	O
Interface	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
ribbons	O
and	O
an	O
Office	O
menu	O
instead	O
of	O
menu	O
bars	O
and	O
toolbars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
also	O
introduced	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
file	O
formats	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
file	O
formats	O
in	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Word	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP2	O
or	O
later	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
SP1	O
or	O
later	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
R2	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2012	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2012	I-Device
R2	O
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
to	O
support	O
the	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
,	O
the	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP2	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
SP1	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
RTM	O
as	O
the	O
following	O
version	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
only	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP3	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
SP2	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
SP1	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
includes	O
new	O
applications	O
and	O
server-side	O
tools	O
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Groove	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
collaboration	O
and	O
communication	O
suite	O
for	O
smaller	O
businesses	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Groove	B-Protocol
Networks	O
before	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
included	O
is	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2007	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
revision	O
to	O
the	O
server	O
platform	O
for	O
Office	O
applications	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
Excel	B-Operating_System
Services	I-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
client-server	O
architecture	O
for	O
supporting	O
Excel	B-Application
workbooks	O
that	O
are	O
shared	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
between	O
multiple	O
machines	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
also	O
viewable	O
and	O
editable	O
through	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
FrontPage	I-Operating_System
discontinued	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SharePoint	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
aimed	O
towards	O
development	O
of	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
portals	I-Protocol
,	O
becomes	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
designer-oriented	O
counterpart	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Web	I-Application
,	O
is	O
targeted	O
for	O
general	O
web	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
neither	O
application	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
software	B-Application
suites	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
functionality	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
individual	O
programs	O
in	O
the	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
suite	O
,	O
as	O
Windows	B-General_Concept
Speech	I-General_Concept
Recognition	I-General_Concept
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
users	O
must	O
install	O
a	O
previous	O
version	O
of	O
Office	O
to	O
use	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Forrester	O
Research	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
is	O
used	O
in	O
81%	O
of	O
enterprises	O
it	O
surveyed	O
(	O
its	O
sample	O
comprising	O
115	O
North	O
American	O
and	O
European	O
enterprise	O
and	O
SMB	O
decision	O
makers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mainstream	O
support	O
for	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
ended	O
on	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
extended	O
support	O
ended	O
on	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
Outlook	B-Application
2007	I-Application
and	O
Outlook	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
would	O
be	O
cut	O
off	O
from	O
connecting	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
365	O
Exchange	O
servers	O
on	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
announced	O
Beta	O
1	O
of	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
with	O
the	O
revelation	O
of	O
the	O
ribbon	O
user	O
interface	O
on	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
at	O
CeBIT	O
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
was	O
released	O
to	O
volume	B-License
licensing	I-License
customers	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
on	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
three	O
service	O
packs	O
containing	O
updates	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
additional	O
features	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
Service	O
Packs	O
are	O
cumulative	O
,	O
so	O
previous	O
Service	O
Packs	O
are	O
not	O
a	O
prerequisite	O
for	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
28	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
added	O
improved	O
support	O
for	O
ODF	B-Application
,	O
XPS	B-Device
and	O
PDF	B-Application
standards	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
several	O
bug	B-Application
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
Service	O
Pack	O
3	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
Office	O
Customization	O
Tool	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
customize	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
by	O
creating	O
a	O
Windows	O
Installer	O
patch	O
file	O
(	O
.MSP	O
)	O
and	O
replacing	O
the	O
Custom	O
Installation	O
Wizard	O
and	O
Custom	O
Deployment	O
Wizard	O
included	O
in	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Office	O
Resource	O
Kit	O
that	O
created	O
a	O
Windows	O
Installer	O
Transform	O
(	O
.MST	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eligible	O
employees	O
of	O
companies	O
with	O
volume	B-License
license	I-License
agreements	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
receive	O
additional	O
tools	O
,	O
including	O
enterprise	B-Application
content	I-Application
management	I-Application
,	O
electronic	O
forms	O
,	O
Information	O
Rights	O
Management	O
capabilities	O
and	O
copies	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
a	O
home	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
user	O
interface	O
(	O
UI	O
)	O
,	O
officially	O
known	O
as	O
Fluent	O
User	O
Interface	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
implemented	O
in	O
the	O
core	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
applications	O
:	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
,	O
Access	B-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
item	O
inspector	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
or	O
edit	O
individual	O
items	O
in	O
Outlook	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
button	O
,	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
top-left	O
of	O
the	O
window	O
,	O
replaces	O
the	O
File	O
menu	O
and	O
provides	O
access	B-Application
to	O
functionality	O
common	O
across	O
all	O
Office	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
opening	O
,	O
saving	O
,	O
printing	O
,	O
and	O
sharing	O
a	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
accessibility	O
improvement	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
Office	O
button	O
follows	O
Fitts	B-General_Concept
's	I-General_Concept
law	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ribbon	O
is	O
present	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2007	O
,	O
Excel	B-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
Access	B-Application
2007	O
and	O
some	O
Outlook	B-Application
2007	I-Application
windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ribbon	O
is	O
not	O
user	O
customizable	O
in	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
while	O
Excel	B-Application
has	O
a	O
tab	O
for	O
the	O
graphing	O
capabilities	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
does	O
not	O
;	O
instead	O
it	O
has	O
tabs	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
formatting	O
of	O
a	O
text	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ribbon	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
more	O
discoverable	O
and	O
accessible	O
with	O
fewer	O
mouse	O
clicks	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
menu-based	O
UI	O
used	O
prior	O
to	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
does	O
not	O
natively	O
support	O
removing	O
,	O
modifying	O
or	O
replacing	O
ribbon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third	O
party	O
add-ins	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
can	O
bring	O
menus	O
and	O
toolbars	O
back	O
to	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
or	O
customize	O
the	O
ribbon	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
does	O
allow	O
user	O
customization	O
of	O
the	O
ribbon	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
also	O
introduces	O
a	O
feature	O
called	O
Live	O
Preview	O
,	O
which	O
temporarily	O
applies	O
formatting	O
on	O
the	O
focused	O
text	O
or	O
object	O
when	O
any	O
formatting	O
button	O
is	O
moused-over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mini	O
Toolbar	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
made	O
to	O
appear	O
by	O
right-clicking	O
in	O
the	O
editing	O
area	O
or	O
via	O
key	O
on	O
keyboard	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
case	O
it	O
appears	O
near	O
the	O
cursor	B-Application
,	O
above	O
or	O
below	O
the	O
traditional	O
context	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mini	O
Toolbar	O
is	O
not	O
customizable	O
in	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
turned	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quick	O
Access	B-Application
toolbar	O
(	O
by	O
default	O
)	O
sits	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
bar	O
and	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
repository	O
of	O
most	O
used	O
functions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
save	O
,	O
undo/redo	O
and	O
print	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
command	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
entire	O
Office	O
application	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Quick	O
Access	B-Application
toolbar	O
,	O
including	O
commands	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
ribbon	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
macros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartArt	O
,	O
found	O
under	O
the	O
Insert	O
tab	O
in	O
the	O
ribbon	O
in	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
,	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Outlook	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
group	O
of	O
editable	O
and	O
formatted	O
diagrams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
file	O
format	O
,	O
called	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
files	O
are	O
saved	O
using	O
an	O
extra	O
X	O
letter	O
in	O
their	O
extension	O
(	O
.docx/xlsx/pptx/etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
has	O
made	O
available	O
a	O
free	O
add-on	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Compatibility	O
Pack	O
that	O
lets	O
Office	O
2000	O
,	O
XP	B-Application
,	O
and	O
2003	O
open	O
,	O
edit	O
,	O
and	O
save	O
documents	O
created	O
under	O
the	O
newer	O
2007	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
is	O
based	O
on	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
uses	O
the	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
container	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
documents	O
created	O
in	O
this	O
format	O
are	O
up	O
to	O
75%	O
smaller	O
than	O
the	O
same	O
documents	O
saved	O
with	O
previous	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
file	O
formats	O
,	O
owing	O
to	O
the	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
data	O
compression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
containing	O
macros	O
are	O
saved	O
with	O
an	O
extra	O
M	O
letter	O
in	O
their	O
extension	O
instead	O
(	O
.docm/xlsm/pptm/etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
promised	O
to	O
support	O
exporting	O
to	O
Portable	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
PDF	B-Application
)	O
in	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
legal	O
objections	O
from	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
,	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
originally	O
did	O
not	O
offer	O
PDF	B-Application
support	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
free	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
,	O
Office	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
natively	O
export	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
documents	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
exported	O
as	O
XPS	B-Device
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
backs	O
an	O
open-source	O
effort	O
to	O
support	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
in	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
earlier	O
versions	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
Office	O
2000	O
)	O
,	O
through	O
a	O
converter	O
add-in	O
for	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
and	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
,	O
and	O
also	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
project	B-Operating_System
supports	O
conversion	O
between	O
ODF	B-Application
and	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
file	O
formats	O
for	O
all	O
three	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
ODF	B-Application
Alliance	O
this	O
support	O
falls	O
short	O
and	O
substantial	O
improvements	O
are	O
still	O
needed	O
for	O
interoperability	O
in	O
real-world	O
situations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
plugins	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
from	O
and	O
write	O
to	O
the	O
ISO-standard	O
Open	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
ODF	B-Application
)	O
are	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
adds	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
Format	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ODF	B-Application
Alliance	O
has	O
released	O
test	O
results	O
on	O
ODF	B-Application
support	O
of	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
SP2	O
,	O
concluding	O
that	O
Office	O
ODF	B-Application
support	O
,	O
both	O
SP2	O
and	O
other	O
add-ons	O
,	O
have	O
"	O
serious	O
shortcomings	O
that	O
,	O
left	O
unaddressed	O
,	O
would	O
break	O
the	O
open	O
standards	O
based	O
interoperability	O
that	O
the	O
marketplace	O
,	O
especially	O
governments	O
,	O
is	O
demanding	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Particularly	O
,	O
SP2	O
has	O
no	O
support	O
for	O
encrypted	O
ODF	B-Application
files	O
and	O
has	O
limited	O
interoperability	O
with	O
other	O
ODF	B-Application
spreadsheet	O
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300	I-Application
OpenDocument	B-Application
standard	O
specifies	O
encryption	O
of	O
files	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
sha1	B-Algorithm
,	O
Blowfish	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
RFC	O
2898	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
SP2	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
reading	O
and	O
writing	O
encrypted	O
(	O
password	O
protected	O
)	O
ODF	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300	I-Application
OpenDocument	B-Application
standard	O
has	O
no	O
spreadsheet	O
formula	O
language	O
included	O
(	O
or	O
referenced	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
SP2	O
uses	O
the	O
spreadsheet	O
formula	O
language	O
specified	O
in	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Operating_System
29500	I-Operating_System
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
open	O
standard	O
when	O
creating	O
ODF	B-Application
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
Alliance	O
report	O
"	O
ODF	B-Application
spreadsheets	O
created	O
in	O
Excel	B-Application
2007	I-Application
SP2	O
do	O
not	O
in	O
fact	O
conform	O
to	O
ODF	B-Application
1.1	I-Application
because	O
Excel	B-Application
2007	I-Application
incorrectly	O
encodes	O
formulas	O
with	O
cell	O
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Section	O
8.3.1	O
of	O
ODF	B-Application
1.1	I-Application
says	O
that	O
addresses	O
in	O
formulas	O
"	O
start	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
[	O
"	O
and	O
end	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
]	O
"	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Excel	B-Application
2007	I-Application
cell	O
addresses	O
were	O
not	O
enclosed	O
with	O
the	O
necessary	O
square	O
brackets.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300	I-Application
specification	O
states	O
that	O
the	O
semantics	O
and	O
the	O
syntax	O
depends	O
on	O
the	O
used	O
namespace	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
implementation	O
dependent	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
syntax	O
implementation	O
defined	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
consider	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
an	O
official	O
ODF	B-Application
formula	O
language	O
(	O
OpenFormula	O
)	O
,	O
once	O
a	O
future	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300	I-Application
standard	O
specification	O
includes	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
's	O
ODF	B-Application
spreadsheet	O
support	O
in	O
SP2	O
is	O
not	O
fully	O
inter-operable	O
with	O
other	O
implementations	O
of	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	O
Symphony	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
the	O
non-standardized	O
OpenOffice.org	O
2.x	O
formula	O
language	O
,	O
and	O
OpenOffice.org	O
3.x	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
a	O
draft	O
of	O
OpenFormula	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
had	O
previously	O
reportedly	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
where	O
ODF	B-Application
1.1	I-Application
is	O
ambiguous	O
or	O
incomplete	O
,	O
the	O
Office	O
implementation	O
can	O
be	O
guided	O
by	O
current	O
practice	O
in	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
mainly	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
implementations	O
including	O
KOffice	O
and	O
AbiWord	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Amstein	O
and	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
team	O
are	O
reluctant	O
to	O
make	O
liberal	O
use	O
of	O
extension	O
mechanisms	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
provided	O
in	O
ODF	B-Application
1.1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EU	O
investigated	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
OpenDocument	B-Application
Format	I-Application
support	O
to	O
see	O
if	O
it	O
provided	O
consumers	O
greater	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
introduced	O
the	O
Document	O
Inspector	O
,	O
an	O
integral	O
metadata	B-Application
removal	I-Application
tool	I-Application
that	O
strips	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
documents	O
of	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
author	O
name	O
and	O
comments	O
and	O
other	O
"	O
metadata	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Office	B-General_Concept
Assistants	I-General_Concept
were	O
eliminated	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
online	O
help	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
includes	O
features	O
geared	O
towards	O
collaboration	O
and	O
data	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
features	O
server	O
components	O
for	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
which	O
work	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Services	I-Protocol
,	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
collaboration	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Protocol
works	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2007	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
host	O
a	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
site	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
IIS	B-Application
and	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excel	B-Application
server	O
exposes	O
Excel	B-Operating_System
Services	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
allows	O
any	O
worksheet	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
,	O
edited	O
and	O
maintained	O
via	O
web	O
browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
Excel	B-Application
Web	O
Access	B-Application
,	O
the	O
client-side	O
component	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
render	O
the	O
worksheet	O
on	O
a	O
browser	O
,	O
Excel	B-Application
Calculation	O
Service	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
server	O
side	O
component	O
which	O
populates	O
the	O
worksheet	O
with	O
data	O
and	O
perform	O
calculations	O
,	O
and	O
Excel	B-Application
Web	O
Services	O
that	O
extends	O
Excel	B-Application
functionalities	O
into	O
individual	O
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Protocol
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
host	O
Word	B-Application
documents	O
for	O
collaborative	O
editing	O
,	O
by	O
sharing	O
a	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Protocol
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
hold	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
slides	O
in	O
a	O
Slide	O
Library	O
,	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
slides	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
formatting	O
template	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
by	O
using	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
,	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
can	O
manage	O
shared	O
review	O
of	O
presentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
hosted	O
document	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
the	O
application	O
which	O
created	O
the	O
document	O
or	O
from	O
other	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
browser	O
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Outlook	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
Groove	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
brings	O
collaborative	O
features	O
to	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
paradigm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Groove	B-Protocol
can	O
host	O
documents	O
,	O
including	O
presentations	O
,	O
workbooks	O
and	O
others	O
,	O
created	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
application	O
in	O
a	O
shared	O
workspace	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
collaborative	O
editing	O
of	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Groove	B-Protocol
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
managing	O
workspace	O
sessions	O
,	O
including	O
access	B-Application
control	O
of	O
the	O
workspace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Groove	B-Protocol
also	O
provides	O
features	O
for	O
conflict	O
resolution	O
for	O
conflicting	O
edits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schedules	O
for	O
a	O
collaboration	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
decided	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
built-in	O
shared	O
calendar	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
keep	O
track	O
of	O
the	O
progress	O
of	O
a	O
project	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
calendar	O
is	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Outlook	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
places	O
more	O
emphasis	O
on	O
Document	O
Themes	O
and	O
Quick	O
Styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
Office	O
Theme	O
file	O
format	O
(	O
.THMX	O
)	O
is	O
shared	O
between	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
and	O
Outlook	B-Application
email	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
themes	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
data	O
reports	O
in	O
Access	B-Application
and	O
Project	B-Operating_System
or	O
shapes	O
in	O
Visio	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Default	O
font	O
now	O
Calibri	O
instead	O
of	O
Times	O
New	O
Roman	O
,	O
as	O
featured	O
in	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
count	O
listed	O
by	O
default	O
in	O
the	O
status	O
bar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	B-Application
count	O
dynamically	O
updates	O
as	O
you	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
selected	O
,	O
hovering	O
the	O
mouse	O
cursor	B-Application
over	O
a	O
word	B-Application
displays	O
its	O
translation	O
in	O
the	O
particular	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connect	O
to	O
web	O
services	O
to	O
access	B-Application
online	O
reference	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Redesigned	O
native	O
mathematical	B-Application
equation	I-Application
support	O
with	O
TeX-like	O
linear	O
input/edit	O
language	O
or	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
save	O
multiple	O
versions	O
of	O
a	O
document	O
(	O
which	O
had	O
existed	O
since	O
Word	B-Application
97	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blog	O
entries	O
can	O
be	O
authored	O
in	O
Word	B-Application
itself	O
and	O
uploaded	O
directly	O
to	O
a	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
blogging	O
sites	O
include	O
Windows	O
Live	O
Spaces	O
,	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
,	O
Telligent	B-Protocol
Community	I-Protocol
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
major	O
change	O
in	O
Outlook	B-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
Exchange	O
5.5	O
support	O
has	O
been	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Evolution	B-Language
,	O
Outlook	B-Application
Express	I-Application
and	O
Entourage	B-Application
,	O
Outlook	B-Application
now	O
works	O
only	O
with	O
Exchange	O
2000	O
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
becomes	O
the	O
default	O
text	O
editor	O
for	O
this	O
and	O
all	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outlook	B-Application
now	O
indexes	O
(	O
using	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Search	I-Application
APIs	O
)	O
the	O
e-mails	O
,	O
contacts	O
,	O
tasks	O
,	O
calendar	O
entries	O
,	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
and	O
other	O
items	O
,	O
to	O
speed	O
up	O
searches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
features	O
word-wheeled	O
search	O
,	O
which	O
displays	O
results	O
as	O
characters	O
are	O
typed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outlook	B-Application
now	O
supports	O
text-messages	O
and	O
SMSs	O
,	O
when	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Exchange	O
Server	O
2007	O
Unified	O
Messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outlook	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
reader	O
for	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Common	I-Application
Feeds	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outlook	B-Application
can	O
now	O
support	O
multiple	O
calendars	O
being	O
worked	O
with	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outlook	B-Application
also	O
supports	O
web	O
calendars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calendars	O
can	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
other	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
exported	O
as	O
a	O
HTML	O
file	O
for	O
viewing	O
by	O
others	O
who	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
Outlook	B-Application
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outlook	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
To	O
Do	O
Bar	O
,	O
which	O
consolidates	O
appointment	O
,	O
calendar	O
,	O
and	O
task	O
items	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
or	O
offline	O
editing	O
of	O
all	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
documents	O
via	O
a	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contacts	O
can	O
be	O
shared	O
among	O
users	O
,	O
via	O
e-mail	O
,	O
Exchange	O
Server	O
or	O
a	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTML	O
in	O
e-mails	O
is	O
now	O
rendered	O
using	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
rendering	O
engine	O
which	O
disallows	O
several	O
HTML	O
tags	O
like	O
object	O
,	O
script	O
,	O
iframe	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Outlook	I-Application
can	O
also	O
include	O
an	O
optional	O
Business	B-Application
Contact	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
included	O
on	O
a	O
separate	O
installation	O
disc	O
in	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
Small	O
Business	O
and	O
above	O
)	O
which	O
allows	O
management	O
of	O
business	O
contacts	O
and	O
their	O
sales	O
and	O
marketing	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
keep	O
a	O
track	O
of	O
billable	O
time	O
for	O
each	O
contact	O
on	O
the	O
Outlook	B-Application
Calendar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
these	O
data	O
,	O
a	O
consolidated	O
report	O
view	O
can	O
be	O
generated	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Outlook	I-Application
with	O
Business	B-Application
Contact	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	O
can	O
be	O
further	O
analyzed	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Excel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
data	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
shared	O
using	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Services	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
Defined	O
Functions	O
(	O
UDF	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
custom	O
functions	O
written	O
to	O
supplement	O
Excel	B-Application
's	O
set	O
of	O
built-in	O
functions	O
,	O
supports	O
the	O
increased	O
number	O
of	O
cells	O
and	O
columns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Server	O
side	O
UDFs	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Managed	I-Application
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excel	B-Application
features	O
a	O
new	O
charting	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
advanced	O
formatting	O
,	O
including	O
3D	O
rendering	O
,	O
transparencies	O
and	O
shadows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
many	O
more	O
sound	O
file	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
.mp3	B-Application
and	O
.wma	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
tables	O
and	O
enhanced	O
support	O
for	O
table	O
pasting	O
from	O
Excel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OneNote	B-Application
now	O
supports	O
multiple	O
notebooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notebooks	O
can	O
be	O
synchronized	O
between	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
machines	O
without	O
an	O
Internet	O
connection	O
when	O
stored	O
on	O
removable	O
media	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
or	O
USB	O
flash	O
drive	O
;	O
changes	O
made	O
to	O
a	O
notebook	O
on	O
a	O
machine	O
when	O
removable	O
media	O
is	O
disconnected	O
will	O
be	O
synced	O
with	O
the	O
notebook	O
when	O
the	O
media	O
is	O
reinserted	O
to	O
that	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
prevent	O
potential	O
synchronization	O
issues	O
associated	O
with	O
drive	B-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
during	O
reinsertion	O
,	O
OneNote	B-Application
2007	O
associates	O
notebooks	O
with	O
unique	O
device	O
identifiers	O
rather	O
than	O
drive	O
letters	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
changes	O
are	O
successfully	O
synced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word-wheeled	O
search	O
is	O
also	O
present	O
in	O
OneNote	B-Application
,	O
which	O
also	O
indexes	O
notes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synchronization	O
of	O
Tasks	O
with	O
Outlook	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
Outlook	B-Application
can	O
send	O
mails	O
to	O
OneNote	B-Application
,	O
or	O
open	O
pages	O
in	O
OneNote	B-Application
that	O
are	O
linked	O
to	O
tasks	O
,	O
contacts	O
,	O
appointments/meetings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
is	O
performed	O
on	O
images	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
brochures	O
,	O
photos	O
,	O
prints	O
,	O
scans	O
,	O
screen	O
clips	O
)	O
so	O
that	O
any	O
text	O
that	O
appears	O
in	O
them	O
is	O
searchable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notes	O
can	O
have	O
hyperlinks	O
among	O
themselves	O
,	O
or	O
from	O
outside	O
OneNote	B-Application
to	O
a	O
specific	O
point	O
on	O
a	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drawing	O
tools	O
for	O
creating	O
diagrams	O
in	O
OneNote	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OneNote	B-Application
Import	O
Printer	O
Driver	O
,	O
where	O
any	O
application	O
can	O
print	O
to	O
a	O
virtual	O
printer	O
for	O
OneNote	B-Application
and	O
the	O
"	O
printed	O
"	O
document	O
is	O
imported	O
to	O
the	O
notebook	O
;	O
OCR	O
is	O
performed	O
on	O
the	O
text	O
that	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
printed	O
document	O
to	O
facilitate	O
searches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OneNote	B-Application
Mobile	O
is	O
included	O
for	O
Smartphones	O
and	O
some	O
PocketPC	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Syncs	O
notes	O
two-way	O
with	O
OneNote	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	B-Application
now	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
broader	O
range	O
of	O
data	O
types	O
,	O
including	O
documents	O
and	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	B-Application
can	O
synchronize	O
with	O
Windows	O
SharePoint	O
Services	O
3.0	O
and	O
Office	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
enables	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
use	O
Access	B-Application
reports	O
while	O
using	O
a	O
server-based	O
,	O
backed-up	O
,	O
IT	O
managed	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frequently	O
used	O
content	O
can	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
Content	O
Store	O
for	O
quick	O
access	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Save	O
as	O
PDF	B-Application
supports	O
commercial	O
printing	O
quality	O
PDF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfoPath	B-Protocol
designed	O
forms	O
can	O
now	O
be	O
used	O
from	O
a	O
browser	O
,	O
provided	O
the	O
server	O
is	O
running	O
InfoPath	B-Protocol
Forms	O
Services	O
in	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
2007	I-Protocol
or	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Forms	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
forms	O
can	O
be	O
filled	O
out	O
from	O
Outlook	B-Application
2007	I-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatic	O
conversion	O
of	O
forms	O
in	O
Word	B-Application
and	O
Excel	B-Application
to	O
InfoPath	B-Protocol
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forms	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
Excel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forms	O
can	O
be	O
published	O
to	O
a	O
network	O
share	O
or	O
to	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
forms	O
can	O
be	O
opened	O
using	O
Word	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
use	O
Microsoft	O
SQL	O
Server	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Access	I-Application
,	O
or	O
other	O
databases	O
as	O
back-end	O
data	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Template	O
Parts	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
group	O
Office	B-Protocol
InfoPath	I-Protocol
controls	O
for	O
use	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Template	O
parts	O
retain	O
its	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
change	O
in	O
the	O
project	B-Operating_System
plan	O
or	O
schedule	O
highlights	O
everything	O
else	O
that	O
is	O
affected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Operating_System
data	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
automatically	O
create	O
charts	O
and	O
diagrams	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Excel	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Visio	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharing	O
project	B-Operating_System
data	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Services	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
SharePoint	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
2007	O
is	O
new	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Office	O
suite	O
,	O
replacing	O
discontinued	O
FrontPage	B-Operating_System
for	O
users	O
of	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2007	I-Protocol
allows	O
sharing	O
and	O
collaborative	O
editing	O
of	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
documents	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
either	O
by	O
the	O
applications	O
which	O
created	O
them	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Outlook	I-Application
2007	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Documents	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
managed	O
through	O
pre-defined	O
policies	O
that	O
let	O
users	O
create	O
and	O
publish	O
shared	O
content	O
,	O
through	O
a	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
allows	O
searching	O
of	O
all	O
Office	O
documents	O
which	O
are	O
being	O
managed	O
by	O
it	O
,	O
centrally	O
,	O
thereby	O
making	O
data	O
more	O
accessible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provides	O
access	B-Application
control	O
for	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specialized	O
server	O
components	O
can	O
plug	O
into	O
the	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
to	O
extend	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Excel	B-Operating_System
Services	I-Operating_System
exposing	O
data	O
analysis	O
services	O
for	O
Excel	B-Operating_System
services	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Protocol
also	O
lets	O
users	O
personalize	O
the	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
sites	O
,	O
filtering	O
content	O
they	O
are	O
interested	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Protocol
documents	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
locally	O
cached	O
by	O
clients	O
for	O
offline	O
editing	O
;	O
the	O
changes	O
are	O
later	O
merged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
Forms	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
2007	O
allows	O
InfoPath	B-Protocol
forms	O
to	O
be	O
accessed	O
and	O
filled	O
out	O
using	O
any	O
browser	O
,	O
including	O
mobile	O
phone	O
browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forms	O
Server	O
2007	O
hosted	O
forms	O
also	O
support	O
data	O
validation	O
and	O
conditional	O
formatting	O
,	O
as	O
does	O
their	O
InfoPath	B-Protocol
counterpart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
some	O
InfoPath	B-Protocol
controls	O
cannot	O
be	O
used	O
if	O
it	O
must	O
be	O
hosted	O
on	O
a	O
Forms	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Groove	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2007	O
is	O
for	O
centrally	O
managing	O
all	O
deployments	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Office	I-Protocol
Groove	I-Protocol
2007	I-Protocol
in	O
the	O
enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enables	O
using	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
for	O
Groove	B-Protocol
user	O
accounts	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
Groove	B-Protocol
Domains	O
,	O
with	O
individual	O
policy	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
Groove	B-Protocol
workspaces	I-Protocol
to	O
be	O
hosted	O
at	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
workspaces	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
collaborative	O
editing	O
via	O
the	O
Groove	B-Protocol
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
the	O
Groove	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
Data	O
Bridge	O
component	O
to	O
allow	O
communication	O
between	O
data	O
stored	O
at	O
both	O
Groove	B-Protocol
clients	O
and	O
servers	O
and	O
external	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
Server	O
2007	O
allows	O
one	O
to	O
centrally	O
manage	O
and	O
coordinate	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	B-Operating_System
data	O
and	O
reports	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
further	O
analyzed	O
using	O
Cube	O
Building	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	B-Operating_System
management	O
data	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
a	O
browser	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
Portfolio	O
Server	O
2007	O
allows	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
project	B-Operating_System
portfolio	O
,	O
including	O
workflows	O
,	O
hosted	O
centrally	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
information	O
is	O
available	O
throughout	O
the	O
enterprise	O
,	O
even	O
from	O
a	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
aids	O
in	O
centralized	O
data	O
aggregation	O
regarding	O
the	O
project	B-Operating_System
planning	O
and	O
execution	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
visualizing	O
and	O
analyzing	O
the	O
data	O
to	O
optimize	O
the	O
project	B-Operating_System
plan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
support	O
multiple	O
portfolios	O
per	O
project	B-Operating_System
,	O
to	O
track	O
different	O
aspects	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
reporting	O
tools	O
to	O
create	O
consolidated	O
reports	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
project	B-Operating_System
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
features	O
were	O
removed	O
in	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Fully	O
customizable	O
toolbars	O
and	O
menus	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
applications	O
Quick	O
Access	B-Application
Toolbar	O
and	O
the	O
ribbon	O
have	O
limited	O
customizability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
reintroduced	O
ribbon	O
UI	O
customizability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
recreated	O
by	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
if	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
primary	O
deployment	O
tools	O
ship	O
with	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Essentially	O
,	O
the	O
GUI-type	O
interface	O
of	O
the	O
ribbon	O
contrasts	O
sharply	O
with	O
the	O
older	O
menus	O
that	O
were	O
organized	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
typical	O
functions	O
undertaken	O
in	O
paper-based	O
offices	O
:	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
old	O
"	O
File	O
"	O
menu	O
dealt	O
with	O
opening	O
,	O
(	O
re	O
-	O
)	O
naming	O
,	O
saving	O
,	O
and	O
printing	O
a	O
file	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
old	O
"	O
Edit	O
"	O
menu	O
dealt	O
with	O
making	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
users	O
with	O
experience	O
using	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
have	O
complained	O
about	O
having	O
to	O
find	O
features	O
in	O
the	O
ribbon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
XML-based	O
document	O
file	O
format	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
unless	O
an	O
add-on	O
is	O
installed	O
for	O
the	O
older	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
World	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
upgrading	O
to	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
presents	O
dangers	O
to	O
certain	O
data	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
templates	O
,	O
macros	O
,	O
and	O
mail	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2007	O
equation	O
editor	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
MathML	B-Language
called	O
Office	O
MathML	B-Language
(	O
OMML	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
is	O
also	O
incompatible	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2003	O
and	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
converting	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2007	O
.docx	O
files	O
to	O
.doc	O
files	O
,	O
equations	O
are	O
rendered	O
as	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Inera	O
Inc	O
.	O
revealed	O
that	O
Science	O
and	O
Nature	O
refused	O
to	O
accept	O
manuscripts	O
prepared	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2007	O
.docx	O
format	O
;	O
subsequently	O
Inera	O
Inc	O
.	O
informed	O
Microsoft	O
that	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2007	O
's	O
file	O
format	O
impairs	O
usability	O
for	O
scholarly	O
publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nature	O
still	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
format	O
;	O
Science	O
however	O
,	O
accepts	O
this	O
format	O
but	O
discourages	O
its	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
Word	B-Application
2007	I-Application
features	O
for	O
bibliographies	O
only	O
support	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
fixed	O
citation	O
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
XSLT	B-Application
,	O
new	O
styles	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
.	O
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