Microsoft Office 2007
Lenovo is pleased to offer the 2007 Microsoft® Office system on our latest PCs. The new 2007 Office suites provide an enhanced, intuitive design with improved features to help you get more out of the programs you use every day, such as Word®, Excel®, PowerPoint® and more.
It's the most significant update to the Office interface in more than a decade. With the 2007 Microsoft Office system you will:
Get better results faster
Create great-looking documents quickly and easily
See formatting changes before you make them
Enjoy the protection of new security features
"Office-ready" for easy purchase, activation
All Lenovo systems equipped with the new Windows Vista™ operating system are Office-ready, meaning they include preloaded but inactive versions of the new Office 2007 software. When you buy Office (see purchase steps at right), you will receive an activation key code to unlock and start using the specific suite you selected.
Lenovo offers three 2007 Microsoft Office suites. They are:
Office Basic:
Includes Word, Excel and Outlook.
Office Small Business Edition (SBE):
Includes everything in Basic, plus PowerPoint, Publisher, Accounting Express and Outlook Business Contact Manager.
Office Professional:
Includes everything in Basic and SBE, plus Access.
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Lenovo recommends adding a 2007 Microsoft Office suite to your initial system purchase. It's the most cost effective and quickest way to start using your new Office software.
Overview and key featuresThe new 2007 Microsoft Office system makes it easier to get more out of Office applications, and to deliver better results faster.
While the overall look of the redesigned applications is new, Microsoft reports that early testing indicates that people quickly feel at home in the new user interface and rapidly become accustomed to the new way these applications work. The ease with which people use the new interface is due to the simplicity of the new interface features.
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RibbonThe traditional menus and toolbars have been replaced by the Ribbon—a new device that presents commands organized into a set of tabs. The tabs on the Ribbon display the commands that are most relevant for each of the task areas in the applications. For example, in Word 2007, the tabs group commands for activities such as inserting objects like pictures and tables, doing page layout, working with references, doing mailings, and reviewing. The Home tab provides easy access to the most frequently used commands.
Microsoft Office buttonThe new Office interface brings together all the capabilities into a single entry point: the Microsoft Office Button.
This offers two major advantages. First, it helps users find these valuable features. Second, it simplifies the core authoring scenarios by allowing the Ribbon to focus on creating great documents.
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GalleriesGalleries are at the heart of the redesigned applications. Galleries provide users with a set of clear results to choose from when working on their document, spreadsheet, presentation, or Access database. Users can simply "pick and click" to achieve the desired results.
By presenting a simple set of potential results Galleries simplify the process of producing professional looking work. And the traditional dialog box interfaces are still available for those wishing a greater degree of control over the result of each operation.
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Live PreviewLive Preview is a new technology that shows the results of applying an editing or formatting change as the user moves the pointer over the results presented in a Gallery. This new, dynamic capability streamlines the process of laying out, editing, and formatting so users can create excellent results with less time and effort.
These elements are just a few of the new technologies that combine to create the new Microsoft 2007 Office user interface. To learn more, visit Microsoft's 2007 Microsoft Office Web site.
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