Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 UPGRADE [Old Version]

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Upgrade version designed for those computers with Windows server 2003 or later and Windows XP SP2 and later
• Includes the 2007 versions of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Outlook with Business Contact Manager
• Create professional looking documents and presentations, build powerful spreadsheets, and manage your e-mail messages, calendar, and contacts
• Intuitive look and feel, and improved tools; task-based menus and toolbars automatically display the commands and options you can use
• Instant Search function saves you time; junk mail and anti-phishing filters protect the security of your computer;

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000HCTY1W
• Item model number: W87-02379
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 9, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #19 in Software > Operating Systems

Product Description

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Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 Version Upgrade is a powerful and easy-to-use suite of productivity and contact management software with new tools to help you save time, stay organized, and deliver better customer service. Comprised of the 2007 versions of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Outlook with Business Contact Manager, this software package empowers you to create professional looking documents and presentations, build powerful spreadsheets, and manage your e-mail messages, calendar, and contacts.

The new look and feel of the 2007 Microsoft Office system automatically displays the menus and toolbars you need when you need them. View larger.

Tasks are easy to follow up on because they are included on the new To-Do Bar and within Outlook reminders. You can also drag tasks onto your calendar. View larger.

You can customize the new information dashboard in Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager to display your sales pipeline. View larger.

Business Contact Manager also combines contact, customer, and project information in one place. View larger.

Create, preview, and send personalized e-mail publications with Office Publisher 2007 using new E-Mail Merge. View larger.

In addition, Outlook with Business Contact Manager integrates powerful contact management features into Outlook that allow you to access and track all customer information and communications in a central location. With improved menus and tools, enhanced graphics and formatting capabilities, new time and communication management tools, and more reliability and security, the Small Business 2007 package makes it easier and more enjoyable for you to get things done at home or at work.

This update version of Small Business 2007 is designed for use by those computers with the following operating systems: Windows server 2003 or later and Windows XP SP2 and later.

Which edition of Office is right for you? View a comparison of Microsoft Office 2007 editions.

Work More Efficiently and Effectively
The more intuitive look and feel, coupled with the improved tools, make Small Business 2007 the ideal software system to help you work faster to complete routine tasks and create more professional documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Task-based menus and toolbars automatically display the commands and options you can use, making it faster and easier to find the software features you need. Thanks to the Instant Search function to save you time, junk mail and anti-phishing filters to protect the security of your computer, and new graphics capabilities to help you produce publication-ready documents, (complete with logo, colors, fonts, and business information), this software can increase both your productivity and efficiency, while giving you more time to spend with your customers. And to help minimize time-wasting future edits, the Live Preview feature makes it easy to sample your changes before you apply them.

Office Excel 2007 makes it easy to analyze data. View larger.

Improved Time Management
When work is busy, it's sometimes difficult to stay on-top of appointments and tasks. This is why Small Business 2007 lets you schedule tasks in Outlook that will appear on your calendar, while the To-Do bar presents a consolidated view of tasks, calendar information, and e-mail messages flagged for follow-up. To help effectively manage your time, take advantage of the templates and tools in Word, all of which make it easier to reuse content, so you don't have to start from scratch whenever you create a new document. And keeping track of important information is a snap thanks to new Excel tools for filtering, sorting, and visualizing information to help you find and analyze business data more effectively.

Manage Contact and Customer Information in One Place
To help you manage contact and customer information, Outlook with Business Contact Manager includes a complete contact management solution for small businesses that helps you deliver better customer service. This software enables you to organize all of your contact, prospect, and customer information, so it's easier to manage prospects, respond to customers, and manage your sales process in one place. Enhanced reporting features include over 50 reports that you can easily modify for your unique business needs, and new filtering capabilities help you forecast and close sales. You can also record all types of communications with a customer in one place-- including all e-mail, phone calls, appointments, notes, and documents-- and view a consolidated view of your sales pipeline by using a variety of flexible reports that you can easily modify for your unique business needs. You also can track and manage project tasks and even transfer tasks to coworkers. For added flexibility, you can work offline on your laptop or Pocket PC, and then synchronize data when you return to the office.

Including charts in Office PowerPoint 2007 is easy. View larger.

Produce Professional-Looking Marketing Materials and Campaigns In-House
Small Business 2007 makes it a snap to manage the entire marketing process so you save the time and expense of hiring an outside service. Create and distribute professional-looking marketing materials and campaigns for print, e-mail, and the Web by using Publisher. Then use Outlook with Business Contact Manager and Publisher together to track and manage marketing campaign activities, including compiling mailing lists, distributing materials, and tracking your results. You also can access the library of customizable templates in PowerPoint to create professional-looking presentations that enhance your business identity. If you need to merge information from multiple sources, combine and filter mailing lists and data from Excel, Outlook, Outlook with Business Contact Manager, and Access to create personalized print and e-mail materials and build customized collateral such as catalogs and datasheets.

Dynamic Presentations
One of the most effective ways to inspire both employees and customers is to impress them with a dynamic presentation. With its extensive library of customizable themes and slide layouts, PowerPoint helps you to create powerful charts, SmartArt graphics, and tables, while giving you the time-saving option of quickly previewing formatting changes so your final result is ready to go. You can also use the PDF file format for easier document distribution and high-quality printing. No matter what you need to help your business thrive, Small Business 2007 can make it possible.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Give it time and it will grow on you, July 3, 2007

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Robert D. Gordon "simpilot" (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 UPGRADE [Old Version] (Software)

My response to Office 2007 is similar to how I feel about Vista. We all grow accustomed over time to using software and operating systems a certain way and when a really significant new version comes along that changes things, it creates some initial discomfort and even frustration. But if you give the new version a real chance, even to the point of actually doing some reading on how to use it, and then apply what you have learned, there is the eventual realization that someone did put a lot of thought into this and it actually does work better. I am coming to this point now with both Vista and Office 2007. Both are worth the upgrade, but only if you are willing to devote the time and energy it takes to really take advantage of what they offer. Office 2007 may seem more difficult at first, but with familiarity you will come to appreciate the advance it actually represents. There is less need for the degree of personal customization of the interface that most of us required for previous versions of Office because of the much more effective system of ribbons, tabs, groups, and galleries developed for Office 2007.

32 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not sure I like the way Office 2007 works - read on, July 3, 2007

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Dave from Tacoma (Tacoma, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 UPGRADE [Old Version] (Software)

My old computer died last week, so I was forced to buy a new one. I got a VERY good computer - HP tower, with QUAD (not dual) processor, and 3 Gigs of RAM. I have 2 internal drives at 1 terabyte, and 2 externals at 1 TB total. No drive has more than 20% space used, and no other software has been installed.

The biggest problem is IT'S SLOW! When typing an email in Outlook, or a Word document (or Publisher), there is a lag between the time you hit the key and before the character prints. It's like trying to talk with your own echo - I find myself typing MUCH more slowly than I am actually able. I HATE THIS, and I'm not the only one with the problem. Anyone who types for a living has the same complaint. I've turned off all the Outlook and Word 'add-ins' as many sites recommend trying, to no avail. A brand new QUAD Pentium with 3 GB of RAM should be able to run this turd of a program. But no - it's so bloated with new code that the simple act that it was designed for - getting words on the screen - suffers because of it. Just absurd, Microsoft.

The 'Ribbon' interface and new file 'Save as' tree structure are WAY more cumbersome that the old toolbar. I just want to get things done - why did they feel the need for such a massive change? What was wrong with the old system? I take twice as long now browsing to the folder I want. Yes, learning new things 'takes time' - but again, EVERYONE was familiar with the standard toolbar and 'browse to file' techniques. Why change a core skill? Why expect a business (me) to have to spend time learning this new system? What exactly was the point, anyway?

So now I am going to have to UNINSTALL this new $279 package (what a waste) and reinstall Office 2003 just to regain my old performance. And since my last 2003 license died with the old computer (and now cannot be uninstalled to free it up), I'll get the pleasure of dealing with Microsoft to try to recover what I HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR.

The software LOOKS pretty, and has TONS of new features throughout, and that part I like. But if I can't type without looking every second to see if I got it right, and have to type at 1/3 my normal speed, how productive is that?

Beware - if you type a lot with Office, you should NOT BUY THIS VERSION.

I give it two stars for 'pretty' and ZERO for performance in a typing environment.

26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dumbed down and harder to use, July 28, 2007

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Joshua Nelson "Joshua N" (Waukegan, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 UPGRADE [Old Version] (Software)

The new ribbon design is supposed to make it easier to learn and use. It may be for some new users but for experienced users, it isn't. This version takes away some critical nuts & bolts customization features and many tasks now take longer to perform. This is not due to the learning curve, it is the inherent nature of the way the ribbon works. Once you are familiar with the program, nothing is faster than the old menu structure. If Microsoft added an option to allow users to choose between menus and ribbons, it would be the best of both worlds, satisfying the needs of both new and experienced users. The new version does not run macros as fast however. My recommedation for existing users: keep Office 2003 for as long as you can and consider going to Open Office when Microsoft no longer supports 2003 (unless they restore the functionality in a newer release of 2007).