Top 10 reasons to upgrade.

Works seamlessly out-of-the-box with the new Microsoft Windows® SharePoint®  Services  to create a powerful, self-service collaboration environment that supports workflow-enabled document review. It also enables the creation of slide libraries for sharing Microsoft Office PowerPoint®  content, and it allows the transfer of document libraries offline into Microsoft Office Outlook®  for synchronization with Windows SharePoint Services.

2. Provide employees with the tools (such as e-mail) to effectively manage an ever-increasing workload:

Now teams can track and audit the process of a project with improved workflows. A workflow allows people to attach a business process to items in Windows SharePoint Services. With Office Professional Plus 2007, people can easily create workflows within an e-mail or on the fly. New features also allow for serial and parallel workflows.

3. Better manage network bandwidth and storage by reducing file size:

Enable smaller, more robust documents and deep integration with information systems and external data sources. This helps reduce both cost and complexity, and helps people work confidently with consistent and current information.

4. Simplify collaboration instantly with innovative security technologies and instant messaging:

Microsoft Office Communicator2007*  helps improve user productivity by enabling seamless communication with others in different locations or time zones through a range of communication options, including instant messaging. Also, Office Communicator 2007 puts your people in control of their communications by making it easy for them to communicate directly from within the rich, familiar, and intuitive interface of their Microsoft Office desktop, including Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Excel®2007, and Office PowerPoint 2007. Instant messaging and presence indicators will be enabled by a free service for Office Professional Plus 2007 customers.

5. Help ensure protection of your company’s critical information:

Information Rights Management enforces document and e-mail usage policies, helping provide reduced risk of confidential information loss and reduced policy administration costs to protect your sensitive information.

6. Help reduce time and cost with easy-to-use electronic forms:

Advances in Microsoft Office InfoPath®  2007 enable people to deploy forms as e-mail messages that can be completed without leaving the familiar Office Outlook 2007 environment.

7. Make it easier to share and coordinate calendars (inside and outside your organization):

Get a consolidated view of upcoming appointments, tasks, and e-mail messages flagged for follow-up. Allocating time to work on tasks is as easy as dragging and dropping them onto a calendar.

8. Employees can now make quicker, more informed business decisions:

Office Excel 2007 makes sophisticated data analysis available for information workers through easier access to corporate data sources, redesigned interfaces for Microsoft PivotTable®  dynamic views, and more powerful and easy-to-use conditional formatting.

9. New user interface:

Office Professional Plus 2007 makes it easier for people to find and use its powerful features. With over 1,500 commands in Office Word 2007 alone, the new interface is a sophisticated navigational tool that helps people discover the full potential of their Microsoft Office software.

10. New graphics, charting engine, themes capability, and PDF format:

Advanced capabilities make it easy to create high-impact and compelling documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. New 3-D effects, shadows, reflection, glow, and surface texture tools make it easy to add highly professional-looking charts and diagrams. The new themes capability simplifies the process of applying a consistent look and feel to documentation, and now users can also share documents in PDF format.