2007 Microsoft Office Comparison Chart

Compare the features available in each 2007 Microsoft Office suite and find which suite is right for your business.

Microsoft Office 2007 System Suites

New suites, servers, and services in the 2007 Microsoft Office release will deliver additional functionality and new solutions. With updated packaging options, you will have more flexibility than ever before to adopt the specific technologies and solutions that best meet your business and personal needs.

Building on the familiar tools that many people already know, the 2007 Microsoft Office system suites offer added functionality with new standard features and increased collaboration capabilities.

Different suites for different needs

People and organizations are unique, and so are their challenges and needs. With the enormous power and flexibility of the 2007 Microsoft Office system, you can meet your own particular challenges and those of your organization.

To make it easy to get the features and capabilities that will help your organization meet its challenges, Microsoft offers a variety of suites to address a diverse range of needs. Whether you are a home user or work for a multinational corporation, the 2007 Microsoft Office system has a suite to help you and your organization work more effectively.

Boost enterprise performance

Organizations that want to succeed in today’s increasingly global, information-based economy must overcome complex challenges around communication, workflow, enterprise content management, and business intelligence. Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 gives your organization and your people enhanced capabilities for simplifying how people and teams work together, streamlining processes and content management, and improving business insight across your organization.

Empower your people to reach new levels of productivity

In order to compete effectively, today’s organizations must empower their people and teams to reach new levels of productivity and performance. With Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007, organizations can enhance their users’ ability to streamline processes; create, manage, and share business information; and control enterprise content for improved compliance and security.

Powerful tools for managing information and tight schedules

As a busy professional, you’re constantly juggling multiple tasks, managing large amounts of information, and racing against tight deadlines. Microsoft Office Professional 2007 helps you work more efficiently and better manage and share critical business information.

More power for your small business

Your growing business must make the most of every person, resource, and opportunity. Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 helps you improve personal productivity and create professional-looking documents that enhance your company’s image. And Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager helps your employees work together to pursue every business lead.

Get the job done better, faster — at home or in school

Whether you're on the home computer creating digital scrapbooks or a student lugging a laptop around campus, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 helps you get the job done quickly and easily. New features add power to your word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation capabilities. Optical character recognition in Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 allows you to search handwritten notes, text in pictures, or spoken words in audio and video recordings.

Increase individual impact on business results

Organizations looking to improve business performance and achieve strategic objectives are increasingly focusing on the impact each person brings to the bottom line. The applications in Microsoft Office Standard 2007 help you improve personal productivity by making it faster and easier to create flexible documents, powerful spreadsheets, and great looking presentations. With the enhanced features in Office Outlook 2007, you can manage tasks and messages quickly and easily as well as engage in simple collaboration.

Streamline communication and everyday tasks

No matter what your task, today you need to take control of your information, communication, and everyday tasks. And you need to do this faster and with better results. Microsoft Office Basic 2007 addresses this need by bringing great improvements to the tools that you are already familiar with.