Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business Upgrade Retail Box

Microsoft Small Business 2007 combines contact management software with new tools to help you save time, stay organized, and deliver superior customer service.  Create dynamic documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, as well as develop professional marketing materials for print, email, or the Web.  All contact and prospect information can be stored in one place as well as all types of communications with the customer including e-mail messages, phone calls, appointments, notes, and documents to help you manage sales leads and opportunities better.  You'll find that Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 helps you get your work done more efficiently and effectively.

Upgrade Qualification

This upgrade requires a valid license for one of the following Microsoft products to function: Microsoft Works 6.0-10; Microsoft Works suite 2000-2006 or later; any 2000-2007 Microsoft Office program or suite; any Microsoft Office XP suite.

Includes:

• Word 2007
  Word is the industry-standard word processing application. It features tools to produce professional content using document styles and themes, an equation builder, word count and spell check. Document formatting can be done quickly, allowing you to concentrate on content. Word also features tools to securely share sensitive documents among coworkers and colleagues.
  
  
• Excel 2007
  Excel is the premiere spreadsheet application for Windows. The software gives you powerful tools that you can use to create and format spreadsheets and analyze and share data with colleagues. The software features enhanced security features to allow you to share sensitive data with coworkers, customers or business partners. Excel 2007 also supports Microsoft's Excel XML file format, which reduces the size of spreadsheets and improves interoperability with other data sources.
  
  
• PowerPoint 2007
  PowerPoint allows you to create dynamic presentations using an intuitive interface. It features powerful graphics and formatting tools that will help you to create visually stimulating presentations. It supports custom layouts, SharePoint serving and custom slide layouts. Document themes allow you to apply a consistent look and feel to your presentations that matches your corporate identity.
  
  
• Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
  Outlook 2007 is an integrated solution for calendar, address book and e-mail management. The software gives you all the tools you need to communicate with colleagues, schedule meetings and organize your daily workflow. It supports Internet calendar integration, color coding of information and cell phone text messaging. Outlook also features an advanced spam filter to protect you from junk e-mail and powerful search tools to help you locate important data in an efficient manner.
  
  
• Publisher 2007
  Publisher 2007 is a powerful desktop publishing software suite. It allows you to create, personalize and share publications and marketing materials. You'll be able to distribute in print, Web and e-mail. This gives your in-house marketing team the tools to build a brand identity, manage customer lists and track marketing campaigns.
  
  
• Accounting Express 2007
  Accounting Express is a financial management tool for small and home businesses. It allows you to perform daily financial tasks and gives you a central location to store your customer and financial location. It even includes tools to help you sell items through eBay.

Features:


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.


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.

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.




System Requirements:

• Operating System: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1
• Processor: 500 MHz (1 GHz recommended for Business Contact Manager)
• RAM: 256 MB (512 MB recommended for Outlook Instant Search and Business Contact Manager; 1 GB required for grammar and spell check in Word)
• Hard Drive Space: 2 GB
• Display: 1024 x 768
• Hardware: CD-ROM or DVD drive
• Other: Certain inking features require running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later. Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device. Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
  
  Connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later is required for certain advanced functionality in Outlook 2007. Instant Search requires Microsoft Windows Desktop Search 3.0. Dynamic Calendars require server connectivity.
  
  Connectivity to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is required for certain advanced functionality. PowerPoint Slide Library requires Office SharePoint Server 2007. To share data among multiple computers, the host computer must be running Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows XP Professional with SP2 or later.
  
  Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access.
  
  Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration and operating system.