Microsoft a history of large, successful product
development, not only thanks to the Operating Systems they release, but
also due to the commercial Office packages. Microsoft Office Professional 2007 represents the evolution of the classic way of working,
creating innovation with the visual aspect and then charming users with
the options and features it offers. The twelfth Office edition appears
after a gap of 4 years without any new releases for one of the main
Microsoft franchises. With the 2007 version, the Redmond Company
includes general improvements for all the included applications, as well
as some new ones like Groove for the Ultimate version.
The professional version of this Office package includes the basic
software components for all kinds of office work, as well as some
applications that will enhance and supply the download of external
programs. In this edition, you will find Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and additionally Microsoft Publisher and Access.
Each one of these applications has become a standard in the software
industry, being complete programs that will solve the necessities in
these fields. The Office product includes all the elements needed to run
the installation and other Microsoft software to make the most of your
computer like SQL Server Express and .NET Framework 2.
When you put your hands
on the suite for the first time, you will see that the design has
changed completely to offer an interface with fewer elements to show at
the same time. This Fluent User Interface, later known as Ribbon
UI, offers the possibility of changing the options that appear on the
upper side of the program you are using. This way, any of the
applications that are part of MS Office Professional 2007 can be
customized according to their main uses in an easier way for you.
Compatible formats have changed along with the times. Although the
old .ppt, .xls or .doc formats are still being used; the new documents
based on the open XML format offer a better way to work. Efficiency is important,
and with this open type of archive, you can make sure they can be used
even if it gets corrupted, thanks to the way the information is saved in
different modules within the same archive. This also makes the files a
bit smaller than older formats, but bear in mind that they won’t be
compatible with previous Office versions unless they download a
compatible addon to enable the capability read and modify of these
archives.
Although this is one of the most complete editions of Office 2007, there are some elements such as OneNote that are missing. The dynamic performance enhances your productivity
with any of the available utilities so, in general terms, the
functionality of this package enhances any of the previous Office
suites. Customize all your documents in a powerful environment providing
the indispensable tools for you.
The key new feature of this interface comes when you have to check
advanced functions that with previous editions, were only available
through difficult menus. In this sense, Microsoft has managed to gather all the options in different tabs
that offer the main functions and advanced options. For those users
that have never seen something similar may be a bit shocked leaving behind the old menu style that was simpler, but once you get used to it, you'll find it works better, not only for its speed but also its usability.
Almost all of the tools included in Microsoft Office Professional
2007 have the same Ribbon interface style, but it is specifically
customized depending on the functions you need for the program. For
example, in case of Microsoft Word, you have the usual Insert,
References, and Page Layout tabs as well as the main general menu
clicking on the Microsoft Office Professional 2007 icon located at the
left side and the possibility of managing the Add-Ins that you can
download and install as you need for increasing the application’s
functions. If you select one of these tabs, a new section below will appear with all the relevant functions, getting rid of the old contextual menus.
One
of the key features of this Ribbon Interface is that it gives the
importance to what really matters; that is the work space, optimizing
this space by keeping menus to the minimum size possible with a clean
view. Although this interface makes the work space seem to be a little
smaller when you have it fully deployed, you can minimize its size with
an option located in the Quick Access toolbar. Additionally, you can change the options the Fluent User Interface offers by default editing each part. This way you can configure almost everything, making this one of the most dynamic and customizable Office editions.
Word, write this way
Microsoft Word is probably the quintessence of the Office package
for the average user. This powerful text processor has been physically
changed just like the rest of its software partners, but it also
includes some new options to enhance the writing process, such as making
changes immediately. Options like the Live Preview,
which allows you to check how a format change will affect to your text
just by passing the mouse arrow over the style you want, makes it
quicker to check out possible changes in Word instantly, instead of
wasting time by modifying the document directly.
The
overall engine has been improved, offering a better way of working
without delays and smoothly enough to guarantee less annoyances
The spell checker function has been improved adding a
new function, highlighted with a blue underline, which warns about
contextual misuses of correctly spelled words. This way, the program,
can efficiently correct homophone words that may seem equal for speakers
such as ‘to’ and ‘too’ or ‘lose’ and ‘loose’ in a sentence. Microsoft
Word has also integrated a translation tool for U.S.
English, French and International Spanish in the default pack, with more
languages able to be added when additional complements are downloaded
free with the official support.
Academic
writers will be thankful for the addition of the most commonly used
citation formats included a tool for directly inserting the right way to
make bibliography and text citations for the MLA,
Chicago and APA styles. The new opportunity to blog directly from this
Word utility makes it pretty useful for those authors that want to avoid
added steps. This time you only need to configure the application with
the service you use such as SharePoint, WordPress or Windows Live Spaces
and you will be able to upload the texts you create directly to your
online site.
The overall engine has been improved, offering a better way of
working without delays and smoothly enough to guarantee no annoyances.
The way you can insert images into the text, as well as other multimedia
elements, and move them in a more efficient way than in previous
editions where these elements could mess up your whole work. SmartArt is a new option for graphic elements.
With this editable diagram function you can create the graphics you
want much easier than before, include it within your text and modify it
the way you really need.
Outlook, connected to everyone
Similar to previous versions, Outlook grants additional settings and functions
Microsoft Outlook might be the general Office component most often
used, since users can arrange meetings and manage contact lists, but
moreover Outlook is an email client. It is by far, the
application that has changed the least of the suite since the Ribbon
Interface has only been included for the creation of new messages and
not in the main window. However, this feature doesn’t mean that Outlook
hasn’t changed at all; the main interface includes a To Do bar with your
important events included.
This software requires, at a minimum, using Exchange 2000 or later
for the mail service, since Exchange 5.5 has finally been dropped. The
advantage of this application is a better form of manually managing your
emails than online, HTML-based services. In Outlook, you can save your messages to your computer,
store them in a local file and thus access them without being
constantly connected to the Internet, just getting the permissions to
log in with your personal account. For performing searches, Outlook has been sped up using the features of Windows Search APIs, which directly indexes the content of your messages, showing the results of your search in a blink of an eye.
You can push content to your mobile phone, to have your information wherever you are
The new key features included in Outlook take it to another level, being able to read RSS feeds directly
so that you can be informed automatically of the subjects you are
interested in. Additionally, you can push this content to your mobile
phone, to get information wherever you are. This comes in handy due to
the synchronization of the email service with mobile phones, being able
to send and manage SMSs and text-messages using
Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging service. With Postmark, a new
function included in Outlook 2007, you can avoid receiving spam more
efficiently without being aware of the extra processes the computer
undertakes.
Excel, the spreadsheet utility
New functions and enhanced functionality
One of the utilities that have benefited from the interface change is
Microsoft Excel. The way it works is quite similar to the way it used
to be, but now for instance, some of its functions have been simplified
to the Ribbon style. This way, the modification of cell formats is now
quicker and more visual thanks to the buttons you find in the upper
half. The spreadsheets have grown in rows and columns
from the former 65,536 by 256 to the current 1,048,576 by 16,384, format
that offers more than enough for most project books. The main previous
features are same in this edition, with better performance and much larger Excel files.
The benefits of this edition are obvious when you take a look at the
possibilities the Ribbon buttons offer. This new method allows the user
to avoid investigating further in the dialog of ‘Format Cells’. The
introduction of Conditional Formatting gives the user the opportunity of
using three new features for Excel 2007, Icon Sets, Color Scales and the Data Bars.
These formats allow for creating more intuitive documents thanks to the
visual capacities included. Automatic grouping values in colors and
icons depending on their relation helps in a great way, as well as being
a feature of showing how the value of a singular cell contribute to the
whole group in which it belongs.
The best part comes once you take a look at the Formulas tab and find
an automatic way of including them in your spreadsheet in an easier
way. From simple functions to financial utilities, Excel 2007 also
includes a feature for auto-completing formulas
according to the characters presented. Thanks to the CUBE functions you
can import data from external services like SQL Server Analysis
Services, which makes it easier to create advanced reports including
options such as PivotTables and filters to order the information you
want to check.
PowerPoint, the slideshow must go on
The future of the slideshows
Apart from the redesigned interface introduced with the rest of the utilities in Microsoft Office Professional 2007, PowerPoint has been improved in its rendering tools and the overall performance, allowing you to manage bigger files than before, and very smoothly. The inclusion of support for audio files
such as .mp3 or .wma enhances the variety of the slideshows you can
create; also enabling you to include video clips for more interesting
presentations and enhance the variety and possibilities for your
documents.
In general terms, there are no great innovations on PowerPoint 2007
since there was no need to include many more improvements than a better
performance with new multimedia elements. Microsoft has increased the
support for tables imported from Excel or for images imported directly from a camera or a scanner without first passing through another program.
Publisher, professional design
Use templates for starting your projects
Microsoft Publisher 2007 is, without any kind of doubt, the software
that has the least amount of changes in this new version. The page designer
has always been an independent heavyweight, but since it joined the
Office package, Microsoft seems to have stopped spending too much time
on this piece of software. With no Ribbon interface design or even the
useful Live Preview to check how the changes you want to introduce will
finally look, Publisher 2007 only improves its performance and adds some
minor features that can make things work a little better for the
average user.
Publisher
2007 only improves its performance and adds some minor features that
can make things work a little better for the average user
The utility can convert the files with work with into another
publication format, from a newsletter to web page archive type.
Publisher also includes an option to save your documents as a PDF
for conserving the documents’ original quality for print. Templates are
automatically filled with important information as long as you have
included it, such as the name or location of the company or the
business’ address for which you are preparing the design. The content
that has been used recently can be immediately accessible through the Content Store menu.
Access, database management
Manage your databases the way you need
Finally, Microsoft Access gets the new Ribbon Interface as an
improvement on the previous Microsoft Office Professional 2007
utilities, featuring several enhancements. In this edition, a new database format, ACCDB, has been introduced natively. This new format allows you to link SharePoint lists as well as include complex data types
and files for the same field. Additionally, the user will find a new
field, File Attachment, which allows you to work in a dynamic way with
complex data.
Microsoft has included the possibility of synchronizing the application with SharePoint Services 3.0
for multiple features such as to serve as a backup server without
worrying about the security of your document, both locally or online.
Accessing 2007 has not being designed especially for heavy users, and
this time it includes a gentler way of working for first timers in order
without making it too difficult. This way we can say that Access 2007
has opened up to a medium-level audience as a friendlier software.
Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Features
The list of key features of Microsoft Office Professional 2007 can be found below:
Professional edition product includes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher and Outlook
New Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Ribbon design allows you to easily access additional options without opening new menus, all in a single window
Improved accessibility for the average user thanks to the Office button for general options
Addition of the new Live Preview that allows users to check how a text format change will affect the entire document
Overall performance has been revised and improved for offering better multimedia management embedded in the documents you create
Office Open XML format introduced as the default format for smaller files and additional features
SmartArt includes a great variety of diagrams for adding to different files with 3D effects along with rendering options
Native compatibility with additional languages sharing complete professional dictionaries
For further details about the Office package before the download, be free to visit its creator’s website.
System Requirements
Here are the minimum system requirements for your computer to run this Microsoft Office Professional 2007 product:
Operating System: Windows XP or later
CPU: 1GHz processor or faster
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Size: 2GB free space
1,024 x 768 screen resolution
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Fully refurbished shell DRP 15.7 automatically selects and installs the necessary drivers for your computer.
This version has many new features and optimized for the new operating system Windows 10 .
Compared with the previous version of the DRP 15.6 in this version
significantly corrected shell and completely new driver packs.
Installing the drivers provided in the shell just a few clicks, and this process can be fully automated.
Thanks freshest driver-pakam, this program installs the drivers on virtually any computer of any age.
Installation and driver updates this program can be implemented without
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360 Internet Security 2013 is a standalone antivirus program that is
effective and user friendly. The free antivirus performs well in various
tests from different independent labs, thanks to its powerful features.
Features:
Uses three antivirus engines: BitDefender local engine, machine learning QVM engine and cloud engine based on 360 checksum
Offers real time protection and gives alerts in case of suspicious access of critical system resources
Provides secure browsing by blocking malicious URLs and phishing websites
Protects privacy by stopping unauthorized access of webcam and keyloggers
Simple and attractive user interface
Installation
We didn’t have to deal with many screens when installing 360 Internet
Security 2013. One click accepted the license agreement and started
installing the program, which took slightly less than a minute. However,
the initial update of the antivirus signature took more than 15
minutes.
The antivirus installs relatively fast even on malware-infested
systems, and in case of difficulties, you can install it while running
Windows in Safe Mode.
Appearance
Three buttons are prominently displayed on the main program window,
which are used for performing quick, full and custom scans respectively.
Small banners on the lower left corner of the spacious interface
provide statistics on quarantined files and performance while three
virus engine icons located below them animate whenever the engines
update. The program version is displayed just below the icons, and the
update link is located on the lower center of the screen.
Two icons on the lower right corner are for Sandbox and Cleaner,
which run programs in isolation and remove all traces respectively. On
the upper right side is a counter calculating the number of days the
free antivirus has been protecting the computer.
On the upper part of the screen is a pull-down menu that gives access
to controls you can use to adjust the way you want the antivirus to
function. Using the Virus Remover
The full scan was divided into five stages:
System settings
Applications
Memory
Startup
All files
We could clearly see the steps the antivirus had completed and where
it was scanning. You can choose whether you want the program to have the
least impact possible on performance or the fastest speed. You can also
choose to shut down the computer once the program completes scanning.
Once the virus remover competed scanning, it displayed a simple list
of malware traces, which were not ranked by level of threat or type of
malware. However, the malware type column allowed us to sort and view
related traces.
The antivirus did not remove malware traces automatically but allowed
us to choose to clean them. Interestingly, it requested for a quick
scan immediately after completing the cleanup process to detect hidden
dangers. When it encountered a stubborn virus, it requested to re-boot
the system to remove it.
To protect against phishing websites, 360 Internet Security also includes the 360 WebShield plug-in for web browsers. Conclusion
360 Internet Security 2013 is a powerful virus remover that uses a
behavior-based detection system to offer extra security.
Software Product Description
A free antivirus suite that uses 3 antivirus engines: 360 checksum based
cloud engine, machine learning QVM engine, and BitDefender local engine.
While it is recommended that you install a local antivirus program on
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Using Panda Cloud Cleaner
Installing the desktop version of Panda Cloud Cleaner was relatively
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after installation, which checked the areas most commonly infected by
viruses.
We could also perform a full scan to check every part of our
computer. In addition, the program allowed us to configure folders we
wanted it to scan.
If you want to get maximum protection, then you need an Internet
connection, as the antivirus relies heavily on cloud knowledge. However,
it also includes a local antivirus engine that makes it possible to
detect serious threats even without going online. The program does not
offer real time protection.
The quick scan was as quick as its name implied. However, processing
some information and returning the results of detection took significant
time because it had to connect to the online database.
The program cleverly integrates advanced tools with simplicity of use,
which makes it ideal for both novice and advanced users. Some of the
things we could do with it included:
Unlocking files that malware use to enable manual deletion
Terminating all processes that the system did not need to operate
Sending suspicious but yet unclassified data to Panda labs
Performing trusted boot scan to detect rootkits and stop viruses from preventing disinfection
Ability to delete temporary files that Web browsers usually leave behind
The program allowed us to select the files we wanted to delete. Conclusion
Panda Cloud Cleaner scores high on various antivirus removal tests,
and different labs have certified it for the detection and cleaning of
antivirus. It is also a user-friendly and free virus protection program
that even a novice will not have difficulties handling.
Although it wiped out some files that were not inherently malicious
but only infected by viruses, this is a common occurrence among cleaners
that operate more aggressively. It is therefore recommended for systems
that already have malware problems.
Software Product Description
Panda Cloud Cleaner is an advanced disinfector based on Collective
Intelligence (scanning in-the-cloud) that detects malware that
traditional security solutions cannot detect.
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We briefly mentioned a few keyboard shortcuts for Firefox
a while ago, but there are many others I'm sure you already know - and
which usually work across all main browsers, like Ctrl+T to open a new
tab or clicking the mouse's wheel on a link to open it in the
background.
However today we won't focus on keyboard-only shortcuts; we'll talk about mouse and keyboard combinations, which enable you to perform different tasks by pressing a given key while clicking with your mouse.
Firefox
Ctrl + Click: Opens the link a new tab in the background
Ctrl + Shift + Click: Opens the link in a new tab in the foreground
Shift + Click: Opens the link in a new window
Shift + Alt + Click: Forces the link to open in the current tab
Alt + Click: Saves link as...
Internet Explorer
Ctrl + Click: Opens the link a new tab in the background
Ctrl + Shift + Click: Opens the link in a new tab in the foreground
Shift + Click: Opens the link in a new window
Ctrl + Alt + Click: Saves page as...
Opera
Ctrl + Shift + Click: Opens the link a new tab in the background
Shift + Click: Opens the link in a new tab in the foreground
Ctrl + Click: Saves image as...
Google Chrome
Ctrl + Click: Opens the link a new tab in the background
Ctrl + Shift + Click: Opens the link in a new tab in the foreground
Shift + Click: Opens the link in a new window
Alt + Click: Saves page as...
Safari
Ctrl + Click: Opens the link a new tab in the background
Ctrl + Shift + Click: Opens the link in a new tab in the foreground
Ctrl + Alt + Click: Opens the link in a new window