The 2007 Microsoft Office system improves organizational insight for government

The 2007 Microsoft Office system gives government organizations more than tools to manage information and streamline operations; it provides opportunities to turn important information into valuable insight and knowledge. Through a broad array of advanced information search, management, and analysis technologies, these tools enable leaders and the entire government workforce to drive real-time policy that advances organizational performance and our nation's interests and citizen security.

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Search and find information faster

New search technology built into Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 dramatically reduces the time needed to locate information. Together, Microsoft Office Groove 2007 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services provide an integrated collaboration and knowledge management environment to track agency progress and increase the ability for decision-makers to monitor and identify risk in organizational performance. It also affords government organizations with the ability to securely store, access, and share records across departments through an enterprise-wide content management system.

Conduct sophisticated data analysis

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 makes sophisticated data analysis available and offers more secure access to organizational data resources, redesigned interfaces for PivotTable views, and more powerful and easy-to-use conditional formatting. Government leaders and managers can track and provide updates on key metrics such as unit readiness, using browser-based dashboards and scorecards created with Excel Services technology in Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Organize agency projects using best practices

Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 enables people to work more effectively by organizing and consolidating disparate pieces of project-related information, including handwritten notes, audio and video recordings, formatted documents, and still images. When saved to an Office SharePoint site, the notebook containing all this content becomes available to all authorized team members as part of an official project record. By enabling people and teams to gather, store, search, and review project information, the 2007 Microsoft Office system makes it possible to implement better practices that maximize personnel productivity; improve tactical effectiveness, training, and knowledge transfer; and reduce the likelihood of duplicating or losing work.