Table of contents

1. About 2007 Microsoft Office



2. Introduction to Language Packs for the 2007 Microsoft Office system
   
   
3. Single Language Pack (SLP) for single user
   
   
4. Multi-Language Pack (MLP) for Organizational users
   
   
5. 2007 Microsoft Office applications and Language Packs
   
   
6. Microsoft Office 2003 proofing tools and 2007 Office System Language Packs
   
   
7. Links
   
   

About 2007 Microsoft Office

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 with a fully Arabic language localized interface design such as:

• Word 2007
• Excel 2007
• PowerPoint 2007
• Access 2007
• Outlook 2007
• OneNote 2007
• InfoPath 2007
• Publisher 2007
• SharePoint Designer 2007
• Project 2007
• Visio 2007.

The following suites of 2007 Microsoft Office are available in Arabic language:

• Office Basic 2007


• Office Standard 2007


• Office Home and Student 2007


• Office Small Business 2007 (without Business Contact Manager)


• Office Professional 2007


• Office Professional Plus 2007


• Office Enterprise 2007


• Office Ultimate 2007

For more information on purchasing 2007 Microsoft office suites please contact the nearest Microsoft Office from this website:
http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/region.aspx?region=Africa

System Requirements for 2007 Office systems

Introduction to Language Packs for the 2007 Microsoft Office system

The Microsoft Office Multi-Language Pack 2007 is an add-in product that can change the entire user experience of 2007 Microsoft Office applications, by enabling each desktop to support different languages including the Arabic language. This includes Menus/User Interface, Help, Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Spell Checker. In addition user can choose to use some of the options of the pack, such as the spell checker to proof a document in the Arabic language other than the default language set on their computer

Single Language Pack (SLP) for single user

A Single Language Pack (SLP) enables a user or organization to add one language for user interface to their base 2007 Office language deployment and to easily switch between them. For Example Arabic user could simply buy the SLP for Arabic language for 2007 Microsoft Office and use it to switch between the Arabic and English language only.

Multi-Language Pack (MLP) for Organizational users

A Multi-Language Pack (MLP) is the same as the SLP or the single user language pack, but instead it enables a user or organization to add all the capabilities to their base 2007 Office System deployment with up to 38 different languages including the Arabic language.

For more information about how to purchase MLP pack please contact your subsidiary by choosing your country and the nearest subsidiary from this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/region.aspx?region=Africa

2007 Microsoft Office applications and Language Packs

Language Packs enables and affect the Arabic localization of the Menus, User Interface, Help, Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Spell Checker for the following applications in 2007 Office Systems:

• Word 2007
• Excel 2007
• PowerPoint 2007
• Access 2007
• Outlook 2007
• OneNote 2007
• InfoPath 2007
• Publisher 2007
• SharePoint Designer 2007
• Project 2007
• Visio 2007

In addition of the user interface for Microsoft Office Tools, such as the Clip Organizer, Document Imagining, Document Scanning and Picture Manager.

Microsoft Office 2003 proofing tools and 2007 Office System Language Packs

Proofing Tools for Office 2003 are an add-in software package for Microsoft Office 2003 suites that installs language tools for over 37 languages for that client. It does not change the user interface or the help system, instead it simply enables the client to write and proof in different languages while maintaining the user interface language of the original product. Proofing tools could only be purchased as a suite of languages. Microsoft did not sell individual language packs.

Links

Multilanguage deployment
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/9b5b2d78-66a7-4b0d-bbf1-788036e230e21033.mspx?mfr=true

Language Pack Overview
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/HA102113681033.aspx

System Requirements for 2007 Office systems
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/HA101668651033.aspx

The 2007 Microsoft Office suites localized versions
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/HA102113701033.aspx?pid=CL101732621033

Options for using the 2007 Microsoft Office suites in multiple languages
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/HA102113721033.aspx?pid=CL101732621033

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