Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 Frequently Asked Questions

Find the answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Office Enterprise 2007.

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Overview

Q.What is Office Enterprise 2007?
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Building on the strengths of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007, Office Enterprise 2007 is the most complete toolset that Microsoft provides for people and teams who work dynamically and share information across geographical and organizational boundaries, so your organization can deliver better results faster.

Q.What does Office Enterprise 2007 provide?
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In addition to all the other applications available in Office Professional Plus 2007, Office Enterprise 2007 includes Microsoft Office Groove 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007. With Office Groove 2007 and Office OneNote 2007, teams have a rich set of information-sharing tools that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to provide a comprehensive collaboration and information storage and retrieval system to improve the productivity of teams and organizations. Find more information on the top 10 benefits of Office Enterprise 2007.

Q.Who is Office Enterprise 2007 for?
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Office Enterprise 2007 is for people and organizations that depend on gathering, sharing, and collaborating on information across geographic locations and companies, while online and offline, to meet their objectives.

Q.Why should organizations or teams consider using Office Enterprise 2007?
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Office Enterprise 2007 can help teams and organizations more efficiently gather, organize, share, access, and reuse information across organizational boundaries. Use Office Enterprise 2007 to:

Easily and more securely share information among teams. By taking advantage of the network-independent architecture of Office Groove 2007, you can invite team members to a more secure, encrypted workspace, regardless of physical location.

Catch all the details of team calls and meetings by synchronizing typed or handwritten notes with audio and video recordings in Office OneNote 2007.

Increase a team's productivity and ability to reuse existing information by using the advanced search capabilities in Office OneNote 2007 and Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Stay on top of the latest project updates with automatic data synchronization and notifications in Office Groove 2007.

Maximize efficiency of e-mail storage and network bandwidth. With Office Groove 2007, efficient data synchronization eliminates the need to use e-mail for sharing files among team members.

Copy information from and into other 2007 Microsoft Office system programs, including Microsoft Office Word 2007, Office Excel 2007, Office Outlook 2007, and Office PowerPoint 2007, using an Office OneNote 2007 notebook.

Q.What are some of the typical ways that organizations or teams might use Office Enterprise 2007?
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Office Enterprise 2007 can be applied to many different scenarios, either within organizations and workgroups or across suppliers and partners. Using Office Enterprise 2007:

A project team can collaborate on project notes in real time using Office OneNote 2007 live sharing capabilities.

An information worker can quickly set up an Office Groove 2007 workspace for a new project and easily invite team members to join, without requesting IT resources.

A group manager can monitor a team's progress on a project with automatic notifications of project updates in Office Groove 2007.

An information worker can use the powerful search features in Office OneNote 2007 to locate information from text embedded in pictures, handwritten notes, or spoken words within audio and video recordings. This feature eliminates the need to re-create existing information.

A project team can help ensure that each team member has access to all relevant project information at all times by using Office OneNote 2007 notebooks and an Office Groove 2007 workspace for active collaboration, and Office SharePoint Server 2007 for longer-term storage of project documents.

A project team can collaboratively hand-draw a new system diagram in an Office OneNote 2007 notebook and then quickly convert it into a Microsoft Office Visio 2007 diagram by taking advantage of the integration with other Microsoft Office system applications.

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Pricing and Ordering

Q.How much does Office Enterprise 2007 cost?
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Find pricing and licensing information on the 2007 Microsoft Office System Pricing page.

Q.Who may purchase Office Enterprise 2007?
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Office Enterprise 2007 is available to Volume Licensing customers.

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Installation and Compatibility

Q.What are the system requirements for Office Enterprise 2007?
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See the system requirements for Office Enterprise 2007.

Q.Does Office Enterprise 2007 work with Office SharePoint Server 2007?
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Yes. Together, Office OneNote 2007, Office Groove 2007, and Office SharePoint Server 2007 provide a comprehensive environment to help teams better organize, share, access, manage, and store information. Automatic synchronization between Office Groove 2007 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables team members to work with SharePoint content offline. Likewise, Office OneNote 2007 also automatically synchronizes with Office SharePoint Server 2007, enabling team members to work with SharePoint content offline. When content created in Office OneNote 2007 notebooks and Office Groove 2007 workspaces is saved to Office SharePoint Server 2007, it becomes part of an official project record.

Q.How does Office Enterprise 2007 fit in with other 2007 Microsoft Office system programs?
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Office Enterprise 2007 integrates with other 2007 Microsoft Office system software, including Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communicator, and Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, so you can work smoothly among these applications. For example, a team can use Office Communicator and Office OneNote 2007 together to add video and instant messaging content and capabilities to an Office OneNote 2007 live sharing session. Content created in Office Groove 2007 and Office OneNote 2007 can also be stored as a long-term project record in Office SharePoint Server 2007.

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