I talked tO you 2 days ago abOut the new realease and past days Of MS Office.
To day I am gOing tO give you sOme new thOughts behind Office 2007, the new
reLease.
Go thrOugh............
"In Office 2007, we've done something else that we've never done before:
given you a choice of skins for the user interface. If you don't like the
default blue skin and would prefer something more neutral, we've got you covered
with the striking new black skin.
On Windows Vista, of course, we fully support glass in both skins. I'll get you
some screenshots of that in the not-too-distant future."
Jensen
Harris
Thursday, March 09, 2006
The Microsoft Office 2007 is the most recent version of Microsoft productivity
suite which is formerLy knOwn as Office 12. On november 30th 2007, it was
reLeased tO Business customers in the initiaL beta cycle. And made avaiLabLe tO
retaiL custOmerOn January 3oth 2007 which was the same day Of the fOrmaL tO
retaiL custOmer Of Windows Vista.
MicrosOft has remOved MS FrontPage entireLy. It is nO Longer being deveLoped.
And its repLaced with Microsoft SharePoint Designer .
What are New with Office 2007 (MS Office 12)?
User Interface
Office 2007 cOntains a number Of new features, the More notabLe Of which is the
entireLy new GraphicaL user Interface caLLed RIBBON that bLends MENUs and
TOOLLBARs tOgether.
"I started here as a designer many moons ago and now lead a team of user
experience designers and researchers that are infinitely more talented than I
could ever dream of being. We're the interaction design experts that Steven
mention in his
blog
back in December .
As designers, we are pretty... geeky. We have some pretty developers too...
pretty designee that is. Actually, the developer and designer relationship in
Office is nothing like Beauty and the Geek at all. Maybe it's the mutual
admiration of their respective craft. Maybe it's the recognition of how far the
industry has to go toward bringing the beauty out of the geek. Maybe it's a
shared acknowledgment that beautiful products go beyond the skin.
Somehow, some way, we've managed to establish and grow a pretty meaningful
relationship over the years. It's a bond that has culminated in our most
attractive release of Office ever. As it turns out, you can't have high design
without deep engineering. That's right--you can't have beauty without the geek."
Brad Weed,
Product Design Manager of the Office Design Group
Office Button
Office 2007 buttOn Located On the tOp Left Of th ewindOw, repLaces the "FiLe"
Menu & prOvide access tO functionaLity cOmmOn accrOss aLL Office appLications,
incLuding Opening, Saving, Printing & sharinga fiLe. ChOosing coLor scheme is
aLsO pOssibLe with the buttOn.
Ribbon
OfficiaLLy knOwn as Microsoft Office Fluent. The Ribbon is designed tO make the
features Of the appLication mOre discOverabLe and accessibLe with fewer mOuse
cLick as cOmpared tO menu-based User Interfaces untiLL Office 2007.
Contextual Tab
These tabs are intended tO appear when certained Objects are seLected. It shOws
Options specific tO the seLected Object. Take, fOr exampLe, SeLecting a picture
fires up the Picture Tab.
Live Preview
And anOther interesting feature is this. When the user Mouse Over in any
fOrmattin buttOns, the tempOrary fOrmating is appLyed tO the fOcused Text. The
tempOrary fOrmat remains untiLL the Mouse taken away frOm the bUttOn.
Mini Toolbar
Which pOps up near the seLected text whenever sOme text is seLected, provides
easy access tO mOst used fOrmatting cOmmands.
Zoom Slider
It aLLows dynamic & rapid magnificatiOn Of a document. And it is pLaced in the
bOttOm right cOrner.
Smart Art
Smart Art is a new grOup Of easiLy editabLe and fOrmatted diagrams. It cOntains
115 preset graphic layout templates.
File Format
Office Open XML. It is a new fiLe fOrmat MicrosOft Office has been cOnstructing.
It is based On XML & uses ZIP cOntainer. For micrOsOft wOrd dOcument it is saved
as ".DOCX" which was saved in previOuse versiOn as "DOC". And fiLe that cOntains
Macro wiLL be saved as ".DOCM". And aLso can save the fiLes in ".DOC" format tO
use with prteviOus versiOn of MS Word.
User Assistance System
With the new reLease Of Office 12, The Office Assistants have been cOmpLeteLy
remOved and are repLaced with the imprOved versiOn Of heLp system. It apears &
diappears Like nOrmaL tOoLtips.
Colloboration Features
It is a feature fOr coLLobratiOn & data Sharing. And it features server cOmpOnents which wOrk in cOnjunctiOn with ShardPoint Services.
Theme & Quick Style
Microsoft introduces a new Document Theme & Quick Style. It defines the Color,
Fonts and graphic effect Of a dOcument. The fiLe fOrmat ".THMX" is shared
between Word, ExceL, PowerPoint & OutLOok.
It is enOugh fOr nOw. I wiLL taLk mOre in the futre.
I WeLcome your comments.
