- A new streamlined user interface presents tools (visual previews, predefined style galleries, table formats, etc.) when you need them, in a clear and organized fashion.
- Create predefined content that is frequently used in your documents (cover pages, headers, footers, custom text, etc.) and new Building Blocks will let you add them to a new or existing document with just a few clicks.
- New graphing features include 3-D shapes, transparency, drop shadows, and other effects.
- Quick Styles and Document Themes can change the appearance of text, tables, and graphics throughout your entire document to match your preferred style or color scheme.
- New tri-pane panels compare two versions of a Word document to find all differences, or can combine two documents into one.
- Create blog entries directly from within Word to create your blog posts complete with pictures, rich formatting, and spelling checker. Publish your blogs from Word to many common blog services including Office SharePoint Server 2007, MSN Spaces, Blogger, TypePad, Community Server, and more.
- The Equation Builder helps you construct editable, in-line mathematical equations using real mathematical symbols, prebuilt equations, and automatic formatting.
- Contextual Spelling Checker helps you avoid common mistakes and misuse of similarly spelled words.
- Live word count keeps track of the number of words in your document as you type, and is always in view.
- Citation Manager and Reference Builder give you the ability to add references, footnotes, endnotes, tables of contents, tables of figures or tables of authorities. Format your reference automatically by selecting a predefined style guide, including APA, MLA, The Chicago Manual of Style, and others.
- New Document Inspector feature can remove comments, tracked changes, metadata, or other information from your documents.
- Digitally sign your documents with Word 2007.
- Share documents in PDF and XPS formats.
- XML formats with custom-defined schema.
Microsoft Word Home and Student 2007 edition is for non-commercial, non-commercial location, educational use only. This is a personal learning license for qualified educational users only. (Example: In a household, only the students are eligible to use the software, however parents can use the software when assisting students.) You can install this edition on up to three PCs in your home and this product does not qualify for future upgrade pricing or installations. You may not transfer your usage rights to another individual or allow them to install the program at another location. You are only eligible to use this product while you are a qualified educational user. Microsoft provides only installation support for this product.
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