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Features:
* Delve into databases with ease * New context-sensitive smart tags *
New task panes * New Outlook condenses all your personal and
professional e-mail into one central location--even Web-based e-mail *
Includes Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access Microsoft Office
XPs empowering document design tools, integration of voice recognition
functionality, and impressive network- and Web-based sourcing
capabilities should be enough to convince those interested in saving
time and consolidating effort to take the leap. In keeping with
Microsofts much-ballyhooed .NET strategy, Office XP introduces several
features that utilize the vast infosphere inhabited by the 21st-century
desk jockey. Smart tags beckon underneath recognized objects like
misspellings or symbols, offering a stock quote here, a synonym there,
or Would anyone care to configure my auto-correction list? The task pane
looks similar to Microsoft Internet Explorers Explorer Bar, and acts
like an open tool chest pulled up alongside each application in the
suite, providing readily configured searches for information or
multimedia files. Putting up a team Web site that tracks projects and
serves as an information hub requires only the use of one of the
included templates, ready to be customized and uploaded to the server.
The Send for Review feature further streamlines the collaborative
process by allowing the sender to view revisions made by multiple
parties within the framework of the original document. Outlook now
features a color-coded calendar and easier meeting management, along
with instant messaging and variable e-mail account access. All user
system errors can be tracked globally, and then network security
settings modified remotely while anti-virus and debugging IT resources
are diverted accordingly. After firing up Microsoft Word, typing Dear
Somebody, and hitting the Enter key, we made a startling discovery. Up
popped Clippy, Microsofts publicly pink-slipped office assistant. Clippy
might have aptly announced, Rumors of my death have been greatly
exaggerated, but instead predictably observed, It looks like youre
writing a letter. Once the groans of disbelief had subsided, we quickly
right-clicked and banished Clippy to the silicon ether, presumably
forever.
System requirements:
* Pentium 133 MHz or faster (Pentium 3 recommended) * Microsoft Windows
98, 98 Second Edition, Me, NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 or greater, or
Windows 2000 or greater; on systems running Windows NT 4.0, the version
of Internet Explorer must be upgraded to at least 4.01 with Service Pack
1 * Note: Add 8 MB RAM to the following memory requirements for each
Office application open simultaneously: 24 MB RAM (Windows 98); 32 MB
RAM (Windows Me, NT Workstation, or Server 4.0); 64 MB RAM (Windows 2000
Professional) * 210 MB hard disk space is required for the default
configuration of Office XP Standard with 115 MB on the hard disk where
the operating system is installed; customers without Windows 2000,
Windows Me, or Office 2000 SR1 will require an extra 50 MB of hard disk
space for the System Files Update; custom installation choices may
require more or less hard disk space * CD-ROM drive * Super VGA (800 x
600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors |
