Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 has been finally released - sort of - and can be downloaded from the Microsoft download website. The links are already up and it is only a matter of time when the links do not point to a Ups sorry link not found message but the real download link of the Office 2007 Service Pack 1.

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Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 is currently priced at $619 at Amazon. Microsoft knows that only a few students have the money to buy a software suite for roughly $600 which is why they decided to run a promotion that sells Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for $59 which is an absolute bargain.

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Microsoft Office introduced several new file formats which can’t be read by older versions of the various Office products. I’m not sure why Microsoft decided to change the file formats but it is really a hassle for me. I’m running Office 2007 on my system while my girlfriend is still running an older version of Microsoft Office.

It happened twice already that she worked on my computer and saved a Microsoft Word format in the new format (.docx) and was not able to read the file on her computer. She does not have Internet access there which means that it was really problematic to get the right format on her computer.

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It appears that Microsoft is running a public beta testing of their upcoming office 2007 suite. All you need to do is register at the official Microsoft Office website and follow the guidelines afterwards. The download size range varies between 75 Megabytes and 3 Gigabytes depending on the choices you make. Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 for instance uses 550 Megabytes and you have the option to add programs like Microsoft Groove 2007, Sharepoint Designer 2007, OneNote 2007, Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, Office Project 2007 and Office Visio 2007.

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