Microsoft Office Word 2007

Microsoft Office Word 2007 is included in the 2007 release of the Microsoft Office system. Office Word 2007 is a powerful authoring program that gives you the ability to create and share documents by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with the easy-to-use Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.

Office Word 2007 helps information workers create professional-looking content more quickly than ever before. With a host of new tools, you can quickly construct documents from predefined parts and styles, as well as compose and publish blogs directly from within Word. Advanced integration with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and new XML-based file formats make Office Word 2007 the ideal choice for building integrated document management solutions.

Create professional-looking content

Together with the results-oriented Office Fluent user interface, Office Word 2007 gives you the tools you need to create professional-looking content.

• The Office Fluent user interface presents the right tools to you when you need them.

• Add Building Blocks of predefined content and reduce the errors associated with copying and pasting frequently used content.

• Quick Styles save you time by helping you quickly format text and tables throughout your document.

• Document Themes apply the same colors, fonts, and effects to your documents for a consistent look.

• SmartArt diagrams and a new charting engine help you add a professional look to documents. Shared diagramming and charting with Microsoft Office Excel 2007 spreadsheet software and the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation graphics program help ensure a consistent look across your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
  
  
• Compose and publish blogs directly from within Word using the familiar Word interface to create your blog posts complete with pictures, rich formatting, spelling checker, and more. 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.
  
  
• Live word count keeps track of the number of words in your document as you type, and is always in view in the Office Fluent user interface of Office Word 2007.
  
  
• Typographic capabilities offer improved bulleted and numbered lists, numbered list styles, and new fonts designed to improve on-screen reading.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Contextual Spelling Checker helps you avoid common mistakes and misuse of similarly spelled words.
  
  
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Home Ownership: American Dream or Nightmare?

MSN Money and Reuters host a passionate tell-all discussion exploring the American housing crisis.

REDMOND, Wash. — What does the future of the American real-estate market look like? Will a one-size-fits-all solution work? What should the government do? For answers to these and other questions about the current housing crisis, MSN Money and Reuters recently hosted a compelling and timely panel discussion in conjunction with the Reuters Housing Summit, in which Toll Brothers Inc. CEO Bob Toll, Seabreeze Partners Management Inc.’s head Doug Kass, Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America CEO Bruce Marks, and MSN Money Senior Markets Editor Jim Jubak examined the current state of the housing market, debated potential remedies and offered insight into what’s ahead. Patrick Fitzgibbons, editor in charge of Equities at Reuters, moderated the discussion, asking tough questions that sparked debate, controversy and commentary throughout the room. Who is to fault? The homeowner? The lender? These questions and more drew influential guests from the banking, investing and real estate world as well as the financial press to the 30th floor of the Reuters Building in New York, Wednesday evening, Feb. 20, 2008.

As Congress takes up the issue again this week, and with millions of homeowners facing foreclosure, home prices sliding, financial institutions suffering huge losses, and the overall crisis threatening a recession, the immensity of the housing crisis was clear. The conclusion? Despite their different perspectives, all the panelists agreed that it has been an enormously bad few years for the entire housing sector, and they were not, as a group, optimistic that things were going to get a whole lot better before 2009 rolls around. All agreed that it is a complicated issue to tackle, and it is difficult to determine when we will have the answers to the many questions on this topic.

“While the moods of our guests at the summit swayed from hopeful to concerned to despairing, the tone of the panel discussion was definitely high-spirited and touched on some valuable insights,” said Fitzgibbons, moderator of the panel discussion. “It may just be a wait-and-see type of situation, but it’s our hope that these discussions will help bring us closer to finding the solutions.”

“The past year has been a roller coaster ride for everyone involved in the housing market, and there’s clearly a lot of emotion at play here,” said Chris Jolley, of the MSN News, Analysis and Local Publishing Group. “By collaborating with Reuters and expanding our strategic alliance with them, it is our goal to bring this passionate discussion front and center so we can all take a closer look at where we’ve been, where we’re headed and what can possibly be done in the future to course-correct.”

MSN Money (http://money.msn.com) will host video from the panel. To view it, and for ongoing discussion around the topic, readers can visit http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2008/02/21/update-silver-lining-in-quot-bad-news-quot-on-housing.aspx.

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