Microsoft Office 2007 SP 1 Ready To Download

The 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested stability and performance improvements, while incorporating further enhancements to user security. This service pack also includes all of the updates released for the 2007 Office suite prior to December of 2007.

Service Pack 1 will install even if a publicly available update has already been installed on your computer.

SP1 also includes stability improvements developed as a result of user input from the Microsoft Online Crash Analysis and from Microsoft Product Support feedback.

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Office 2007 To Get Its First Service Pack Update

When the words Service Pack 1 (SP1) are tossed around these days, everyone immediately thinks of Windows Vista. SP1 is the first service pack for Vista and aims to bring performance enhancements, bug fixes and improvements to Microsoft's anti-piracy efforts.But Windows Vista is not the only software released by Microsoft.On November 30, 2006, Microsoft also launched Office 2007 -- and it's time for Microsoft's best-selling productivity suite to get an update.

Development of Office 2007 SP1 is a bit further along than Vista SP1 and Microsoft is expected to release the update to customers on Tuesday, December 11. According to Microsoft, many of the improvements found in Office 2007 SP1 are in direct response to corporate/consumer feedback.

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Microsoft Offers $59.95 Office Ultimate 2007 to Students

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When it comes to productivity suites, Microsoft's long-running Office almost always gets top billing. Sure, there are alternatives like OpenOffice and StarOffice available to consumers, but Office sets the standard.

One area where Microsoft hasn't always been competitive with Office, however, is with pricing. While OpenOffice and StarOffice (most recently) are available for free, Office 2007 can get a bit pricey when you start piling on applications.

Pricing ranges from $149 for Microsoft Office Home and Student to $679 for Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 ($539 Upgrade).But now college students can get Microsoft Office Ultimate for only $59.95.

Microsoft has decided to take it a bit easy on college students with "The Ultimate Steal" promotion. Although many college universities offer steeply discounted versions of Microsoft software, this new promotion is direct from Microsoft to students.

College students with a valid university ".edu" email address, are enrolled in at 0.5 hours of coursework and can provide documentation of enrollment can purchase Office Ultimate 2007 for a mere $59.95.

Students can download the software direct from Microsoft or have a DVD shipped out for a fee.

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