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This document describes the underlying philosophy and the goals that informed the design of the new user interface system in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. It presents an overview of the individual system components and describes how the components work together to help users be more productive and efficient while creating more sophisticated documents with applications in the 2007 Microsoft Office system release. Finally, this document presents information that will help businesses make a smooth transition from previous releases of Microsoft Office to the 2007 release. An appendix presents screenshots of major user interface features.

The document is directed at Technology Decision Makers and IT Professionals.

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