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Microsoft Launches Office 2007 in Late 2006

MS Office 2007 to be released late 2006, taken out from the Microsoft Office 12 code-name.

The 2007 Microsoft Office will be available in 7 editions; while small businesses and consumers will se limited changes, Microsoft announced that the Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 will bring a great deal of new features.

Microsoft Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003 will continue as Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007.

Home and Student edition that bundles Excel, Powerpoint, Word and OneNote in a $149 package.

Standard edition replaces OneNote with Powerpoint, sold for $399.

Small business suites will be available for either $449 or $499 (Pro Edition).

Microsoft's group program manager of Information Worker licensing and pricing, Parri Munsell:

"We really think this is the most significant advance in Office in a decade."