Microsoft Press First Look 2007 Microsoft Office System

94 Part II: Preparing and Producing Professional Results
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Easily complete mail merge projects by using data lists from other sources—
including Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 lists or data from your Microsoft® Office
Access 2007 database—and filtering, sorting, and customizing publications for
specific customer groups.
What’s New in Office Publisher 2007?
One of the first things you might notice about Office Publisher 2007 is that it does not
have the same sweeping visual changes that some of the other applications display.
Office Publisher 2007 includes the same menu system used in the 2003 version, so if you
used Office Publisher previously, you’ll still know the basic lay of the land.
But appearances can be deceiving. If you look a little closer, you’ll see that Office Publisher
2007 includes major changes that simplify powerful procedures, expand your range of
choices, and enable you to work smarter by creating reusable data and cutting down on
repetitive tasks.
An Overview of Office Publisher 2007 Changes
Throughout this chapter, you’ll take a closer look at the additions and enhancements you’ll
find in Office Publisher 2007. Specifically, the changes in this version include the following:
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The Publisher Tasks task pane serves as a guide to walk you through creating,
distributing, and following up on your publications.
Improved templates are easier than ever to customize to reflect your own brand choices.
The Content Library enables you to store publication elements—text, images, logos, and
more—that you can reuse in other materials;
Improvements in the Design Checker help you evaluate your publication for problems
that would be apparent in the specific type of output you’re creating, such as a printed
piece or a Web site.
Expanded support for commercial printing (including Pantone colors) simplifies the
process of preparing your materials for professional printing.
The ability to save files in Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper
Specification (XPS) formats makes it possible for you to post your publications on
the Web and share your finished materials with a wider audience (whether they use
Office Publisher 2007 or not).
The simplified and streamlined mail merge process makes it easier than ever to create,
customize, distribute, and track mailings to your entire customer list (or to selected
subsets of that list).