A results-oriented user interface that makes it easier to find and use product features.
More stable bullets and numbering to help you consistently format documents.
Enhanced text effects, SmartArt diagrams, and graphics and charting galleries that provide more formatting choices.
Document Themes that help you create a consistent appearance across Microsoft Office system programs.
Work with enhanced reliability and security features:
A junk e-mail filter that helps significantly reduce spam e-mail messages.
Anti-phishing tools that alert users to suspicious and potentially fraudulent e-mail messages.
Automatic document recovery tool that helps retrieve Microsoft Office documents after a system stops responding.
Document Inspector that detects and removes personally identifiable information, comments, and tracked changes from documents.
Find commands and help with ease:
Command tabs on the results-oriented Ribbon that display commonly used commands that previously appeared only in lengthy drop-down menus.
An improved Help system that offers a smooth transition between the Help menu in the Microsoft Office system and Help on the Internet (when connected). Larger, more informative enhanced ScreenTips provide help about commands.
Command tabs that are context-sensitive and change automatically depending upon the task that you are trying to complete.
Online tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions for common tasks.
Organize your time and communications:
Instant Search that helps you quickly find information in any of the Outlook modules such as e-mail, calendar, and contacts.
A To-Do Bar that brings together tasks, appointments, and flagged e-mail messages in one place.
Color Categories that help you quickly differentiate e-mail messages.
An RSS aggregator that offers you the opportunity to subscribe to and read Web content in Office Outlook 2007. (A separate fee-based RSS subscription is required.)