Office 2007 Professional vs. Home

Hi all -

I already have Outlook 2007, but now I want to get more of the suite. If
I buy the Home edition rather than the Professional version, will I miss
out on any Outlook functionality? What else might I miss?

TIA,
Craig

Milly
Fri May 02 15:04:20 PDT 2008

Yes, themes will not work in Outlook and some people have reported that =
mail merges and other automation functions are crippled.

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After furious head scratching, Craig Schiller asked:

| Hi all -
|=20
| I already have Outlook 2007, but now I want to get more of the suite.
| If I buy the Home edition rather than the Professional version, will
| I miss out on any Outlook functionality? What else might I miss?
|=20
| TIA,
| Craig

Craig
Sun May 04 07:32:42 PDT 2008

Hi Milly -

Thanks for the response. I want to make sure I understand your message.
You're saying that if I don't get the Professional version (and thus
duplicate my purchase of Outlook), Word's mail merge function may not
work? And what other "automation functions" are you referring to?

Thanks for your help!

Craig

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:

>Yes, themes will not work in Outlook and some people have reported that mail merges and other automation functions are crippled.
>
>--?
>Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
>Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
>unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
>reading.
>
>After furious head scratching, Craig Schiller asked:
>
>| Hi all -
>|
>| I already have Outlook 2007, but now I want to get more of the suite.
>| If I buy the Home edition rather than the Professional version, will
>| I miss out on any Outlook functionality? What else might I miss?
>|
>| TIA,
>| Craig
>
>

Milly
Sun May 04 13:44:48 PDT 2008

Other automation functions such as mail merges, send to from Office =
programs, availability of Outlook's Address Book in Word. themes, etc.

What do you need in the pro version that Standard or SBE does not offer? =
Do you really need Access? Where did you get your copy of Outlook =
2007? PDA?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
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"Craig Schiller" <cschiller1@earthlink.net> wrote in message =
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Hi Milly -

Thanks for the response. I want to make sure I understand your message.=20
You're saying that if I don't get the Professional version (and thus=20
duplicate my purchase of Outlook), Word's mail merge function may not=20
work? And what other "automation functions" are you referring to?

Thanks for your help!

Craig

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:

>Yes, themes will not work in Outlook and some people have reported that =
mail merges and other automation functions are crippled.
>
>--=81
>Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
>Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
>unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
>reading. =20
>
>After furious head scratching, Craig Schiller asked:
>
>| Hi all -
>|=20
>| I already have Outlook 2007, but now I want to get more of the suite.
>| If I buy the Home edition rather than the Professional version, will
>| I miss out on any Outlook functionality? What else might I miss?
>|=20
>| TIA,
>| Craig
> =20
>

Craig
Mon May 05 05:08:53 PDT 2008

Hi Milly -

Well, that's exactly my question. I don't know if I need anything in
professional that's not in SBE or Standard. I don't need Access for sure.

Personally, I don't use either Outlook or Word --- this is for my wife.
So I don't want to get the wrong version if that's going to reduce her
productivity in any way.

Outlook 2007 was purchased as a standalone through Amazon.

Thanks for your help.

Craig

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:

>Other automation functions such as mail merges, send to from Office programs, availability of Outlook's Address Book in Word. themes, etc.
>
>What do you need in the pro version that Standard or SBE does not offer? Do you really need Access? Where did you get your copy of Outlook 2007? PDA?
>
>
>

Milly
Mon May 05 17:26:01 PDT 2008

Then you might want to have a look at this site to compare the various =
offerings:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101635841033.aspx=20

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading. =20

"Craig Schiller" <cschiller1@earthlink.net> wrote in message =
news:%23XEzMjqrIHA.5096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Hi Milly -

Well, that's exactly my question. I don't know if I need anything in=20
professional that's not in SBE or Standard. I don't need Access for =
sure.

Personally, I don't use either Outlook or Word --- this is for my wife.=20
So I don't want to get the wrong version if that's going to reduce her=20
productivity in any way.

Outlook 2007 was purchased as a standalone through Amazon.

Thanks for your help.

Craig

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:

>Other automation functions such as mail merges, send to from Office =
programs, availability of Outlook's Address Book in Word. themes, etc.
>
>What do you need in the pro version that Standard or SBE does not =
offer? Do you really need Access? Where did you get your copy of =
Outlook 2007? PDA?
>
> =20
>

Craig
Tue May 06 09:26:07 PDT 2008

Thanks very much, Milly. That was quite helpful.

Craig

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:

>Then you might want to have a look at this site to compare the various offerings:
>
>http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101635841033.aspx
>
>
>

Milly
Tue May 06 14:28:16 PDT 2008

It is nice to know what is out there and they make it pretty easy to see =
what you can get. Glad it helped.

--=81
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading. =20

After furious head scratching, Craig Schiller asked:

| Thanks very much, Milly. That was quite helpful.
|=20
| Craig
|=20
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|=20
|| Then you might want to have a look at this site to compare the
|| various offerings:=20
||=20
|| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101635841033.aspx