Since July 1 TechSoup New Zealand has already donated almost $100,000 worth of licences of Office Professional Plus 2007 to 37 organisations across New Zealand. This means that of the organisations that have placed orders via TechSoup approximately 7 in 10 organsiations have ordered Office Professional Plus 2007.

Office Professional Plus 2007 is part of the Microsoft Office system, an integrated collection of programs, servers, and services designed to work together to enable optimized information work. The

Professional Plus suite includes:

• Microsoft Office Access 2007: A relational database management system that helps information workers track and report information
• Microsoft Office Communicator 2007: A unified communications client that uses options such as instant messaging (IM), voice, and video to communicate between locations or time zones
• Microsoft Office Excel 2007: A spreadsheet application with data analysis and visualization tools
• Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007: An information-gathering program using electronic forms deployed through Web browsers, email messages, or mobile devices
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: A time and information manager that integrates email, calendar, contacts, and tasks
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: A presentation graphics program with capabilities for text effects, sound, and animation
• Microsoft Office Publisher 2007: A desktop publishing program that allows people with basic layout skills to create a wide variety of publications for desktop printing, commercial printing, email distribution, or viewing on the Web
• Microsoft Office Word 2007: A full-featured word-processing program