Microsoft India has announced the availability of the fully localized Hindi version of 2007 Microsoft Office. Currently, the Hindi edition will be available with Microsoft Office Professional 2007 and Microsoft Office Standard 2007 versions. The launch is an outcome of the commitment Microsoft made under Project Bhasha, a program it launched in September 2003 to promote local language computing in India. Microsoft will also be launching Language Interface Packs (LIPs) for 2007 Microsoft Office in thirteen Indian languages including Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali, Konkani, Telugu, Urdu, Assamese and Oriya before the end of 2007.
2007 Microsoft Office release is the most significant advancement in Office from Microsoft in more than a decade. With a new streamlined Fluent user interface that exposes commonly used and familiar commands, enhanced graphics and formatting capabilities, new communications and information management tools and more reliability and security, the 2007 Microsoft Office system makes it easier and more enjoyable for people to get things done at home and office. Microsoft Office Professional 2007 brings small businesses a complete set of productivity tools that will help employees save time, stay organized and work more effectively with information. Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is the essential software suite for homes and small businesses that will enable them to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and manage e-mails.
Commenting on the roll out of Hindi version of 2007 Microsoft Office, Pankaj Ukey, Office System – Product Lead, Microsoft Corporation India , said “The need for local language software is crucial to deliver the benefits of IT at the grassroot level in a multilingual country like India . So it was our endeavor to bring in the fully localized version of 2007 Microsoft Office in Hindi immediately after the launch of 2007 Microsoft Office. This is a break through product which will enable people work faster and better and be more productive both at home and at work. The Hindi version will help us extend these benefits to over 3372 million Hindi speaking population in the country.”
“So far, 2007 Microsoft Office has received an overwhelming response with customer adoption crossing over 1.5 million licenses in the country. The release of Office Hindi and Local Language Interface Packs later this year will help us reach out to even more customers in India ,” he further added.
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