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Microsoft Office® is one of the most versatile and affordable products for integrating and organizing business data. When fully realized, the capabilities available in Office have the potential to make your office and data systems much more streamlined, less labor-intensive, and further accessible.

Here are some examples of ways in which you may be able to take advantage of Office's programmability:

• Create an automated application in Word that performs mail merges direct from your database (SQL Server, Access, Oracle, or just about anything). Depending on your needs, the merge could output straight to the printer, automatically distribute email, or save file documents for later retrieval.
• Create an Executive Desktop in Excel that pulls together pieces of data from a multitude of data repositories across your company. The data can be manipulated within the application and presented in a multitude of ways as a dashboard that has real-time or periodically updated data. What better way to keep a pulse on the activity of your company?
• Build a stand-alone Windows application that prompts the user for specific pieces of information to create Word documents or Excel workbooks on the fly for immediate distribution or retrieval.

These are just a few examples of the possible ways to utilize Microsoft Office and your existing data — we've only scratched the surface. With the ability to fully secure Office documents and integrate with almost any existing or legacy data store and application you have, it only makes sense to consider utilizing Office to its full potential.

For more information, visit Microsoft's Office Online.