As a busy work-at-home mom, I find myself constantly using Microsoft Office products, more specifically Word, Outlook and Excel. I really would be lost without Microsoft Office.

I recently received a copy of Microsoft Office Small Business 2007, and of course I am impressed by what this Office suite has to offer.

• Word 2007
• Excel 2007
• PowerPoint 2007
• Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
• Publisher 2007
• Accounting Express 2007

You may already be familiar with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher, but what about the new Business Contact Manager and Accounting Express?

In a nutshell, Accounting Express is the perfect software for small business owners. It has the look and feel of the Office programs you are already familiar with, which makes working with Accounting Express a breeze. It assists you in managing your everyday business tasks, such as payroll, invoicing, and inventory. You can also use Accounting Express to sell your inventory through eBay and other online marketplaces, and get paid quickly using PayPal.

Outlook 2007 helps you to organize your emails with category coloring and saves you time with junk e-mail filtering and instant search.

Small business owners will also love that with the Business Contact Manager you can:

• Manage all your contact, prospect, and customer information in one place.
• Manage sales leads and opportunities more effectively.
• Get a dashboard view of your key customer and prospect metrics.
• Customize your contact, prospect, and customer information.
• Share information easily with multi-user access.

Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 is perfect for back to school. It includes the programs your children need, like Word, PowerPoint, and Publisher, while including additional programs for mom and dad as well.

I thought you would all enjoy this video. It made me chuckle a bit. It shows how small business owner, James, uses Microsoft Office to manage his cheese business. Keep in mind while it will get you excited about Microsoft Office, it might change your mind about cheese.

Now for the exciting news!!!! We have 3 copies of Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 to give away, which means we will have 3 lucky winners. With a retail value of $445.95 for the Office suite, this makes for an exciting giveaway. Please leave a comment below to enter.

This giveaway open to U.S. shipping addresses only, and is part of our 2009 Back To School Giveaway Event. Simply leave a comment on this post to enter (US and Canadian addresses) and, please, be sure to read our Back To School Giveaway rules.

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Written by 5 Minutes for Mom contributing editor Erica