During the Office 2007 installation, if you choose Customize rather than Install Now or Upgrade, you'll see a list of applications and below them, folders and subfolders showing the tools each application includes. Here's what we saw when we installed Office 2007 Professional. You can reject the tools you don't need, although there's no explanation of what you might miss. For instance, if you deselect Office Tools, you won't get its spell-checking, dictionary, and thesaurus support for languages from Afrikaans to Yoruba.
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