List the Office Compatible features they have included in their product.
Describe (and possibly illustrate) any changes that have been made while adapting an Office Compatible feature to the vendor's product. For example, if a vendor of a mainframe connectivity product has altered the "New" toolbar button to better represent the act of creating a new mainframe session, then that change should be documented.
Briefly discuss the method for using key Office Compatible features. For example, a vendor might include the following text to explain the similarity between its toolbar and Office's:
<Application_Name> contains a toolbar which is similar to the one found in Microsoft Office. You can print a document just by pressing the "Print" button on the standard toolbar, and you can discover each button's function just by pointing to it with the mouse iaInternet Assistant. This will activate a ToolTip that displays the button's name."
The purpose of this discussion is to help customers understand that the skills they have acquired with Microsoft Office are applicable to the vendor's product, too, so vendors should include information that helps their customers make this connection.] Using <Application_Name> with Microsoft Office [Note: Integration among applications is an important benefit sought by many customers, so in this section of the Office Compatible Help topic, vendors should explain how to use their product with Microsoft Office. The vendor should describe common scenarios in which customers may use the products together. For example, a vendor of a mainframe connectivity product might include the following statement: "Data in the terminal emulation window can be transferred to Microsoft Office by: (1) double-clicking it with the mouse, (2) pressing CTRL+C to copy it, and (3) pasting it into Office by switching to any Office application and pressing CTRL+V." Vendors should give special emphasis to scenarios in which data can be transferred from their product to Office via cut, copy, and paste operations or via OLE. In addition, vendors should describe other common scenarios in which their customers will use their product together with Microsoft Office. If appropriate, vendors are also welcome to launch online tutorials or other training aids from this section of the Office Compatible Help topic. For example, a tutorial titled "Using <Application_Name> with Microsoft Office" could be launched from here.]