Office test files

[slgrieb]

My boss seems to think that there exists a bunch of files specifically for testing the print output from Office products. My understanding is that Microsoft Office is a package for on screen viewing and not for accurate colour printing, (hence the RGB only output). Has anyone heard of such a package?

Never heard of such per se. If you really want very accurate color, you need both a monitor calibration utility like Pantone Huey, or some such, though in Win7 and up you can do a very good job manually if you have the patience. Even then, if your printer isn't Pantone calibrated, the output won't be accurate.

Here are a couple of links to relevant info. Pantone calibrated printers. Monitor calibration software and hardware.

Basically, unless the colors you see on screen match the printer output, you won't have a perfect match regardless of whether you are running Office, Photoshop, or whatever.