If you're like most, you don't install the Office client on your servers. In order for the Index server to have the Office 2007 IFilters, you'll need to download this filter pack and install it on your Index server.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60C92A37-719C-4077-B5C6-CAC34F4227CC&displaylang=en
Bill English
Mindsharp
Mindsharp will be hosting the first SharePoint Best Practices and Governance Conference in Washington, DC on September 15-17. We will be hosting this event in cooperation with Microsoft Press, who will be publishing the SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices Deployment book, co-authored by myself, Ben Curry, Kathy Hughes and others.
This conference will focus on governance and best practices for a MOSS deployment. “How to” information will not be emphasized as much at this event as the “why” of making one decision over another for a deployment or customization. Learning how to “connect the dots” between the features of MOSS, your requirements and culture will be emphasized in this conference. If you're an architect, systems administrator, developer, web designer, librarian/taxonomist, project manager or CIO, this event will help you understand best practices and governance principles that will support a successful implementation in your environment.
We will have our conference web site up soon with all of the conference details and registration information you'll need to attend. But please mark your calendars for September 15-17 in Washington, DC. You won't want to miss it!
Bill English
Mindsharp
I've just posted an article on understanding the crawler architecture. You can find it here: http://admincompanion.mindsharp.com/BillBlog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=83
Bill English
Mindsharp