Hi DoubleJ,
To check for the version you are running, you can do one of 2 things:
1. Open Outlook (it should be part of Prof 2007), go to Help -> About. It should say something like "Microsoft Office Outlook, blah blah blah, Part of Microsoft Office <whatever version you are running>".
2. Try going into Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs (XP and lower) / Programs and Features (Vista), and look for the version of Microsoft Office listed in the list of programs. It should say something like "Microsoft Office <whatever version>".
Regarding your first problem, I have seen that the Publish option with all the apps you require are visible in MS Excel 2007 part of MS Office Ultimate 2007 or Enterprise 2007. Don't know about Professional though, although it would not surpise me if the Publish options are only available in the Ultimate or Enterprise editions. It may be plausible, since most MSDN subscriptions come with MS Office Ultimate 2007 as standard.
If this is not the case, have you tried uninstalling and re-installing office completely? Or maybe to run the Office 2007 SP1?
I know this sounds trivial, but this is what I would check first?
P.S. No, we are not running Sharepoint at all that could have installed these options.
Ciao,
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