At the core of everything we do on our computers, there is one suite of software driving productivity at home, at school, and at the office. For over two decades Microsoft has led the way, with the most innovative, most prevalent, and most use piece of software ever.
Microsoft Office 2010 builds on that reputation, and evolves the world’s most used productivity software with amazing new features that will change the way you look at documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more.
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What's new.
Express yourself, visually!
Microsoft Office 2010 takes your documents to the next level with a whole world of design options. Bring your ideas to life with new and improved picture formatting tools–go beyond the basics with tools that let you manipulate, and create incredible artistic effects that transform your document with real impact. Office 2010 comes with a wide range of pre-built visual themes, making it simple to get started, and SmartArt® graphic layouts offer even more ways to make your ideas stick.
We’re smarter together.
Collaboration isn’t a buzzword, it’s a reality. With Office 2010 you can brainstorm in groups, maintain even better control over document versions, and you’ll meet deadlines faster than ever. Co-author material in Word 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Excel Web App, and OneNote shared notebooks–you can create and work on a file with several other people at once, even from different locations!
Office is everywhere.
Need to get things done? You’re not tied to your PC anymore; with Office 2010 you can work from more locations and more devices. Use your Windows-based smartphone or virtually any computer with an Internet connection to access your documents and work when and where it suits you.
Office Web Apps let you extend your Office 2010 experience to the web. Store Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files online. You can access, view, edit, and share them through the web.
Office Mobile 2010 lets you stay current and respond to collaborators quickly using versions of Office 2010 applications enhanced for mobility.
Your data has never looked this good.
Are you an Excel guru? Excel 2010 will set your world on fire. Track and highlight important trends with incredible ease using new data analysis and visualization features. The new Sparkline feature delivers a clear and compact representation of your data, using small charts right within worksheet cells. You can filter and segment PivotTable data across multiple layers using the Slicers feature–spend more time analyzing and less time formatting.
PowerPoint puts you in the director’s chair.
Bring your presentations to life with personalized videos; with PowerPoint 2010 you can insert and customize videos directly, trimming clips, adding fades and effects, or even bookmarking key points to showcase selected scenes. PowerPoint now embeds your videos by default, freeing you from having to manage additional files.
Master your email.
Managing massive volumes of email daily? Don’t sweat it, Office 2010 has you covered with Outlook 2010. Compress those lengthly email threads into conversations, then categorize, file, ignore, or clean them up. Quick Steps lets you perform multi-command tasks, like reply-and-delete, all in one click.
OneNote to rule them all.
OneNote 2010 is the ultimate digital notebook; store and track all of your ideas, notes, and collateral in one easily organized place. OneNote now features version tracking, automatic highlighting, and Linked Notes - giving you more control and more insight to where ideas came from and into the latest changes when working with a team.
Take your show on the road to everyone.
Take your show on the road to everyone. Need to get your message out fast? With PowerPoint 2010 you can use Broadcast Slide Show to share your presentation with anyone and everyone through a web browser–even if they don’t have PowerPoint installed!
A newer, smarter way of doing things.
Microsoft Office Backstage™ vies replaces the traditional File menu, giving you a brilliant centralized space for all of your file management tasks. Find Save, Share, Print, and Publish all in one spot. The enhanced Ribbon interface is consistent throughout Office 2010 applications, letting you access commands quickly and to customize tabs to personalize everything to your working style.
Consistency is key.
Office 2010 is available in more places - your PC, your Smartphone, and almost anywhere via Web Browser. Get a familiar and intuitive Office experience everywhere, helping you deliver your work with speed and efficiency.
Why you want it.
Office 2010 offers the most innovative and powerful productivity suite available. Whether you’re using it at home, at school, at your small business, or at the office, it has thousands of features to make your work easier, your documents and presentations more powerful, and to help you get things done. Tackle every task with more efficiency and do it almost anywhere, from almost any PC.
With Microsoft Office 2010 you can collaborate with friends and co-workers like never before; work on the same document, at the same time, and see your changes immediately. Get results faster, perform better analysis, and present your ideas with a memorable, artistic flair.
Why do you want Office 2010? Because you want to put your best foot forward, to do your best work, and to do it with time to spare. That’s what Office 2010 brings to you.
Product Key Card or DVD?
With Microsoft Office 2010 you have the option of two types of each version of the software.
The first type is the standard DVD version: inside the package you’ll find a DVD with the version of the program as well as a product key that you will need to input for installation and authorization.
The second type is the PKC version. PKC stands for Product Key Card. When you open the package you won’t find a DVD or any media with the software on it, instead you’ll find a Product Key that you will use to authorize a digital download version of Microsoft Office 2010. To use your new software you’ll simply download the digital version and install it. PKC versions of Microsoft Office carry a lower retail price, consume less energy to create and ship, and produce less packaging waste!
Home and Student
Get everything you need for use at home and at school with the Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student package. This version includes one license for use with up to three computers, and includes Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, and OneNote 2010. Use powerful writing tools to create outstanding documents, analyze spreadsheets with easy-to-use tools, create dynamic presentations to engage and inspire your audience, and organize your ideas in one central place.
Home and Business 2010
Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 is perfect for the connected home or for your small business. In addition to Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, and OneNote 2010, you’ll also find Outlook 2010. Enhanced with the new Ribbon interface, and featuring great new features like conversations and Quick Steps, Outlook 2010 puts you in control of your email–not the other way around.
Office Professional 2010
Office Professional 2010 delivers the ultimate small-business productivity suite experience. Start with Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, OneNote 2010, and Outlook 2010 to cover the basics, then add Publisher 2010 for sophisticated layout and publishing tools, and Access 2010 for powerful database management. Office Professional 2010 comes with one full year of technical support to ensure that you’re covered with the right tools for the right job.
What are some of the major updates to the Microsoft Office 2010 suites from previous versions?
Microsoft Office 2010 offers you rich and powerful new ways to deliver your best work - at work, home or school - on your computer, from a Windows Mobile-based Smartphone or via a Web browser. Quickly and creatively grab your audience’s attention and inspire them with your ideas by using enhanced and easy-to-use tools, customizable templates, color schemes, and photo-editing capabilities. With a new co-authoring experience, you can work with people from different locations at the same time. And by offering more ways to access your files from almost anywhere, Office 2010 puts you in control of getting things done according to your schedule. Simplify your tasks and create amazing results with Office 2010 — wherever life takes you.
What are the Office Web Apps?
The Office Web Apps allow you to work with your Microsoft Office files from more places and on more devices by providing browser-based viewing and lightweight editing of Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010 and OneNote 2010 files. Access your work at any time from a Smartphone or computer with an Internet connection.2 The Office Web Apps are designed to work with Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox and requires SharePoint 2010 or a Windows Live account. Note: Office Web Apps will be available through Windows Live at a later date during Technical Preview and will have limited functionality at this milestone.
What is the Ribbon?
The Ribbon replaces traditional menus and toolbars with a fresh, highly visual layout of commands, organized into a set of tabs, to help you find the features you need fast. The Ribbon was introduced in Office 2007, when it enhanced a few of the Microsoft Office applications. It made the available commands and tools more visible and easier to access so you could focus more easily on your content. In Office 2010, every application has the Ribbon, including favorites such as OneNote 2010, Publisher 2010, and the new Office Web Apps. The Ribbon brings new features such as Outlook 2010 Quick Steps to your attention and is customizable so you can personalize it to your work style.
What does co-authoring mean in Office 2010?
Co-authoring refers to the ability for multiple authors to edit a document, presentation, spreadsheet or notebook at the same time, allowing you to connect, share and accomplish more when working together. With the new co-authoring experience available for Word 2010, PowerPoint 2010, OneNote 2010 and Excel 2010 (through Excel Web App), you and your co-workers can work on a file from different locations, brainstorm ideas, control versions better and meet deadlines faster.
Will Office 2010 products be available in 64-bit versions?
Office 2010 products will be available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.