Microsoft Office 2010 Application Features

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Microsoft Office suit is a desktop application which services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. It was developed by Microsoft Corporation in 1989. The starting version of Microsoft Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. Further, more applications were added by Microsoft like Microsoft Access and Microsoft Schedule Plus.

After more than three years of development, Microsoft has released the new Microsoft Office 2010 which is an upgraded and friendlier version of Microsoft Office 2007 and also has online ability unlike anything you've seen before. Microsoft Office 2010 also has enhanced security features, stability enhancements and performance enhancements. Also, Microsoft has fixed some of the problems with the previous versions.

The user interface of Microsoft Office 2010 software has been enhanced. The Microsoft Office button has replaced the ‘File’ menu. When you click the ‘Microsoft Office’ button, you will see the same basic commands that were found under the ‘File’ menu. In Microsoft Word 2010 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, you can check ...
... a file for hidden metadata or personal information. This can be done by pointing to ‘Prepare’ and then clicking ‘Inspect Document’. Here, we will discuss about the top 5 features of the new Microsoft Office 2010.

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word 2010 gives you a number of new and enhanced commands. You can edit the photos right in your Word document, apply color changes, edit the photo background and finally saving it as a new image. Also, Microsoft has introduced more flexibility on word art. There are also changes with the Search feature. There are wide ranges of options with text effects and you can change regular text into word art with text box feature.

Microsoft Excel

In Microsoft Excel 2010, the biggest change that Microsoft has made is the ability to create a graph in an individual cell. It is known as the Sparklines feature which is opposed to the charts in Microsoft 2007. With this feature, you can easily make your spreadsheets easier to follow and more accurate. You can use PivotTable to filter and segment data in multiple layers.

Microsoft PowerPoint

In Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, you can easily add video media to your presentation with options to edit, set poster frames, and changing of contrast, color and many more. Microsoft has also introduced a new feature called “Broadcast Slide Show” which is a feature and service that allows you to share your presentation with others via the Internet and the other viewers needn't have Microsoft PowerPoint to view.

Microsoft Outlook 2010

There are plenty of new and stunning features in Microsoft Outlook 2010. The new version allows you to manage large number of e-mail messages with ease. You can easily condense, categorize, or even ignore entire conversations just with some clicks. Outlook 2010 also includes new conversation management tools. Its improved Ribbon lets you to access more commands and achieve the task more easily. Outlook 2010 also helps you to easily connect with your friends and acquaintances.

There is no doubt that Microsoft Office 2010 is big, powerful and flexible, but beside that it is also true that it is confusing too if not understood properly. If you don’t have expertise and experience to perform the tasks on Office 2010, you can talk to an expert. There are many service providers that offer comprehensive assistance regarding Microsoft products. With all these exciting improvements, Office 2010 is truly an obvious choice as compared to its previous versions.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010

•Build Number Version String
•4514 Beta 2
•4730 RC1
•4755 RTM / official release