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Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Review

The limited Technical Preview of Office 2010 went out to several thousand testers in the middle of July and now a public beta test programme has started with anyone able to download and try out Office 2010.

The highlight in Microsoft Office 2010 is the launch of Web based MS Office Applications suite. With Microsoft Office 2010, users can choose to work between their typical desktop based office applications or working the same way on web based MS Office applications via web browser.

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It’s analogous to integrating Google Docs with desktop based MS Office applications (Google Docs is only for mere analogy). Although Web versions of Office applications are limited in features compared to Desktop versions, but the fact that Web based MS Office is FREE to use justifies limited capabilities in it.

Apart from turning to Cloud for web based MS Office, many other features have also been added to current office applications suite. They have been described below.


Microsoft Office 2010 : Features and Updates

Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Like Microsoft Outlook, Sharepoint has also got a ribbon User Interface, making it look more like a typical Microsoft product, just like MS Word and others. Now, you can tag documents with the name of the author and can share files more seemlessly.
With enhanced and cloud based version of Microsoft Office coming in the year 2010, the new age enterprises which are already relying on Cloud based services will surely get their hands on Microsoft’s cloud apps. More information on SharePoint 2010

Microsoft Project 2010
Poised for the ascent, Microsoft Project 2010 offers flexibility and choice for individuals, teams and the enterprise to effectively manage all types of work — from simple tasks to complex projects and programs. Project 2010 delivers innovative new capabilities: More information on Project 2010

  • From a simple and intuitive user experience — plan, schedule and successfully complete important work
  • Enhance productivity using a sophisticated yet easy-to-use tool with built in reporting and powerful collaboration capabilities
  • Select the right projects, optimize scarce resources and manage costs with unified project and portfolio management
  • Built on Microsoft SharePoint 2010, choose a flexible and powerful work management solution that integrates, extends, and scales for the enterprise.

Microsoft Word 2010
In the upcoming Office 2010, word documents created in desktop based Word 2010 will be accessed or edited in the browser version of Word 2010, the ‘Document Fidelity’ will be preserved. This means that whether you’re using browser version or desktop version, the formatting and overall appearance of the document being edited will remain nearly the same. The documents can be published to the browser via the desktop version itself.
With Desktop version of Word 2010, multiple users will be able to do simultaneous document editing. This ability to collaboratively work on a single document is not available in the web version of Word 2010.

Microsoft Excel 2010
Excel spreadsheets also have the browser version apart from the desktop one. Although, some of the desktop version’s features are absent in browser version, MS Excel spreadsheets is much feature-rich compared to Google Spreadsheets. An innovative feature called Sparklines has been introduced by Microsoft, which visually represents the data trend over a time period.
Collaborative editing feature is also present in Excel 2010.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
Two new features have been introduced to the early set of Powerpoint tools. Image editing and Video editing tools. The editing tools offer basic functionality of editing such as image/video cropping. Users can also collaborate on the same powerpoint presentation using live sharing with other users.
Hence, powerpoint presentations can be shared with other people in real-time mode(with the help of Microsoft Sharepoint). The presentations created on desktop version can be published on web as well. Microsoft Powerpoint 2010 Browser version doesn’t allow video editing features.

Microsoft Outlook 2010
The User Interface of this desktop based email client has been enhanced to make the emails look more like a conversation hierarchy. Search functionality has been improvised as well, making it much easier to filter content hidden within email conversations. The users can also choose to ignore selective email conversations if they wish to.

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