Microsoft Office 2010
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System Requirements
OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1/7;
CPU: 500 MHz or higher;
RAM: 512 MB recommended;
Hard drive: 3.5 GB free
Contact Microsoft India
Website office2010.microsoft.com/en-in
Price TBA
Microsoft Office 2010 launches three years after the 2007 edition blew us away. With its brand-new Ribbon interface, it turned our perceptions completely on their heads. This version by comparison has only a few cosmetic changes to offer, and it seems that the programs are struggling to appear fresh.
The Ribbon now makes its way to every program in the suite. Outlook, Access, OneNote and Publisher had previously been left out (or spared, depending on your opinion). The major news is that you can reorganize tabs and chunks so that everything is where you prefer. You can even turn off entire tabs if you like. The freedom is welcome, but could make button placement even less predictable for those who aren’t sure which commands live where. Of the three color schemes, Silver was the only one in which button labels and sidebar text were easily readable.
The round ‘Office’ button in each app is now replaced by a color-coded ‘File’ button, which brings up what’s called the ‘Backstage view’, a full-screen dialog box which includes classic File menu operations such as ‘Open’, ‘Save’ and ‘Print’. The rest of the screen is filled with your document’s properties and shortcuts to common tasks. Sadly, the list of recent documents is now an extra few clicks away. ‘Open’ and ‘Save’ launch their usual dialog boxes, whereas ‘Print’ and the new ‘Save & Send’ options use the Backstage space. A new option, Save to Web, uses Windows Live SkyDrive for storage. The Print dialog now includes page previews to save time, but also gives you less space. The final ‘Print’ button is in the top-left corner, the opposite of its usual spot.
Office Live Web apps are launching alongside Office 2010.
