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The Complete Guide to Office 2010

Posted on 25 Feb 2010 at 11:29

Microsoft's latest Office suite is going to be the biggest release of the year. Find out what works, what fails and how to try it free

Windows 7 may have hogged the limelight in 2009, but this is the year for the other big-hitter in Microsoft’s portfolio: Office 2010.

This release brings a wealth of new features to the suite, including the debut of the Office Web Apps, the ribbon interface in Outlook and the Office-wide Backstage view. But which of these features will change the way you work, and which are duds? Over the course of this feature, you’ll find out.

Our complete guide to Office 2010 includes a breakdown of all the major apps in Microsoft’s near-ubiquitous suite. We explain every significant new feature, where to find it, and how to use it.

If our feature whets your appetite, you can download the Office 2010 beta. The beta software doesn’t expire until the end of October 2010, giving you up to months of free use of software that will eventually cost hundreds of pounds when it launches in June this year. (Make sure you back up all your data before installation – it’s beta software and should be treated with caution.)

In addition to our guide to every app, we’ll discover what features businesses can look forward to and reveal what you can expect to find in each of the six versions of Office 2010, including the free Starter edition.

Author: Barry Collins