It’s here!

The latest version of the premier office suite of applications has launched. This version takes the innovations introduced with the 2007 version and adds new functionality to help improve your productivity.

Available via volume license immediately, with general availability on June 15th this Office release is the best yet!

So what exactly is new?

Suites

First is a change to the line up of packages.

Microsoft have reduced the amount of packages to make things simpler.

For small businesses who buy Office via retails channels this give you two choices.

Office Home and Business - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook

or

Office Professional - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Pubilsher and Access

You'll notice OneNote is now available in both of these suites. You can get an overview of OneNote here.

Office Web Apps

New to this edition of Office is the ability to use a web based version of Office. If you're away from your desk and need to view or make a quick edit to a document you can do this within a web browser!

Product Improvements

Each product in the suite has gained some great new functionality.

Highlights include,

Word  - Improved image editing tools

Apply effects to improve the look of any image. Thumbnail preview saves time applying and removing effects until the desired one is found.

Background removal allows you to strip out elements of an image keeping only that which is relevant to the document.

You can read more about background removal here

Excel - Sparklines

Sparklines are small charts in a worksheet cell that provide a clear and compact visual representation of your data. You can use them to show trends in a series of values, such as seasonal increases or your monthly expenditures, or to highlight maximum or minimum values.

You can read more about Sparklines here

PowerPoint - Video Editing and Formatting

Allows you to edit videos right in PowerPoint 2010, no additional software required. You can even insert a video link from the Internet into your presentation to create rich, dynamic work but keep your file size manageable. And video controls let you pause, rewind, fast-forward, and stop audio and video content without leaving slide-show mode during your presentation.

PowerPoint - Broadcast Slide Show

Instantly broadcast your slides to a remote audience, who can view your presentation online and on any device that has a Web browser, even if they don’t have PowerPoint 2010.

Outlook - Conversation View

Improves the tracking and managing of related e-mails while saving valuable inbox space, letting you manage large amounts of e-mail with ease. It also hides entire conversations you no longer need and condenses them with just a few clicks.

All applications - Backstage View

Provides a single location for essential information about your document, such as permissions and version information – and increases sharing options for print, online, and e-mail. And printing is faster and easier than ever with the new Live Preview. Now you can see your document and settings automatically before you print, without multiple clicks.

This is just a snapshot of some of the new functionality available!

If you'd like to learn more please contact us today