Brief description of Microsoft 2010

1. Office 2010

2. Introduction Microsoft Office 2010, is the successor of Microsoft Office 2007, a productivity suite for Microsoft Windows. Extended file compatibility, user interface updates, and a refined user experience, are planned for Office 2010. A 64-bit version of Office 2010 will be available. It will be available for Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Microsoft plans to release Office 2010 in the second half of 2010.

3. History the Development started in 2006 while Microsoft was finishing work on Office 12, released as Microsoft Office 2007. The version number 13 was skipped due to the aversion to the number 13. It was previously thought that Office 2010 would ship in the first half of 2009,however Steve Ballmer has officially announced that Office 2010 will ship in 2010 with a more specific countdown.

4. Features New features are also said to include a built-in screen capture tool, a background removal tool, a protected document mode, new SmartArt templates and author permissions. The 2007 "Office Button" will be replaced with a menu button that leads to a full-window file menu, known as Backstage View, giving easy access to task-centered functions such as printing and sharing. A refined Ribbon interface will be present in all Office applications, including Office Outlook, Visio, OneNote, Project and Publisher. Office applications will also have functional jump lists in Windows

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6. Microsoft Access 2010 is a relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software development tools. It is a member of the Microsoft Office suite of applications and is included in the Professional and higher versions for Windows and also sold separately.

7. Microsoft Excel 2010 is a spreadsheet-application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows . It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables and a macro programming language called VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). It has been the most widely used spreadsheet application available for these platforms since version 5 in 1993. Excel is part of Microsoft Office.

8. Microsoft InfoPath is an application used to develop XML-based data entry forms, first released as part of the Microsoft Office 2003 suite of programs in late 2003 and later released as part of Microsoft Office 2007. Initially given the codename XDocs, the main feature of InfoPath is its ability to author and view XML documents with support for custom-defined XML schemata.

9. Microsoft OneNote is a software package for free-form information gathering, and multi-user collaboration. OneNote is most commonly used on laptops or desktop PCs, but it is especially well suited for use on pen-enabled Tablet PCs, in environments where pen, audio or video notes are more appropriate than an intensive use of keyboards.

10. Microsoft Office Outlook Microsoft Office Outlook or Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft. The 2007 version is available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite

11. Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X computer operating systems.PowerPoint is widely used by business people, educators, students, and trainers and among the most prevalent forms of persuasive technology.

12. Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application from Microsoft. It is an entry-level application, differing from Microsoft Word in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and design rather than text composition and proofing.

13. Microsoft SharePoint is a collection of products and software elements that includes, amongst a growing selection of components, Internet Explorer based collaboration functions, process management modules, search modules and a document-management platform. SharePoint can be used to host web sites that access shared workspaces, information stores and documents, as well as host defined applications such as wikis and blogs.

14. Microsoft Word is Microsoft's word processing software. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), the Apple Macintosh (1984), SCO UNIX, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows (1989). It is a component of the Microsoft Office system; however, it is also sold as a standalone product and included in Microsoft Works Suite.