Office Professional 2010 version comparison

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Add impact, energy, and efficiency to every project
Organize and search your notes and information
Organize your time and communications
Work together more effectively
Get things done when and where you want
 
Add impact, energy, and efficiency to every project
Easy-to-use design tools, customizable templates, color schemes, font styles, and analysis tools in Office 2010 applications help you create persuasive presentations, memorable documents, and outstanding projects.
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Included =  Feature IncludedIncluded =  New or improved in Office Professional 2007Included = New or improved in Office Professional 2010
Features
Office Professional Edition 2003
Office Professional 2007
Office Professional 2010
Picture-editing tools New and improved!
Edit photos without using additional photo-editing programs. Make adjustments to your images using Color Saturation, Color Tone, Recolor, Sharpen and Soften, and Brightness and Contrast. Add an artistic flair with effects such as photocopy, marker, line drawing, glass, pastels, and more. Or, use the crop and remove background features to display exactly what you want to show for every picture.
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Text effects Improved!
Add formatting effects such as shadows, reflections, and bevels directly to document text as easily as applying bold or underline. You can still spell-check text that uses text effects or even add text effects to character, paragraph, list, or table styles.
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Customizable Ribbon Improved!
The enhanced Ribbon is available across Office 2010 applications so you can access more commands quickly. Customize or create your own tabs on the Ribbon to personalize the Office 2010 experience to your work style.
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Backstage™ View New!
Get easy, organized access to tools that were previously spread across several locations. For example, all print options, including Print Preview, are now combined on one effortless Print tab. Find commonly accessed commands when opening or finishing a document, such as creating, opening, and saving files; defining document properties; and sharing your content.
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Additional SmartArt® graphics Improved!
Create professional-quality diagrams as easily as typing a bulleted list. Office 2010 adds dozens of additional SmartArt layouts for even more choices to help you display your important information most effectively.
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Insert screenshots New!
Take screenshots in your other open windows directly from Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. Or, select from a gallery of available screenshots automatically populated by your open windows.
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Preview Paste Options New!
Preview various Paste Options using Paste with Live Preview, and determine how your content will look before actually pasting.
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Recover unsaved versions of your Office 2010 documents New!
Accidentally close a file without saving? No problem. Office 2010 applications let you recover draft versions as easily as opening any file. And, for previously saved files, you can view up to five AutoSaved versions of your files as you work, right from Backstage View.
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64-bit support for Office 2010 New!
Take advantage of the 64-bit version of Office 2010. Excel 2010 64-bit, for example, harnesses the power of 64-bit machines to create and manage even bigger, more complex spreadsheets.1 See requirements and other information.
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Excel Sparklines New!
Get a visual summary of data using tiny charts that fit within a single cell near its corresponding values.
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Excel Slicer New!
Quickly and intuitively drill down into large amounts of data using new Slicer functionality, and enhance your PivotTable and PivotChart visual analysis by filtering large sets of data.
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Excel Conditional Formatting Improved!
New options let you quickly visualize and comprehend data. Find more styles, icons, and data bar options as well as gradient fills with borders and solid fills to make it easier to add more visibility to your values.
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Excel charting performance Improved!
Improved performance and increased charting limits allow more data points in a series.
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PowerPoint embed videos from your files New!
Videos that you insert from your files are now embedded by default so you don’t have to manage additional files when sharing with others.
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PowerPoint video editing and formatting New!
Edit and format embedded videos right from within PowerPoint. Trim your video; add bookmarks to key points in the video, and then trigger animation to begin when bookmarks are reached; set a preview image for your video using the Poster Frame feature; add fades; or, apply video styles and effects that are retained while the video plays.
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PowerPoint audio editing New!
Edit embedded audio files right from within PowerPoint. Trim audio, add bookmarks, and apply fades.
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PowerPoint insert video from Web site New!
Insert videos that you have uploaded to a Web site into your presentation.
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PowerPoint slide transitions Improved!
Captivate audiences with exciting special effects, such as high-quality 3-D effects, that look just like graphics you’d see on TV.
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PowerPoint animations Improved!
Bring presentations to life by adding realistic motion to stationary objects. Using PowerPoint 2010, it’s easier than ever to access and customize your animations.
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PowerPoint animation painter New!
Format multiple animations as you would use the Format Painter tool to format text and objects.
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PowerPoint presentation sections New!
Easily organize and navigate through your slides by dividing your presentation into logical sections.
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Word Navigation Pane Improved!
The improved Navigation Pane (formerly called the Document Map) transforms the document navigation experience, enabling you to browse your document by headings or reorganize document contents with a simple click and drag.
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Word Find Experience New and improved!
Search for text or browse objects directly from the improved Navigation Pane. See all results easily with automatic highlighting, or browse a summary of results in the new Search Results pane and just click to access any individual result.
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Word and Publisher OpenType typography New!
Add a new level of sophistication to your documents by using typography features available in many OpenType fonts, including stylistic sets, ligatures, number forms and number spacing, and OpenType kerning.
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Publisher layout technology Improved!
Updated alignment technology provides dynamic guides that show you suggested locations for objects (such as text boxes and images) as you drag them and allow you to easily align to existing objects. You get precise results while staying in control of the final layout in your publication or template.
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Publisher access to online templates Improved!
Templates created by both businesses and the Publisher user community are hosted online and can be easily accessed from within Publisher 2010. Customize any template you find to accommodate your specific needs.
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Publisher building blocks New and Improved!
Select from galleries of built-in and community-submitted content, including borders, sidebars, graphics, and more, to help you easily build professional-quality publications. You can also save your customized content as additional building blocks for reuse whenever you need them or to share with the Publisher community.
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Publisher photo replacement, editing, and captions New and Improved!
Easily swap out pictures while preserving the look and layout of your publication. View the entire image while you drag, pan, zoom, or crop photos within the picture area to display exactly the picture you want every time. Select from a gallery of caption formatting and layout options, such as placing the caption at the top, bottom, or sides of your photos, or overlaying text.
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Publisher color palette New and Improved!
The color palettes you use to format text and objects now provide additional options that coordinate with your selected color scheme, including a range of tints and shades of each of your scheme colors. The Shape Fill color palette also provides a gallery of quick-access gradient options.
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Publisher Design Checker New and Improved!
Run the Design Checker to identify and fix common design errors, including unintended desktop, commercial print, and email problems.
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Publisher print experience New and Improved!
Adjust print settings while viewing a large print preview of your publication — no need to switch back and forth between multiple screens to see the impact of your changes. View page boundaries, page numbers, sheet rulers, and other key print information. You can also use the new backlight feature to see “through” the paper to preview the other side of your publication, so that your page “flips” exactly as you want it.
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Publisher customer list management Improved!
The Mailings tab on the Ribbon makes it even more efficient to create and manage a single customer list in Publisher. Combine and edit customer lists from multiple sources. Then personalize your publications and marketing materials for additional impact.
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Access pre-built database templates Improved!
Find templates that you can start using with or without customization. You can also select pre-built, community-submitted database templates and customize them to meet your needs.
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Access navigation forms New!
Create navigation forms for your database without writing any code or logic. Simply drag and drop forms or reports to display.
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Access application parts New!
Save time and effort by using pre-built database components in your database.
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Access quick start fields New!
Simultaneously add a group of related fields, such as Address, City, State, Zip, and Country to your table in just a few clicks.
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Access conditional formatting and data bars Improved!
Create, edit, and manage your conditional formatting rules in one centralized view. Add data bars with gradient fills to your forms and reports, and visually see how one value compares to the others; or, identify trends.
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Access Expression Builder New and Improved!
Newly added IntelliSense — AutoComplete, ToolTips, and Quick Info — can help you quickly and easily create your expressions and reduce errors.
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Access Macro Designer New and Improved!
The revamped Macro Designer makes it much simpler for you to get started quickly and create macros from scratch.
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Access data macros New!
Use new data macros to attach logic to your data, centralizing the logic on the table, not the objects that update your data.
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Access calculated fields New!
You can now create calculated fields in the tables that store the data used in your calculation. Create calculations once and use them across your database.
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Access Web browser control New!
Integrate Web 2.0 content and create mash-ups, such as a Bing™ map that dynamically updates for an address in a selected record, in your Access forms.
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Organize and search your notes and information
OneNote 2010 gives you the ultimate place to store and share your thoughts, ideas, and information. Capture text, images, video and audio notes, along with copies of content that you create in other programs. Create and manage multiple notebooks easily with a host of tools designed for easy organization and quick access to your content.
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Included =  Feature IncludedIncluded =  New or improved in Office Professional 2007Included = New or improved in Office Professional 2010
Features
Office Professional Edition 2003
Office Professional 2007
Office Professional 2010
OneNote digital notebook Improved!
Capture notes and information from various sources (for example, typed text, audio and video recordings, digitally handwritten notes, diagrams, web clippings or research, computer files) on the same page.
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Linked notes New!
Take notes while working in a Word 2010 document, a PowerPoint 2010 presentation, or in Internet Explorer. Notes link automatically to the page you’re working on in the other application.
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Dock to desktop New!
Dock OneNote to your desktop to easily take notes while working in other applications.
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Notebook navigation bar Improved!
An improved notebook navigation bar offers the tools you need to easily organize and jump between your notebooks.
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Search navigation Improved!
Improved search shows you results as you type, and a new ranking system learns from past choices, prioritizing notes, pages, page titles, and recent picks so you can get to your information faster and easier.
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Page tabs Improved!
Create multilevel subpages, collapse subpages, and even drag and drop to create subpages. Additionally, a floating New Page icon enables you to create a new page exactly where you want it.
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Quick filing New!
OneNote 2010 helps save you time by eliminating the need to organize information after the fact. With quick filing, you can easily pick a notebook to send your notes to as you insert them from multiple sources, including documents, Web pages, and e-mail messages.
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Format Painter New!
The feature you know from other Microsoft Office applications is now available for your notes. Just click on Format Painter to copy the formatting of selected text and then click into another paragraph to apply your formatting.
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Automatic text wrapping New!
Access notes more easily while working in narrow window spaces, such as when using the new Dock-to- Desktop view. OneNote 2010 automatically displays your notes wrapped to the window width.
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Ribbon New!
New to OneNote 2010, the Ribbon replaces traditional menus and toolbars. A fresh, highly visual layout of the commands, grouped logically in tabs, helps you find the features you need fast. The new Ribbon is also customizable to meet your personal work style.
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Backstage™ View New!
The Backstage View replaces the traditional File menu to let you share, print, and publish your notes with just a few clicks.
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Organize your time and communications
Manage your life and work with e-mail and calendar tools that simplify staying connected. From a redesigned look to advanced organization, search, and social networking features, Outlook 2010 gives you more flexible ways to communicate and schedule your day ― including access to your e-mail, calendar, and contacts via smartphone or a Web browser.2
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Included =  Feature IncludedIncluded =  New or improved in Office Professional 2007Included = New or improved in Office Professional 2010
Features
Office Professional Edition 2003
Office Professional 2007
Office Professional 2010
Outlook Conversation View New and Improved!
Conversation View improves the tracking and managing of related emails, letting you manage large amounts of email with ease. Move and categorize entire conversations - or even ignore them - with a few clicks. And, new conversation management tools can help you save valuable in-box space.
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Outlook Quick Steps New!
Create and save custom actions in a new way with Quick Steps. They help you manage and respond to information rapidly by creating and defining common tasks to execute with a single click. Delete and reply, move to a specific folder, create a new email to your team, and more.
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Outlook Search Tools New!
Easily sort through high volumes of data and find what you need when you need it. New contextual Search Tools help you quickly narrow your search and locate your vital information.
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Outlook multiple mailbox support Improved!
Synchronize multiple email accounts from services such as Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, or just about any other provider to Outlook 2010, and connect multiple Exchange accounts to a single profile.
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Outlook Schedule View and Group Scheduling Tools Improved!
Share your time with others and stay up to date on their schedules,all from one easy-to-view location. The new Schedule View slices a group of calendars horizontally and streamlines their display. See what you, your family members, or colleagues are scheduled to do, and easily determine when they are available.
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Outlook calendar preview New!
Instantly review any calendar conflicts or adjacent items in a calendar snapshot, shown in a meeting request, so you can read the request and check the date on your calendar at the same time.
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Outlook suggested contacts New!
Save time and effort creating new contacts. Recipients who do not belong to an Outlook Address Book are automatically created.
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Ribbon Improved!
The Ribbon replaces the traditional menu and toolbars at the top of the Outlook window to help you find the right commands quickly. Customize or create your own tabs on the Ribbon to personalize the Outlook 2010 experience to your work style.
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Backstage™ View New!
The Backstage View replaces the File menu to help you get to the tasks you need and complete your work more efficiently. With Backstage View, you get a single location for all of your essential account management tasks. From this one location, you can manage your account settings, such as add a new email account, configure automatic replies for when you are out of the office, modify your archive options, and organize your rules and alerts.
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Work together more effectively
Office 2010 provides new and enhanced features to help you work better together on your projects and more efficiently share your work with others. They’re simple and hassle-free so you can get your work done with less effort and better results.
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Included =  Feature IncludedIncluded =  New or improved in Office Professional 2007Included = New or improved in Office Professional 2010
Features
Office Professional Edition 2003
Office Professional 2007
Office Professional 2010
OneNote shared notebooks Improved!
Working with others in a shared notebook is now even easier and more flexible with automatic highlighting of unread changes, related features such as Find by Author, and more. Additionally, when you store your shared notebook online, you can simultaneously edit that notebook along with others using both OneNote 2010 and OneNote Web App.
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OneNote see what’s new New!
New content is highlighted when working with multiple users on a shared notebook. Highlighting provides you with a distinct view of new changes since you last opened the shared notebook.
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OneNote Find by author New!
Improve teamwork and simplify working with others by instantly seeing who added new information in a shared notebook.
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OneNote page versions New!
OneNote preserves earlier versions of each page as different people make changes. If someone changes content inadvertently, you can view the change history and undo changes at any time.
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OneNote wiki linking Improved!
With wiki linking, you can easily reference and browse through related content such as note pages, sections, and section groups within a notebook. Generate links to new content so everyone using the same notebook is automatically pointed to the right place.
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PowerPoint Broadcast Slide Show New!
Instantly broadcast your slides to a remote audience who can view your presentation online even if they don’t have PowerPoint installed on their computer.
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PowerPoint create video New!
Share a high-quality version of your presentation with virtually anyone by making a video of that presentation.
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PowerPoint co-authoring New!
Work with other people editing the same presentation, at the same time.3
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PowerPoint record slide show Improved!
Use powerful recording functions to record narration, laser pointers, and animation timings for playback during your slide show.
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Word co-authoring New!
Work with other people editing the same document, at the same time.3
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Outlook Social Connector New!
Stay up to the minute with the people in your social networks, such as SharePoint My Site or Windows Live,™ by accessing everything from email threads to status updates in one single, centralized view.
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Create PDF or XPS Improved!
Quickly create and share a PDF (Portable Document Format) or XPS (XML Paper Specification) version of your document, spreadsheet, presentation, form, or publication. These file formats preserve document formatting and enable file sharing. When the PDF or XPS format file is viewed online or printed, it retains the format that you intended and data in the file cannot be easily changed.
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Get things done when and where you want
Office 2010, together with Windows Live SkyDrive, ™ gives you the freedom and power to get things done when and where you need to. Create documents using Office 2010 applications, and easily post them online to SkyDrive. Access and share your work conveniently from a web browser, and edit using Office Web Apps.

With Office Mobile 2010, you get the powerful Office 2010 tools you use every day at work, home, or school on the screen of your Windows phone, with rich interfaces and only the tools you need especially designed for small devices.4
Works with the versions of Office shown at right:
Office 2003
Office 2007
Office 2010
Access your documents on the Web New!
View, edit, and share documents right in a web browser. Use the Office Web Apps to extend your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote experience to the web for high-fidelity viewing and lightweight editing in the familiar Office interface. You can also work together with others on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and notebooks — even if you’re using different versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote on your PC or Mac.
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Office Mobile 2010 Improved!
Stay up to the minute with Office Mobile 2010, and take action on the go with a familiar experience designed for small devices.
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1 There are some differences between the 64-bit version of Office 2010 and the standard 32-bit version. A 64-bit OS is required.
2 An appropriate device, Internet connection, and supported Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari browser are required. Some mobile functionality requires Office Mobile 2010, which is not included in the Office 2010 applications, suites, or Web Apps. There are some differences between the features of the Office Web Apps, Office Mobile 2010, and the Office 2010 applications.
3 Requires SharePoint Server or Windows Live.™
4 Office Mobile 2010 includes Word Mobile 2010, Excel Mobile 2010, PowerPoint Mobile 2010, OneNote Mobile 2010, and SharePoint Workspace Mobile 2010. Office Mobile 2010 is not included in Office 2010 applications, suites, or Office Web Apps. It will be available at the final release of Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows phones (WM 6.5 or above).