Office 2010 General

Backstage View

The Backstage view is where you manage the file actions of a Microsoft document, slideshow or worksheet such as creating, saving, setting file properties or modifying program options. In addition, the ability to preview and print your file is now incorporated into the Backstage View. The Backstage view replaces the Microsoft Office button which was previously used for file actions.

CUSTOMIZING THE RIBBON

You can customize the Ribbon so that the commands you use frequently are all grouped together.

Paste with Live Preview

You can now preview how copied content will look, before you paste it.

Screen Capture Tool

You can quickly and easily add a screenshot to your Office file to enhance the readability or capture information without leaving the program that you are working in. You can use it to take a picture of all or part of the windows open on your computer.

Protected Mode

Protected Mode is an enhanced security feature which protects the computer from viruses. By default it opens the documents which are downloaded from the internet in such a way that editing is disabled. This allows users to see the preview of the document. If a user determines it is from a trusted source, they can enable editing, otherwise delete the file. Protected Mode is turned on by default. Protected Mode can be turned off (not recommended) by selecting Trust Center from the Options menu on the File Tab.

Artistic Effects

Artistic Effects are simple but snazzy effects that can be added to images in a document.

Text Effects

A Text Effect is a visual effect applied to the selected text such as glow, reflection and shadow.

 

Excel

Sparklines

Sparklines are tiny charts that can appear in a cell that provide a visual representation of data.

Slicer

PivotTables provide Excel users a way to summarize data in useful ways and then rotate, or pivot, the summary data, so that you can dig deeper and answer specific questions. PivotTables are a key data analysis tool in Excel, but the process of filtering data can be difficult and time consuming. In Excel 2010, the Slicer was introduced to provide a rich visualization of your PivotTable view so you can dynamically segment and filter the data to display exactly what you need.

Word

Document Navigation Pane

In Word 2010, you can quickly find your way around long documents. You can easily reorganize your documents by dragging and dropping headings instead of copying and pasting. And you can find content by using incremental search, so you do not need to know exactly what you are searching for to find it.

Enhanced Themes

A Theme affects the whole document from the font, paragraph spacing through to the colors used. Word 2010 comes with various newly enhanced themes.

Powerpoint

Video Conversion

PowerPoint 2010 now includes a built in tool which lets you convert PowerPoint presentations into video. The advantage of converting presentation into a video format is that viewers won’t require PowerPoint to view it since it could be played in any media player.

Embedded Videos

It is now very easy to embed videos into your PowerPoint presentations. This feature was also present in PowerPoint 2007, however PowerPoint 2010 has added some added convenience.

Video Editing

PowerPoint 2010 now includes a built-in video editing features. You can trim videos, add effects, and make basic corrections to brightness and contrast.