Pensacola Computer Help Technoblog

Yesterday, Microsoft released Office 2010 to its partners and developers via MSDN and Technet, and it will soon be hitting the retail shelves for public consumption. This is looking to be the best version of Office ever with quite a few new and exciting features! Office 2010 bring more collaboration features which allow multiple users to edit documents simultaneously and a new cloud based offshoot – docs.com which is Microsofts shoot back at Google Docs (currently docs.com is in ‘beta’ and is available to Facebook users).

Some of the new features that I really like in Office 2010: The ribbon is now much more consistent in all Office Programs – including Outlook (this will certainly cause some confusion for longtime Outlook users, but in my opinion the ribbon is much more efficient once you get used to it), PowerPoint has some very cool new features including some great tools for integrating photos and videos into presentations, and an improved ability to publish to the web, or share through Windows Live spaces (expect more family albums to be shared this way in the future!). Microsoft is also planning on introducing a Free ‘lite’ version of Office which will replace the current ‘Works’ suite that is preinstalled on many new computers.

For more information on Office 2010 from Microsoft, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/2010office/Default.aspx

Stay tuned for a complete review and some tutorials on how to use the new features. For support, help, or questions on Office 2010, visit: Pensacola Computers at: http://pensacolacomputers.com

Attention all college students here in Pensacola Florida – UWF, PJC, PCC, etc. If you are an active student with a valid .edu email address you are eligible to take part in Microsoft’s Ultimate Steal offer which for the next few months offers you a copy of Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for $59.95, and if you buy it before the end of September 2010 through this offer, you qualify to get a free downloadable copy of Office 2010 when it comes out later this year!

This is an incredible deal, as Office Ultimate 2007 retails for @ $600, plus toss in Office 2010 and you are truly getting a steal. This is a bona-fide legal copy of Office and is offered by Microsoft for active College Students only.

For details and to take advantage of this offer, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx

Also, be sure to check out the details of the free Office 2010 download here: http://www.office.com/techg

If you aren’t a student, you can still take advantage of the free Office 2010 upgrade program by purchasing a qualifying Office 2007 product between March 5th and September 30th 2010.

Included in Office Ultimate 2007 are:

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Groove, Publisher, Access, and Info Path

In addition to this offer, Microsoft is also offering eligible students Windows 7 Professional for $64.95!

For questions about Windows 7 or Office 2007/Office 2010, visit Pensacola Computers at:  http://pensacolacomputers.com