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Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 incorporate a range of tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and One Note, allowing you to stay connected wherever you are – home, office or out and about.
Word 2010 enables you to express ideas, develop business reports, create family newsletters, write letters, emails and memorandums, and much more, with speed and originality. There are also a range of ready-to-use templates that are suitable for almost any project – brochures, business cards, certificates, charts, flyers, forms, invitations, invoices, job descriptions, and even blogs! You can create a visual impact by using effects such as shadow, reflection, and 3-D, as well as incorporating an impressive array of customizable SmartArt® graphics that will help you to highlight the important messages in just a few clicks.
You can access Outlook 2010 just about anywhere using the powerful e-mail, scheduling, and task list tools, as well as being able to stay in touch with your customers and never miss a meeting scheduled in your calendar. You can also manage your emails from more than one account, all in one inbox, ensuring that you receive all your messages, and you can exchange emails with your team and customers both in the office, and whilst you are out of the office using Outlook Mobile 2010 on smartphone.* In addition, you can add appointments not only to your calendar, but also to other people’s shared calendars with just once click using the Group Scheduling function.
Using Excel 2010, you can manage all your business and personal finances efficiently, all in one place. With a range of ready-to-use templates available, you can create a business budget, track personal expenses, record sales and purchases, create charts and graphs using colour and 3-D, all in just a few clicks. In addition, using a range of powerful analysis tools such as Sparklines and Slicers, you can quickly gain an insight into the data you’ve recorded.
PowerPoint2010 gives you the ability to create dynamic presentations that command attention. Your ideas and creativity can be turned into memorable presentations using a range of media, from high-quality video to audio and photos. You can also import charts, data and information from Microsoft Office 2010’s other features including Word and Excel. With the easy-to-use photo-and video-editing features, and dramatic visual effects available, your presentation really can be better than the rest, and can be broadcast to your customers across town or the globe.
With OneNote 2010, you can organize just about any project in one place, as well as collate all your important resources, from meeting notes and customer information to home re-modelling plans. A OneNote notebook helps you to collect a full spectrum of materials and media: documents, text, videos, audio, Web page clippings, and more. They can also be easily found with the simple tagging and search functions. In addition, Internet research is much more efficient using the Quick Filing facility to save information from Web pages and other resources to your notebook with just a click.
Microsoft Office 2010 also comes with an Office Web Apps function, working with the Office programs to help you access and share your documents flexibly, wherever you are. You can save your Office files directly to the Web using Windows Live SkyDrive, which also lets you access them from almost any Web browser. In addition, you can edit and review your reports or presentations online with Web Apps, giving you the Office application experience you expect virtually anywhere you are, as well as being able to share your documents online to make working together with customers and co-workers more efficient.*
With the rich media editing and visual effects functions in Word 2010 and PowerPoint 2010, you are ready to create professional-looking reports and presentations that command attention. With Excel 2010, you can manage finances smoothly with the data analysis tools the pros use, and with OneNote 2010, you have a place to collect notes, research from the Web, documents, and other resources to organize projects for home and work.
* 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 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.
Where & How To Buy
Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 can be bought from a range of computer outlets, such as PC World, Currys or Dixons, specialist computer distributors, as well as online, either direct from the manufacturer – Microsoft – from online outlets, such as Amazon, or via specialist online computer outlets, such as www.CoastalSoftware.co.uk. When buying the software, you will often have the option to purchase the program CD through the post, or be able to download the software direct to your computer. The download option is often cheaper as the supplier does not have to cover the CD, packaging or postage costs. However, buying online does not allow you to visually see the product or ask any specific questions. If you wish to actually view the product or see it tested, then buying from a high street shop or store will be a better option for you.
Pricing
Pricing varies depending on where and how you purchase your software. Microsoft Store is currently quoting a price of £239 plus VAT for the download option, and prices range from £200 to £300 plus VAT (and any postage/delivery costs). Upgrade options are cheaper, and if you only need the Product Key Card, the prices start at £50 plus VAT. Pricing is also depended on the number of users of the software. 1 to 3 users is the most cost effective option, however if you have more users than this, then the price will increase in increments subject to the number of users.
Special Offers & Discounts
Microsoft Store Online is currently offering free delivery on everything. Most online stores will offer discounts if you purchase more than one software application from them. Students often receive discounts, as do some small businesses. Special offers and discounts really are dependent on what the retailer is prepared to offer at the time you buy. There is also the option from Microsoft of Volume Licensing, tailoring programs to meet the needs of your organisation and making it easier and more affordable to run software on multiple computers (250 or more) within a single purchase, and you may also be able to purchase a Software Assurance licence to allow for future upgrades at a more cost effective price.
System Requirements
| COMPONENT | REQUIREMENT |
| Computer and processor | 500 MHz or faster processor |
| Memory | 256 MB RAM; 512 MB recommended for graphics features, Outlook Instant Search and certain advanced functionality1 |
| Hard disk | 3.0 GB available disk space |
| Display | 1024×576 or higher resolution monitor |
| Operating system | Windows XP (must have SP3) (32-bit), Windows 7, Windows Vista with Service Pack (SP) 1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0 (32-bit Office only), Windows Server 2008, or later 32- or 64-bit OS |
| Graphics | Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX 9.0c graphics card with 64 MB or more video memory |
| Additional requirements | Certain Microsoft(R) OneNote(R) features require Windows(R) Desktop Search 3.0, Windows Media(R) Player 9.0, Microsoft(R) ActiveSync(R) 4.1, microphone, audio output device, video recording device, TWAIN-compatible digital camera, or scanner; sharing notebooks requires users to be on the same network |
| Certain advanced functionality requires connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, and/or Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 | |
| Certain features require Windows Search 4.0 | |
| Internet Explorer (IE) 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. IE7 or later required to receive broadcast presentations, Internet functionality requires an Internet connection | |
| Multi-Touch features require Windows 7 and a touch-enabled device | |
| Certain inking features require Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later | |
| Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device | |
| Internet Fax not available on Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows Vista Home Premium | |
| Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services. | |
| Certain online functionality requires a Windows LiveTM ID | |
| Other | Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity; www.office.com/products |
1 512 MB RAM recommended for accessing Outlook data files larger than 1GB. GHz processor or faster and 1 GB RAM or more recommended for OneNote Audio Search. Close-talking microphone required. Audio Search not available in all languages.
Upgrading
When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2007 to Microsoft Office 2010, you should not need to upgrade your hardware, although you might need to upgrade to a supported operating system. When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2000, 2003, or Office XP, you will have to make sure that your hardware and operating system meet the minimum 2010 Microsoft Office system requirements.
We highly recommend that you evaluate your computer before you install 2010 Microsoft Office system products to verify your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements.
Summary
Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 is the ideal solution for a small business or for the whole family to use. By incorporating the five applications of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook into one package, anyone can create informative and interesting presentations, manage all their finances efficiently, organise all your projects in one place, stay in touch and synchronise with your customers and calendar, and write that simple letter… it’s as easy as that.
You can purchase the software in several formats, depending on what your requirements are and whether you are operating a previous version, at a reasonable price, and there is also a very good support system via Microsoft should you encounter any problems.
Whilst there are other software packages available, such as Adobe, Apple and Serif, Microsoft does seem to the be the most user friendly and widely used.
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