Word 2010 Review

August 28, 2011 | Author: Fero Hlina | Posted in Software

Microsoft Word has often been a crown jewel in the family of Microsoft Office applications. Word 2010 offers masses of enhancements, but is it enough to make a case for an upgrade?

Microsoft Word is the dominant player in the field of word-processing software, one could argue that it holds virtually monopoly position. Microsoft certainly did get couple of large fines from the regulators for purportedly exploiting it’s dominant position. However , it seems that the success of Word is based largely on simply being the best text-editing software on the market. Be that as it may let’s have a look at some new features and improvements in Word 2010.

One of the new features is Protected View which greatly boosts security and protection from PC viruses. Fundamentally this new feature permits you to view the documents, but all the macros are switched off. It is turned on when you open files that you downloaded from the Internet or received over e-mail. You can try Word 2010 yourself, simply download free Microsoft Office as a test version.

The crucial component of control panel, the all famous Ribbon was seriously improved. It has been simplified and greatly refined and therefore it is now much easier to use and helpful. It is very clear that folks at Microsoft have learned their lesson and they admitted the significantly changed user interface in Office 2007 was a bad idea.

The standard File menu has experienced a wonderful comeback in Word 2010. But it’s a lot different than the one in Word 2003. After turning on File menu you now get a completely new environment called Backstage. It includes all the options for saving, sharing and printing, so it is quite helpful. A small, but really handy improvement is the possibility to paste a piece of text from the Clipboard without formatting, just as simple text. Honestly I’ve been asking for this feature for years. It would have saved me such a lot of time. Naturally there are countless hundreds of other little improvements and tweaks in Word 2010.

Read more insightful reviews of MS Word at Ms Word 2007 Free Download site. Check out fascinating articles about Microsoft Office at MS Office Free Download review site.

Author: Fero Hlina

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