Difference between office 2007 and 2010

Hi Richard, many thanks for your query. Yes, Microsoft Office has once again been enhanced and the 2010 edition boasts many new features which are well worth exploring. Some of these are in the “back end” of the software, in the VBA integrated design environment, and some impact on SharePoint use, cloud computing facilities and collaborative elements. Here, however, is a short walk-through of useful features which the general user would find well worth investigating.

Across all the individual applications there are some immediate beneficial changes. For example, once users are comfortable using the ribbon interface in Office 2007, their next question is usually “can I customise the ribbon?” In 2010 you can, very easily. Indeed, it is possible to create your own custom tab and groups containing your own functionality. Furthermore one small, but key, change on the interface is that the “Office button” has now disappeared, replaced by a comprehensive, and much clearer, “backstage” view which collects together all File Management and compatibility tools.

Within this view in Word, printing has now been considerable revamped; for example page margins can be altered and the effects seen live on a preview before precious paper is wasted. It is also no longer necessary to invest in third-party PDF writing software, as PDF creation now comes as standard, across the board. There is also now a specific Screenshot tool in Word which takes can capture defined parts of the screen, useful for creating process manuals and the like. There are a range of new SmartArt diagrams, a new drag and drop navigation pane, and much easier manipulation of level-formatted text.

While PowerPoint’s traditional use of bullet points, slide masters and layouts remain unchanged, it’s multimedia capabilities have been given a significant boost with video editing and filters built in as standard. Online video is capable of being embedded by simply copying and pasting the relevant url, as you would on a blog and it is now incredibly easy to broadcast slideshows via the internet or Virtual Private Network, which would be extremely useful for corporate presentations. You can now magic your presentation in a video which could be distributed to users, burned to DVD or uploaded to an intranet site or YouTube channel and, of course, if you’re bored of the traditional slide transitions or animation effects in PowerPoint, prepare for a whole new set!

Excel has been significantly upgraded in 2010 with a tranche of new functions such as Sparklines (line charts within cells), “Slicer” objects, a new version of the Solver add-in, 50 new formula functions, and if VBA interests you there is now the ability to record changes to a chart using the macro recorder and thereby access the VBA code for customisation. It is also now possible to analyse millions of records from a SQL Server database in Excel. Finally, Outlook has a very useful new function called “Quick Steps” which can be used to automate multiple tasks, such as sending to distribution lists, archiving of responses, the forwarding of emails in bulk etc. In addition, emails are now grouped or “threaded” allowing email conversations to be followed more easily and you’ll find Outlook contacts is now far more extensive, collecting together much more related information.

Access 2010 now has enhanced security, greater web integration and redesigned macro tools, while Project 2010 and Visio 2010 have all been upgraded to the new interface and boast a wide-range of useful new timeline and design features. Office is gradually evolving towards “Web Apps” functionality – basically, online, in-browser document editing – to provide greater cloud-based computing. For example, Office documents can now be saved to a Microsoft SkyDrive account, thereby allowing them to be access via any net-enabled laptop. As you can see, there really are some significant differences between Office 2007 and 2010.

A lot to explore! As for our company, we boast a wide range of Microsoft Certified trainers with years of industry experience, we lead you through whatever application at whatever level you need in plain English, we work hard to ensure every delegate leaves with their individual needs addressed and above all we remain very competitively priced. We never cancel a course, we’ll train one-to-one or groups, at your venue or ours and we’ll make sure you have a hearty meal! Whatever new software you need to learn you’d be most welcome on any of our courses.

Anthony

Hi Richard

I would like to add to Anthony's informative response to say that we do run Office 2010 public schedule training courses from our London based training centres and also at client sites across the UK.

For a live schedule of dates and pricing please click here

Kind regards

Jacob

Hi Richard,

I know this is a really old post, but just wanted to point yourself and others to another resource we have here:
https://www.stl-training.co.uk/versions/

It goes through the version differences between the Office versions.

Regards, Rich