History and development
Development started in 2006 while Microsoft was finishing work on Office 12, released as Microsoft Office 2007. The version number 13 was skipped because of the aversion to the number 13. It was previously thought that Office 2010 (then called Office 14) would ship in the first half of 2009; however Steve Ballmer has officially announced that Office 2010 will ship in 2010.
On January 10, 2009, screenshots of an Office 2010 alpha build were leaked by a tester.
On April 15, 2009, Microsoft confirmed that Office 2010 will be officially released in the first half of 2010. They announced on May 12, 2009 at a Tech Ed event, that Office 2010 will begin technical testing during July and was publicly released to those who signed up to test on 07/08/09. It will also be the first version of Office to ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
The Beta Build 4417 was leaked to the internet on August 25, 2009. It contained a number of UI enhancements, as well as the near final implementation of Backstage View.
Technical Preview
An internal post-Beta build was leaked on July 12, 2009, newer than the official preview build and including a "Limestone" internal test application.
On July 14, 2009, Microsoft started to send out invitations on Connect to test an official preview build of Office 2010. On August 30, 2009, the beta build 4417 was leaked on the internet via torrent networks.
Public Beta
The public beta has been available to subscribers of TechNet, MSDN and Microsoft Connect users as of 16 November 2009. On 18 November 2009 the beta was officially released to the general public at the Microsoft Office Beta website which was originally launched by Microsoft on 11 November 2009 to provide screenshots of the new office suite. The Office 2010 Beta is a free, fully functional version and will expire on 31st October 2010.
Features
According to an article published in InfoWorld in April 2006, Office 2010 will be more "role-based" than previous versions.[4] The article cites Simon Witts, corporate vice president for Microsoft's Enterprise and Partner Group, as claiming that there would be features tailored to employees in "roles such as research and development professionals, sales persons, and human resources." Borrowing from ideas termed "Web 2.0" when implemented on the Internet, it is likely that Microsoft will incorporate features of SharePoint Server in Office 2010.
Microsoft Office 2010 will implement the ISO/IEC compliant version of Office Open XML (OOXML) which was standardized as ISO/IEC 29500:2008 in March 2008, though will also have the option of implementing as a setting the ISO/IEC compliant version of OpenDocument Format (ODF) v1.1, beyond 1.0 which was standardized as ISO/IEC 26300:2006 in May 2006.
New features are also said to include a built-in screen capture tool, a background removal tool, a protected document mode, new SmartArt templates and author permissions. The 2007 "Office Button" will be replaced with a menu button that leads to a full-window file menu, known as Backstage View, giving easy access to task-centered functions such as printing and sharing. A refined Ribbon interface will be present in all Office applications, including Office Outlook, Visio, OneNote, Project and Publisher. Office applications will also have functional jumplists in Windows 7, which would allow easy access to recent items and tasks relevant to the application.[3]
Confirmed features of Office 2010 include:
* Refined Ribbon interface and Backstage View across all applications
* Background Removal Tool
* Letter Styling
* New SmartArt templates
* New text and image editing effects
* Screen Capturing and Clipping tools
* Live collaboration functions
* Jumplists in Windows 7
Office 2010 Starter Edition
In November 2009, Microsoft released a private technical preview (beta) of the Starter Edition to select people. Office 2010 Starter edition is a chipped-down edition of Office 2010 that only includes Microsoft Word Starter 2010 and Microsoft Excel Starter 2010.
There are significant differences between the Starter Edition and other editions of Microsoft Office, such as:
* Included components: Office 2010 Starter edition includes only Microsoft Word Starter 2010 and Microsoft Excel Starter 2010.
* Reduced functionality: Office 2010 Starter edition only provides basic support for Macros. It is unable to open the following file types: .xla, .xlam, .dsn, .mde, .accde, .odc, and .udl. Add-ins are also not supported.
* Supported operating system: Office 2010 Starter edition only runs on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
* License: Office 2010 Starter edition is only available to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) for preloading on Windows PCs.[25] Users who purchase these products however, are allowed to load Office 2010 Starter edition on a USB drive and run it on any computer.
* Inclusion of advertisement: Office 2010 Starter edition sports a permanent Get Started sidebar to the right of the screen. At the bottom of this side bar, it displays advertisements.
Office 2010 Starter edition is to replace Microsoft Works. http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx
Sumber : wikipedia.org, http://www.microsoft.com/office
