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Why Upgrade? Company wide mandate Came with new computer Newer capabilities Want a change

Company wide mandate

Came with new computer

Newer capabilities

Want a change

New Features “ Fluent User Interface” Ribbon Live preview Mini (floating) toolbar File formats

“ Fluent User Interface”

Ribbon

Live preview

Mini (floating) toolbar

File formats

The Ribbon The Logo is a button! Alt+F still works Notice the little tiny buttons? Quick Access – configurable Do you really want the old style back?

The Logo is a button!

Alt+F still works

Notice the little tiny buttons?

Quick Access – configurable

Do you really want the old style back?

File Formats Smaller Less corruptible Interoperable Within Office Other applications Easier integration by developers Third-party applications

Smaller

Less corruptible

Interoperable

Within Office

Other applications

Easier integration by developers

Third-party applications

Global Features Unified spelling checker Plethora of quality clip art More themes and templates Free plug-in to generate PDFs

Unified spelling checker

Plethora of quality clip art

More themes and templates

Free plug-in to generate PDFs

Word Built-in blogging “ High-impact” graphics/clip-art Compare documents Digital signatures Contextual spell-check Real-time format change preview Automatic citation generator

Built-in blogging

“ High-impact” graphics/clip-art

Compare documents

Digital signatures

Contextual spell-check

Real-time format change preview

Automatic citation generator

Excel 1,000,000 rows, 16,000 columns More individually-formatted cells Improved sorting and filtering Charting improved and consistent Pivot tables are much easier Importing is easier New “page layout” Better than print preview

1,000,000 rows, 16,000 columns

More individually-formatted cells

Improved sorting and filtering

Charting improved and consistent

Pivot tables are much easier

Importing is easier

New “page layout”

Better than print preview

PowerPoint Custom slide layouts More designs (and real-time preview) More effects More clip-art (shared with Word) Presenter view Better than old Kiosk view Can save individual slides 3-D transition renderings

Custom slide layouts

More designs (and real-time preview)

More effects

More clip-art (shared with Word)

Presenter view

Better than old Kiosk view

Can save individual slides

3-D transition renderings

Access Lots of templates Databaes, Tables, Fields Report and Layout views Split forms Multi-valued fields

Lots of templates

Databaes, Tables, Fields

Report and Layout views

Split forms

Multi-valued fields

Outlook Faster global search ToDo bar: flagged email, OneNote tasks, calendar appointments Automatic email account setup Calendar snapshots – send via email Calendar overlays and sharing Improved junk mail filtering SMS text message support (mobile)

Faster global search

ToDo bar: flagged email, OneNote tasks, calendar appointments

Automatic email account setup

Calendar snapshots – send via email

Calendar overlays and sharing

Improved junk mail filtering

SMS text message support (mobile)

Some frustrations Change Outlook: flag is now fixed on the right OneNote completely revamped Indexing slow initially Pasting parts of web addresses Hate the ribbon? Get a plug-in

Change

Outlook: flag is now fixed on the right

OneNote completely revamped

Indexing slow initially

Pasting parts of web addresses

Hate the ribbon? Get a plug-in

My take? Change is inevitable! Increased interoperability (OneNote) Increased capacities (Excel) Presenter view is great (PowerPoint) Reading layout is nice (Word) Overall nicer look and feel Don’t want to pay for it? Get Open Office for free!

Change is inevitable!

Increased interoperability (OneNote)

Increased capacities (Excel)

Presenter view is great (PowerPoint)

Reading layout is nice (Word)

Overall nicer look and feel

Don’t want to pay for it?

Get Open Office for free!