Free Office 2010 E-Book Available From Microsoft
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Microsoft Office 2010 hasn’t arrived just yet, but you can end the year with a little head start of experience and knowledge about the productivity suite. The free beta of Office 2010 has been available for some time, but I just now caught word at GHacks of a free e-book to help folks understand what’s coming in the new version. “First Look: Microsoft Office 2010” is in Adobe PDF format and just a click away from downloading. Microsoft is hosting the e-book on its Windows Live SkyDrive service right here.
The 14-chapter book runs 183 pages, so as the title implies, this is a first look — not an all-encompassing guide to Office 2010. But it’s filled with useful tidbits on old and new features alike. Here’s a table of contents summary:
Envision the Possibilities
- Welcome to Office 2010
- Express Yourself Effectively and Efficiently
- Collaborate in the Office and Around the World
Hit the Ground Running
- Create and Share Compelling Documents with Word 2010
- Create Smart Data Insights with Excel 2010
- Manage Rich Communications with Outlook 2010
- Produce Dynamic Presentations with PowerPoint 2010
- Organize, Store, and Share Ideas with OneNote 2010
- Collaborate Effectively with SharePoint Workspace 2010
- Create Effective Marketing Materials with Publisher 2010
- Make Sense of Your Data with Access 2010
Next Steps with Office 2010
- Putting It All Together
- Security in Office 2010
- Training Made Easy
Although I’ve long since migrated to Google Docs, I gave the book a download and quick summary scan. It’s definitely worth the download and read for anyone who uses Microsoft Office.
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Yeah, get the book – if not for the potential novelty value.
Seems Microsoft has just lost its latest Appeal re: XML algorithms patent held by i4i and is banned from selling Word and Office from January 11th.
Oh sure, there will be another Appeal, but it warms the cockles to think Microsoft has screwed itself. Again.
(Says the guy who chucked Word and now routinely uses OpenOffice if not Google Docs…)
This will be really helpful in deciding whether or not it’s a good investment for a new business or if they should just stick with open office or older MSO versions. Thanks for listing it.