Definition: Office 2010

An earlier version of Microsoft's Office suite, introduced in 2010. Office 2010 used the same revamped interface and file formats that debuted with Office 2007 and added enhancements for collaboration and social networking. For example, multiple authors could edit a Word document at the same time, and Outlook users could see their social network contacts in their inbox.

Different Packaging
Instead of the five product packages offered in Office 2007, Office 2010 was reduced to three retail products: Home & Student, Home & Business and Professional. Office Professional Plus was a version for volume licensing that included Microsoft's Lync unified communications, InfoPath forms creation and SharePoint Workspace (formerly Groove) for synchronizing SharePoint libraries and lists. See Office file formats, Office 2007 and Microsoft Office.

  OFFICE 2010 RETAIL VERSIONS

            Home    Home
           Student  Biz  Pro

  Word         X    X    X
  Excel        X    X    X
  PowerPoint   X    X    X
  OneNote      X    X    X
  Outlook           X    X
  Access                 X
  Publisher              X