MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 PRO ACADEMIC RETAIL

Overview

Specifications

Features

Create reports that get noticed in Word.

Add impact, style, and clarity to your work in Word 2010 with a wide variety of SmartArt® graphics and text effects that help give your writing a polished look and help you communicate key ideas or data visually.

Access, edit, and share from virtually anywhere with Office Web Apps.

Get assignments done when you’re away from your computer or off campus by creating documents in Office 2010, then posting them online to access, view, and edit them with Office Web Apps from virtually anywhere you have Internet access.*

Put your presentation in motion with PowerPoint.

Use Internet Video Support in PowerPoint 2010 to link video files from social media sites such as YouTube and Facebook right into your presentation, then dial up the visual impact by adjusting color, adding video effects, and incorporating new dynamic slide transitions and animations.

Save and cite sources quickly and accurately in Word.

Writing research papers that get great results is easier with Citations and Bibliographies in Word 2010, a feature that lets you save new sources, place footnotes in text, and generate a complete bibliography automatically — saving time and helping to ensure accuracy.

Organize your notes and information in a single place in OneNote.

Create a digital notebook in OneNote 2010 to capture and share all your information — from text and images to video and audio — in a single location, and use shared notebooks to work more effectively with others. Jump straight to the information you need with an improved search ranking system that learns from past.

Highlight data trends quickly in Excel with improved features.

Use Sparklines in Excel 2010 to create small charts that make it easy to highlight trends in data at a glance, and improved Conditional Formatting to highlight specific items in your data set with just a few clicks.

Make presentations from virtually anywhere in PowerPoint.

Broadcast your PowerPoint 2010 presentation through a Web browser to an audience of one or 50 — even if they don’t have PowerPoint — with Broadcast Slide Show.

Work together online with groups and teams.

Create presentations and research projects in Office 2010 desktop applications, then work together from virtually anywhere by posting documents online so everyone can share ideas and contribute via a browser and Office Web Apps.

Manage multiple e-mail accounts in one place with Outlook.

Synchronize and organize multiple e-mail accounts from services such as Hotmail, Gmail, or just about any other provider in Outlook 2010.

Take lecture notes to a new level in OneNote.

Give yourself an advantage on tests by capturing audio and video from lectures using OneNote 2010, and link those files directly to your written notes, where they’re easy to search and study. *An appropriate device, Internet connection, and supported Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari browser are required. Some mobile functionality requires Office Mobile 2010, which is not included in Office 2010 applications, suites, or Web Apps. There are some differences between the features of the Office Web Apps, Office Mobile 2010, and the Office 2010 applications.

COMPONENT	REQUIREMENT
Computer and processor	500 MHz or faster processor
Memory	256 MB RAM; 512 MB recommended for graphics features, Outlook Instant Search, and certain advanced functionality.1
Hard disk	3.0 GB available disk space
Display	1024x576 or higher resolution monitor
Operating system	Windows XP (must have SP3) (32-bit), Windows 7, Windows Vista with Service Pack (SP) 1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 and MSXML 6.0 (32-bit Office only), Windows Server 2008, or later 32- or 64-bit OS.
Graphics	Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX 9.0c graphics card with 64 MB or more video memory.
Additional Requirements	Certain Microsoft(R) OneNote(R) features require Windows(R) Desktop Search 3.0, Windows Media(R) Player 9.0, Microsoft(R) ActiveSync(R) 4.1, microphone, audio output device, video recording device, TWAIN-compatible digital camera, or scanner; sharing notebooks requires users to be on the same network.
	Certain advanced functionality requires connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, and/or Windows Server 2003 with SP1 running Windows SharePoint Services 4.0.
	Certain features require Windows Search 4.0.
	Send to OneNote Print Driver and Integration with Business Connectivity Services require Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and/or Windows XPS features.
	Internet Explorer (IE) 6 or later, 32 bit browser only. IE7 or later required to receive broadcast presentations. Internet functionality requires an Internet connection.
	Multi-Touch features require Windows 7 and a touch enabled device.
	Certain inking features require Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later.
	Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.
	Internet Fax not available on Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, or Windows Vista Home Premium
	Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
	Certain online functionality requires a Windows LiveTM ID.
Other	Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity; www.office.com/products.