Microsoft Word 2010 offers the best of all worlds: enhanced features to create professional-quality documents, easier ways to work together with people, & almost-anywhere access to your files. Designed to give you the finest document-formatting tools, Word 2010 also helps you easily organize & write your documents more efficiently, & stay within reach so you can capture your best ideas whenever & wherever they occur. Create visually compelling documents more easily than ever Word 2010 provides an array of new & enhanced tools that help you look like a design pro & make your important content stand out. Add impressive formatting effects—such as gradient fills & reflections—directly to the text in your document. You can now apply many of the same effects to text & shapes that you might already use for pictures, charts, & Smart Art graphics. Use new & enhanced picture editing tools—including versatile artistic effects & advanced correction, color, & cropping tools—to fine-tune every picture in your document to look its absolute best. Choose from more customizable Office themes to coordinate colors, fonts, & graphic formatting effects throughout your documents. Customize themes to use your own personal or business branding. The same Office themes are available in Microsoft Power Point & Excel 2010, so it’s easy to give all your documents a consistent, professional look. Make a statement with a wide selection of Smart Art graphics— including many new layouts for organization charts & picture diagrams—to create impressive graphics as easily as typing a bulleted list. Smart Art graphics automatically coordinate with your chosen document theme, so great-looking formatting for all your document content is just a couple of clicks away. Save time & simplify your work Word 2010 provides tools that save time & simplify your work. Find your way with the enhanced Navigation Pane & Find tools. These new enhancements make it easier than ever to browse, search, & even reorganize document content right from a single, easy-to-use pane. Recover draft versions of files that you closed without saving. That’s right. The version recovery feature is just one of many new features available from the new Microsoft Office Backstage™ view. Backstage view replaces the traditional File menu in all Office 2010 applications to provide a centralized, organized space for all document management tasks. Easily customize the enhanced Ribbon to make the commands you need most accessible. Create custom tabs or even customize built-in tabs. Work together more successfully If you work with others on documents & projects, Word 2010 has the tools you need. Using new co-authoring capabilities, you can now edit the same document, at the same time, as other team members in other locations. You can even communicate instantly as you work, directly from Word.1, 2 If you work for a company running Share Point Foundation 2010 this functionality can be used within the firewall. With Office Communicator now integrated throughout several Office 2010 programs, you can view presence information that shows the availability of other authors & initiate instant messaging or voice calls directly from Word. If you’re in a small company or use Word 2010 for your home or school work, you can take advantage of co-authoring features though Windows Live. All you need is a free Windows Live ID to simultaneously edit documents with others. An instant messenger account (such as the free Windows Live Messenger) is required to view presence of authors & start an instant messaging conversation. Access your information from more places Your ideas, deadlines, projects, & work emergencies don’t always occur conveniently when you are at your desk. Fortunately, you now have the power to get things done when & where you need to, from the Web or even from your smartphone. 3 Microsoft Word Web App is an online companion to Microsoft Word that enables you to extend your Word experience to the browser. View a high fidelity version of your documents & make light edits as well. Access some of the same formatting & editing tools that are in Word 2010, & work in a familiar editing environment, from almost any computer with a Web browser.2 Microsoft Word Mobile 2010 gives you a lightweight editor for your documents that’s especially designed for easy use on your Windows phone.4 Whether you’re writing that career-making report, working with a team on the next big pitch, drafting your resume, or getting work done on the run, Word 2010 makes it easier to get what you need done more quickly, with more flexibility, & with better results. 1 Instant messaging & presence requires one of the following: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2; Windows Live Messenger, or another instant messaging application that supports IMessenger. Voice calls require Office Communications Server 2007 R2 with Office Communicator 2007 R2 or an instant messaging application that supports IMessenger Advanced. 2 Requires Microsoft Share Point Foundation 2010 or a Windows Live ID. 3 Web & smartphone access require an appropriate device & some functionality requires an Internet connection. Web functionality uses Office Web Apps, which require a supported Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari browser & either Share Point Foundation 2010 or a Windows Live ID. Some mobile functionality requires Office Mobile 2010 which is not included in Office 2010 applications, suites, or Office Web Apps. There are some differences between the features of the Office Web Apps, Office Mobile 2010 & the Office 2010 applications.