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Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:05:45 GMT

Over on the The Microsoft Office Blog there is a post that links to some migration guides for Microsoft Office 2010: “Whether you're coming from an older version of Office and just want to find the most frequently used commands in a program, or you're entirely new to Office and want a quick overview of how the ribbon works and how to get to the most important things, each guide provides helpful information that we've based on direct feedback from you — our customers.” Read more and download...(read more)

Microsoft Office 2010 File Compatibility

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:40:24 GMT

Have you been looking for a tool to help you assess compatibility of your existing Office files and macros as you prepare to deploy Microsoft Office 2010? We have recently released the tool to help you identify potential concerns before you migrate. The Office Migration Planning Manger 2010, referred to as OMPM, has been released to help you assess and migrate documents for Office 2010. Download OMPM 2010 from the Microsoft download center, and yes it’s free. The OMPM tool has been created...(read more)

Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Tools Availability

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:03:00 GMT

The last couple of weeks have brought the release of tools (4 tools in 2 weeks!) to help IT Professionals expedite Office 2010 deployment. This posts highlights those four newly released tools and provides links to get started learning about using them. Respectively, these tools help you assess and plan for an Office 2010 deployment, assess potential Office application compatibility issues, and customize your Office 2010 deployment. 1. Microsoft Assessment & Planning Toolkit 5.0 (MAP) MAP is...(read more)

Why Office? “To keep projects on track.”

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:30:00 GMT

Project execution is important no matter who you work for or what department you are in. You have to know who is accountable for what, where information can be found, and keep everyone up to date when things change. Jennifer Kensok writing again—I’m a product manager for Office (see my last post about a customer using Excel and PowerPivot). Project execution is something I learned a lot about when I first started working here at Microsoft – mostly through rough stints on projects that didn’t execute...(read more)

Office 2010 Availability

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:28:40 GMT

Office 2010 is publically available today! Everyone on the Office engineering team is very excited about this milestone. We’ve had more of you download and try our Beta than ever before (more than 9,000,000 downloads), and business users have been starting to use Office 2010 since our Business Launch . Now it’s your turn to use Office 2010. You can download a trial from from www.office.com , or buy it right from the site. Also, as Nick Simons mentions on the Office Web Apps...(read more)

Access 2010 FIFA Tournament Template

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:30:25 GMT

As the excitement about the 2010 world cup in South Africa intensified, Barath Balasubramanian (an Access Engineer) set out to build an application to gather predictions on the results of the tournament from his team mates. Since they all have access to a SharePoint server, he decided to build the application using Access 2010 and Access Services on SharePoint 2010. In less than two hours he was able to create a cool looking application that can not only track the 2010 FIFA world cup predictions...(read more)

Why Office? “Our business runs on Excel.”

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:27:56 GMT

I am Jennifer Kensok and I am a product manager in the Office Enterprise business. I work with a lot of customers, and sometimes I wonder if customers could use Excel alone to run a business. From what I have heard from customers, Excel 2010 with PowerPivot is the best bet yet for any frugal companies out there hoping to get the most out of their data while minimizing their costs. Excel 2010 does most of the work for you – from slicing a PivotTable to help filter analysis to spotting new trends...(read more)

Review and deliver dynamic presentations with PowerPoint Mobile 2010

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:43:00 GMT

A few weeks ago we talked about Mobility in Office 2010 where we introduced you to Microsoft® Office Mobile 2010 for Windows® phones, and briefly described the Office applications that are designed to keep you productive on the move. In this post, we take a detailed look at PowerPoint Mobile which now features the ability to review and edit slides, and even acts as a companion to assist you as you deliver that big presentation! Review and Edit presentations Imagine you’re a sales rep...(read more)

Next Week: TechNet Updates & Disabled Comments

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:16:38 GMT

Hello blog readers! Next week the TechNet blog servers will be upgraded to support new features such as invisible captcha (you won’t need to enter numbers before commenting), a new excerpt view for easier browsing of blog posts, and easier sharing of posts on your favorite social sites like Facebook, Windows Live, or Twitter. As part of the upgrade process we will be disabling comments from Sunday, May 16 at 8:30pm PST to Monday, May 24 th , at 12pm PST . We apologize for the inconvenience but are...(read more)

Understanding Software Assurance

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:40:00 GMT

Most large organizations have Software Assurance (SA) as part of their licensing agreement and there are many benefits that are included that go unused every agreement period. We have found that many of the people who would use the benefits don’t know that their organization has them. Those who do know about Software Assurance associate the program with getting the next version of software at no additional cost, however there are other benefits that can save you money from your budget on training...(read more)

What’s up with the Business Launch? A conversation with the engineering leader behind Office

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:20:00 GMT

We’re excited to announce that Office 2010 is available to business customers starting today! In addition to our virtual launch events , you can find more information below from a conversation that Takeshi Numoto had with Antoine Leblond , the engineering leader behind Office 2010. In it, he shares some of his insights into Office 2010 from an engineering perspective. T: We’ve been talking about Office 2010 for over a year. Why are businesses going to tune into our “launch” on May 12? A: Candidly...(read more)

How the SDL helped improve Security in Office 2010

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:58:39 GMT

Hello, my name is Didier and I am a Security Program Manager in the Microsoft Security Engineering Center. We focus on helping teams like Office go beyond the minimum requirements of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). For Office 2010, I worked closely with members of the Office TWC team. The Microsoft SDL is a security assurance process that is focused on software development. As a company-wide initiative and a mandatory policy since 2004, the SDL has played a critical role in embedding security...(read more)

SmartArt Diagram Improvements

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:44:47 GMT

In Office 2007 we introduced SmartArt diagrams, a tool designed to simplify the process of creating quality graphical layouts. The goal of every SmartArt diagram is to enhance the aesthetic appeal of your document and to use a graphic to convey a message. SmartArt diagrams adjust the size of all of your shapes and text for you as you add or remove content. You may also resize your entire graphic and all of the contents will be resized accordingly. In the Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word 2010...(read more)

Did You Know?

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:26:44 GMT

Our friends over at blogs.office.com just started a series of “Did You Know?” posts that are aimed at starting conversations with you about trends that affect us all. Cloud computing, mobile/remote work styles, and social networking - and how Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 help users embrace them in new and powerful ways. The first introductory post from Takeshi Numoto (Corporate VP, Office) is available now . Enjoy. Read More......(read more)

Help and Training for Office 2010 and Office 2007

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:50:06 GMT

With the launch of Office 2010, we are producing another wave of great help and training content. The new Office 2010 website ( office2010.microsoft.com ) delivers articles and demos that will quickly get you up to speed on the new features and functionality in Office. There are two key ways to get access to this great help and training content from right within Office 2010. When working on your document (or spreadsheet, etc.), you can click the icon in the upper right hand corner of the application...(read more)