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The beta version of Microsoft Office 2010 was released a week ago to the public. It is a good opportunity because it allows the public to have a free license of the software for a year.
I have now used it for a few days, and even for a beta version it is fully operational.
Some improvements have been made with the interface, which now has a nice design and is really easy to use. The interface has the same kind of menu that is found in Microsoft Office 2007. I think those menus allow you to find the tools much more easily than with the older versions of Microsoft Office or with OpenOffice.
The developers have also worked on security. A document coming from the internet is now isolated from the computer so it cannot interact with it and create problems such as bringing a viruses without the acknowledgement of the user.
A new format of documents has been introduced in Microsoft Office 2010. It is called OpenDocument. This format is an ISO standard. This is a good addition for Microsoft, which used to use proprietary formats for its documents. It will help to develop interoperability between different software.
Finally, in Microsoft Office PowerPoint it is now possible to add 3D effects. It will help to create presentations that will be different from the one that everyone is used to seeing, with the basic effects that were used in the old versions of Microsoft Office PowerPoint. Thus, making this product unique from a potential competitor.
I think that with Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010, Microsoft managed to create valuable improvements in the domain of office suite, which had not been improved in a while.