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MS Office Home and Business 2010
by bettyboop2002
Microsoft Outlook is software used for managing information, many people use it only for emails but I like to be different and these days use it for everything except email. It has been around for many years and there are many versions of it available, these days Outlook is included in Microsoft Office packages and although there are ... slight changes in each updated version the main features remain the same. Lots of computers are sold with an Office package included, to buy it seperately you will be looking at around £80.
I've had outlook for many years and used to use it every day at work but only started using it at home a few weeks ago. I got fed up of notebooks, diaries and scraps of paper in my handbag, cupboards, drawers and every empty space and decided it was time to save some trees and use my laptop.
What can you do on Outlook?
Calendar - The first thing I did was ditch the diary and put all my entries into the Outlook Calendar. You can view the calendar by month, week and day which is useful as I can see what is coming up in the next month. The daily calendar has 30 minute time slots so it is very useful for work appointments, if you are using it in a work environment with networked computers, you can make your calendar public so colleagues can see when you are on holiday, in a meeting or out of the office.
Contacts - Another really useful thing for work and home. I've put all of my contacts here as I have seen so many friends phones mysteriously wiping all of their contacts recently and it is such a pain to get them back. For each contact you can add a name, job title, company, addresses (business and home), several phone numbers (mobile, business, home and fax), email addresses, web pages, birthdays and much more.
Tasks - A feature I am using this minute, to write this review. You will have a subject box for your task, you can add a due date, status (started, completed or waiting on someone else), a priority level, reminder and even how many hours of work are spent on each task. For the task you can share the tasks with your contacts if you are using it at work. They will be able to see what tasks are to do and their progress and if they are needed to help with the task. I only use this at home now so my tasks usually consist of phoning some utility company etc. I also use it to write draft reviews offline and I can then save them or copy and paste them when required. It's handy as sometimes I might have a couple of things to review but no time to write them so I just put a subject and write it later on.
Notes - Notes can be anything you liks, on the screen they look like a small yellow post it note. These are for brief notes as they are so smallbut useful all the same. I use my notes for short recipes so if ever my boyfriend gets the urge to bake some bread it doesn't take 20 phone calls he can just look at the note (still waiting for that one)!
On outlook you can also send SMS and Email with all the usual functions you would except such as the ability to add attachments and flag emails for attention.
Each morning when I open Outlook I have a home page called 'Outlook Today' which will show me any messages I have received, any items in my calendar this week and any tasks I have without me having to go into each category.
Outlook is a fantastic programme which is definitely aimed at workplace environments. For offices, it is making communication between colleagues so easy with the ability to share contacts, tasks and messages. It is so easy to navigate and figure out, there is plenty of help on it if you can't find what you are looking for and once you've used it a few times it is so simple to use. It isn't something I thought I would use a lot at home but it has made my life that bit more organised and got rid of some paper clutter! I use it every day and think it's excellent.
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MS Office Professional 2010
by Marie234
Introducing Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus!
This most recent version of Microsoft Office that was released for Windows is Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, the perfect office suite software for many different uses including home and office work. This time, Microsoft have finally decided to give the whole layout ... a change and to include more interesting and useful features to help us with our day-to-day office tasks like writing letters or designing presentations! This incredible new version of MS Office is also easy to navigate around because they have scrapped the old drop down menu and they have designed a quick access toolbar which has tabs instead of drop down boxes!
What does this version of Office include?
Due to software design becoming more complex and advanced, Microsoft has been able to include more easy use software in this version.
This version includes:
Microsoft Word,
Microsoft PowerPoint,
Microsoft Publisher,
Microsoft Access,
Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft InfoPath,
Microsoft OneNote,
Microsoft Outlook,
Microsoft Lync,
Microsoft SharePoint
Why should I choose this version of MS Office?
This version Office as mentioned previously has many different features included in it to improve the user's experience.
Reasons to why you should:
*Helps make your work stand out more than before,
*Instantly share your work,
*Respond quicker when your away from the office with Microsoft's new web apps,
*MS Office 2010 Professional Plus is compatible with PC's, Smartphones and Web Browsers,
*Plus much more!
MS Office 2010 Professional Plus is definitely a reliable Office suite and helps you get your work completed much more efficiently and faster!
Negative Side!
The only problem with this version of Microsoft Office is that it can become very slow at times due to it being a bigger size than the older versions!
To get this software cheaper search for 'Software 4 Students' on the internet. This company only lets you purchase this software cheaply if you are eligible. To be eligible, you must be a parent/guardian, teacher or student in full time education!
Conclusion
I conclude that this incredible version of Microsoft Office is perfect for home and office use. It has many different and useful features for designing publications, presentations, letters, webpages and lots more! This product is definitely worth purchasing.
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MS Office PowerPoint 2007
by TheReviewGuy
Some businessmen could not operate or work without this program. Now this program is very handy for lot's of things, mainly for presenting things. Powerpoint 2007 has improved it's user interface and brightness since the last version of it. It has also introduced new features which are easy to use.
For people who need to ... present things in front of clients around the desk or people making speeches in front of a large audience, you need this program. For people who just want to mess around on it and like to just make little things for yourself, you may not want his. However, if you have a lot of money to splash around, then you could experiment with this.
Powerpoint is a program that has slides. These different slides can be set to change at different times or can be changed manually. You can link slides, and have as may as you want. Now, on these slides you can have a variety of features. You can insert text, pictures, sounds, video clips, charts, graphs and more! These slides can have transitions and can be customized to look good or dull. There are default background templates and more to start you off. You can replace the background and make cool effects happen to the text. You can edit photos from the Powerpoint and make graphs and charts 3d and colourful.
You can turn it to a video too and you can speak into it as it goes along and sound clips will be played manually or by rehearsed time. You can also insert word art and other cool features into it. Fonts and colours are available to change whenever and you can copy and paste photos in. The presentations don't need to render but can take up a a big amount of memory depending on how much you have in your powerpoint. Powerpoints with lot's of effects and transitions will take up larger amounts of memory. You can make text and images and video clips spin in or get bigger or shrink. These effects are great for fun and other effects are also good business wise. Anyone can work this program and it's user friendly. It's fast and fun to use and you can do lot's of cool things on it. This program is great and an essential for business men.
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