In our previous post entitled “Mobility in Office 2010” we briefly described the office applications available on your phone that would keep you productive on the go. In this post we will deep dive into Excel Mobile 2010, which supports over 100 of the formula functions available in Microsoft Excel 2010. In addition, its support…
Year: 2010
Accessing your Office files from any computer with Windows Live SkyDrive
Hello, my name is Rich Grutzmacher. I am a Program Manager on the User Experience team. As Clay wrote in his post, we created the Backstage view to provide a location for Office’s OUT features (i.e., the things you do to the whole file, rather than the changes you make to the content within it)….
Office 2010 Assessment & Planning
Today, over on the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit Team Blog we announced the availability of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 Beta. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is an assessment and planning tool targeted at IT Professionals to help them begin the deployment process. The tool inventories your current…
Lots of Office Team Blog Updates!
It’s been a busy few weeks for many Office product team blogs so we wanted to take a step back and highlight some recent posts you might be interested in. Over on the SharePoint Team Blog Tim McConnell made a post discussing the core accessibility investments and design details incorporated into SharePoint 2010. His post…
Configure SharePoint Server 2010 for Mobile Device Access
In a previous mobile blog post, we briefly introduced our supported mobility scenarios in Office 2010. Those mobility functions rely on support from SharePoint 2010 mobility. Today’s post describes how to setup your SharePoint server environment so you can take advantage of mobile access. Microsoft SharePoint 2010 includes support for using feature phones to access…
Get Office for Today or Tomorrow
Today’s post is just a quick status update to keep everyone in the loop on the progress Office 2010 is making, as well as to provide finalized details for our Office 2010 Technology Guarantee. Starting today, consumers who purchase and activate Office 2007 will be able to download Office 2010 at no additional cost when…
Look Up Information From Your Phone
A few weeks back we went through an overview of mobility scenarios in the post Mobility in Office 2010. Today’s post describes how to search and look up information on SharePoint web sites with your mobile phones. There are various investments in SharePoint 2010 focused on enabling mobile experiences, including using Smartphones and feature phones…
Understanding 64-Bit Office
Microsoft Office 2010 marks the first time Office will be shipping in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. With Windows 7, you have the option of running 64-bit Windows on your 64-bit PC, and now with Office 2010 you have that same choice. As 64-bit processors and operating systems are becoming the standard for systems ranging…
Office 2010 and AppV 4.6
Today, over on the MDOP BLOG, we announced the release of the next version of Microsoft Application Virtualization (4.6) as part of MDOP 2010 (Microsoft Deployment Optimization Pack). From Takeshi Numoto, Corporate VP in Office: “App-V 4.6 provides Office customers with a robust set of features to tackle core challenges including application upgrade, application coexistence,…
Learn about InfoPath 2010 in free web casts with the Microsoft Product team!
Do you want to learn about InfoPath and SharePoint 2010 in FREE Web casts with the InfoPath product team? Then sign up for the InfoPath 2010 Academy Live Series. There are 3 remaining sessions in the series. The next session “Building SharePoint Applications with InfoPath 2010” will take place on Wednesday, March 10th from 8:30…