Pro & Cons of 2010 – Summary

The pros and cons of Office 2010

8 things to Love

1. PowerPoint Broadcast: Show presentations remotely to anyone with a Silverlight-enabled Web browser.
2. Live Preview for paste: Saves clicks by letting you see what different paste options look like before you commit.
3. User-created ribbon tabs: You can assemble your most frequently used commands in one place.
4. Lowest Office prices ever: Product Key Card discounts bring some bundle prices to half of 2007 levels.
5. Neat multimedia tricks: In many cases users will be able to embed images and videos the way they want them, without leaving the Office program.
6. Multiple Exchange accounts in outlook without having to switch profiles.
7. Outlook ignore button. Moves all existing and future messages in an email conversation to the Deleted Items folder.
8. Speed improvements over 2007. They really are that good.
   

5 things to hate

1. Office Web Apps: They’re disappointingly anemic — skimpy in features, and lacking support for revision mode. Though the Microsoft offerings are free, anyone who is looking for no-cost Web-based productivity tools can do much better with Google which isn’t limited to editing Office’s XML file formats.
2. OneNote everywhere: Microsoft’s note-taking program is in all versions of the suite, and almost all apps can send material to it at the click of a button. But its new level of organizing options can be confusing, and it isn’t always the most intuitive collaboration tool.
3. 64-bit edition: It’s lacking some 32-bit features and even Microsoft advises most customers with 64-bit PCs and operating systems to get the 32-bit Office unless they absolutely need 64-bit’s superior memory capacity for Excel and Project.
4. No speaker notes in PowerPoint Broadcast: A minor disappointment in an otherwise cool new feature.
5. No 2007 upgrade pricing: