Microsoft® Word 2010- A class apart

Learn about the new and useful features of Microsoft Word 2010 to improve your work performance

Microsoft Word is the term with which most computer users are as acquainted as with pen and paper. It has been a highly useful program familiar to all Microsoft Office users irrespective of their age and profession. Microsoft Word is almost irreplaceable considering its usabilty and features it has on offer. With time, it has come up with new and updated features to make work more easy, interesting and presentable. Let us have a quick view of the features present in Microsoft Word 2010 that may help you do your work with more ease and expertise.

Below lies a quick synopsis of the new features introduced in Microsoft Word 2010:

Fluent UI:

The user Interface of Microsoft Word 2010 is reformated and designed and termed as Fluent UI. It helps users to get an idea of all the features available and their specific uses.

The Ribbon:

The Ribbon is a part of Fluent UI intended to help you quickly find and access necessary commands and tabs and functions.

Backstage View:

Backstage view is a range of commands used to manage all the documents of the user. It can be accessed to create, save, open, copy, print or share a document, and many more.

Protected View:

Protected view is a security tool enhancement for Microsoft Word 2010 users to identify documents that may pose a risk for your system.

Collaboration and sharing features:

The term itself speaks what it means. A single word text can be co-authored by multiple users allowing them to be more productive and save time. The visible changes can be accounted as under:

• Featuring automatically highlighted new content
• Author/ authors of the text is mentioned in a color coded bar using the initials of the author.
• Version support brings into notice any changes made along with the name of the editor and time at which the change was initialized.
• Quick allignment of pages to display changes.

Document authoring and graphics enhancements:

Microsoft Word 2010 has introduced a range of advanced editing and picture tools to give your document a creative approach. Below are the new authoring and graphics tools introudced in Microsoft Word 2010:

• Picture Correction Options
• Artistic Effect Options
• Background Removal
• Picture Layout Options

Mobility of features:

Now, you can meet your deadlines in spite of being out of office premises. Microsoft Word 2010 empowers you to access through your Smartphones or any computer with an Internet connection:

• Microsoft Web App: An online application that aids in accessing Microsoft Word documents through the web browser.
• Microsoft Word Mobile: Allows you to review Microsoft Word documents through your mobile.

Adding all these advanced features with the exisiting lot, make Microsoft Word 2010 a very useful tool to work on. These features, if used to their full potential, will surely help you to work smart and add to your productivity levels.