Office 2010

Kevin Watanabe
Article Title: As Certain as Taxes: New Version of Office
Source: New York Times
Date Published: June 2, 2010
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Description: In this article the author talks about the new version of Microsoft Office which is scheduled to be released on June 15, 2010. The article speaks to the new features and options that Office 2010 offers. Also, the article catalogs many of the new features that Microsoft is trying to implement to combat the free online applications such as Google Docs. Microsoft Office users will now be able to save, edit and share documents online. Much like Google Docs, users can now have simultaneous users working on the same document at the same time as long as each user possess the Office 2010 software on his/her PC.

Comments: The best news for educators about the new Office 2010 is that Microsoft will be selling the software to schools for $100! If you know anything about the cost of the Office software you would know that this is a huge advantage for educators and schools. Many of these versions can be sold for over five hundred dollars. Also, there are many uses for the online saving and editing for group projects in class. For me, students are already familiar with applications like Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel so the cooperative feature will be a great addition of the new software. If I were to get Office 2010 at school, I would be most excited use the simultaneous editing feature but other than that it doesn’t sound like things are much different than Office 2007.