Microsoft Office 2010 facts for kids

The Info tab on the navigation pane of the Backstage view displaying an overview of the current document alongside file management tasks in Microsoft Word 2010.

Microsoft Office 2010 is currently the newest version of Microsoft Office. It will include Microsoft Office Web Apps, an online version of Microsoft Office. The software was officially released to the public on June 15, 2010.

Web Apps

The Microsoft Office Web Apps is a new feature of Microsoft Office. It allows users to share documents easily with one another. Many people can edit the document and also download to edit on their version of Microsoft Office 2010. However, users need to have a Windows Live ID, and the storage space is only limited to 25 GB.

Office Web Apps can only create 4 types of documents:

• Microsoft Word documents
• Microsoft Excel documents
• Microsoft Powerpoint documents
• Microsoft OneNote documents

Other types of documents, like Microsoft Publisher, can only be created using a paid version of the software.

This service is also similar to Google Docs, a service by Google to create documents and share with people.

See also

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