Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 gives you the essential tools you need to complete school and household projects efficiently.

What's included in this version?

• Microsoft Word 2010

• Microsoft Excel 2010

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

• Microsoft OneNote 2010

Ready-to-use templates in Word and PowerPoint 2010 equip students to create outstanding schoolwork, with rich visual effects and media-editing features that help them express their ideas creatively. Excel 2010 gives you the spreadsheet tools the pros use to simplify working with data, from tracking expenses to creating a household budget. And there’s OneNote 2010 for household projects, a catch-all spot for organizing notes, files, and resources in one easy-to-access place.

What's new?

• Easy-to-use design tools help you create the kind of persuasive presentations, and memorable documents that set you apart from your competition without the expense of professional fees.

• Embed, edit, and format audio and video files. No need to spend money or time mastering third party multimedia tools.

• Control the size of presentations. Work is easier to send and share with others and you avoid bandwidth isues and data storage costs.

Stay on top of your household budget

• Build a budget and track expenses right out of the box with ready-to-use templates in Excel 2010.

• Get insights from your data more quickly with easy-to-use analysis tools like Sparklines and Conditional Formatting.

• Visualize your budget instantly with colorful charts and graphs that are a breeze to create.

Organize household information in one easy spot

• Create a OneNote 2010 notebook to organize resources for any project, from a home remodel to a major purchase decision.

• Collect a full spectrum of materials and media in one easy-to-access place: documents, text, videos, audio, screen clippings, and more.

• Find exactly the piece of information you need with simple tagging and search functions.

• Make Internet research more efficient with Linked Note Taking to save Web pages and other online resources to your notebook with just a click.

Create quality reports, resumes, and newsletters

• Create professional-looking documents, from school reports to family newsletters with built-in design templates in Word 2010.

• Communicate your ideas visually with dozens of customizable SmartArt® graphics.

• Make title pages and headings more dynamic with effects like glow, reflect, and shadow you can apply directly to text.

• Locate the page or section you need easily with the improved Navigation Pane.

Design standout presentations for school

• Add eye-catching visual effects and a range of media to class presentations—from video to audio and photos—with PowerPoint 2010.

• Make slides more memorable with photo-editing features that let you crop, colorize, and add texture to your images.

• Insert and edit videos right in your presentation and add stunning creative effects with the video editor.

• Add a professional touch with broadcast-quality slide transitions. Share presentations with classmates online using Broadcast Slide Show.

Access, edit, and share your work online

• Create documents and then easily upload them to the Web using Windows Live SkyDrive, and access them from most any Web browser.

• Access your documents even when you’re away from home with Office Web Apps.

• Edit your report, newsletter, or presentation online with Office Web Apps that give you the Office experience you expect.

• Share your online documents with others to make working together with classmates and family members easier.

• System Requirements:

  Can be installed onto 3 different machines within the same household.

  Computer and processor

  • 500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher

  Memory

  • 256 MB RAM; 512 MB recommended for graphics features and certain advanced functionality

  Hard disk

  • 3.0 GB available disk space

  Display

  • 1024 x 576 or higher resolution monitor

  Operating system

  • Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit operating system (OS) only) or Windows Vista with SP1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008, or later 32- or 64-bit OS.

  Microsoft Office Home and Student 32-bit/x64 English DVD.