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Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010. Presented by: David F. Soll Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Omicron Consulting. Agenda. Windows 7 Editions Office 2010 Editions A Quick History of Windows The Good, the Bad, and the Reality (of Win 7) Cool Features of Windows 7
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Windows 7andMicrosoft Office 2010 Presented by: David F. Soll Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Omicron Consulting
Agenda • Windows 7 Editions • Office 2010 Editions • A Quick History of Windows • The Good, the Bad, and the Reality (of Win 7) • Cool Features of Windows 7 • Overview of Office 2010 • Neat Tricks with Office File Formats • Office Web Applications • Demonstration
Windows 7 Editions • Starter • Home Basic • Home Premium • Professional • Enterprise • Ultimate
Office 2010 • Has been released to Manufacturing • Volume Licensing Available now • General Availability on May 12, 2010 • Launch Event info: http://www.the2010event.com • If you purchase Office 2007 now, the upgrade to Office 2010 is free • Pre-orders being taken today
Office 2010 Editions • Office Home and Student • Office Home and Business • Office Professional • Office Professional Academic • Office Professional Plus
Other Office 2010 Applications • Sold Separately (not included in any edition) • Visio 2010 • Project 2010 • SharePoint Designer 2010 (used to be called Front Page) • Project 2010 • Discontinued • Microsoft Office Accounting (as of Nov. 16, 2009)
A Quick History of Windows Windows 1.x, 2.x, /286, /386 Never a commercial “hit” Windows 3.0, 3.1, and 3.11 16 bit, ran on top of MS-DOS Windows NT 3.1 and 3.5 First 32 bit Windows not reliant on MS-DOS Runs utilizing protected mode of the processor Windows 95, 98, and ME 16 bit, still reliant on MS-DOS Windows 2000 Next generation of Windows NT Windows XP Built from Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Server only platform built with Windows XP & 2000 base • Windows Vista • Built from Windows XP & Server 2003 • Major security changes from XP and Server 2003 • Many Look and Feel Changes • Windows Server 2008 • Server only platform built from Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista • Windows 7 • Built from Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 • Improvements to UAC and other security mechanisms • Windows Server 2008 R2 • Built from Windows 7 & Server 2008 • Same improvements over 2008 as Windows 7
The Good, the Bad, and the Reality • The Good: More Secure • The Bad: More Secure • Until Vista (and Windows 7), Microsoft’s top priority was backward compatibility • Now Microsoft’s top priority is security • The Reality: • More secure but some applications won’t run • Windows XP Mode solves this • Requires Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise Edition
Cool Features of Windows 7 • Aero Peek • Aero Shake • Snap • Gadgets • Search (on the start menu) • Windows XP Mode • Backup (to VHD)
Overview of Office 2010 • Enhances the Ribbon (introduced with Office 2007) • Same File Format as Office 2007 • Still supports pre-2007 Office file formats • Ribbons have been added where they were missing in 2007 • Ribbons form 2007 have been improved (changed) • OneNote is now included with all editions of Office
Neat Tricks with Office File Formats • Office files (Open XML) are actually ZIP files • Rename file from .XLSX, .DOCX, .PPTX to .ZIP • Now unzip and look at the files • Most files are in XML (ASCII)
Office Web Applications • Run Office Applications within a web browser • Server based • Microsoft hosts on Windows Live Sky Drive • Businesses are able to host their own • Provides the same ribbon and user interface as the “thick” client version of Office • Includes: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote • Supported Browsers: • Internet Explorer 7 and later • Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and later • Safari 4