Microsoft Office 2010

The Professional version of Microsoft Office gives you Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access and Publisher. The Student Version gives you Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. No matter which version you get, you are getting more than enough and can do various different things with the program! All the Office applications now have a new amazing ribbon and an updated version of the Backstage feature. Tired of endless menus? The new ribbon in Microsoft Office 2010 allows you to easily navigate and you can also create your own tabs on the ribbon as well. This saves a lot of time and frustration when trying to create documents. The Backstage menu is another great feature. This is the one place for all the things you might want to do with your document, that you don't do in the actual document. Things such as creating, saving, inspecting for hidden metadata or personal information, printing and specific setting options for them. The program is both fast, efficient and effective. In comparison to Open Office, it has its pros and cons. The main thing that differs the two is the fact that Microsoft Office is somewhat expensive, while Open Office is free. Open Office is like an old edition of Microsoft Office. Microsoft runs faster than Open Office and has more features than Open Office. For the most part, they both offer grammar checking, document viewing and conditional formatting. Microsoft Office has more built in features and contains the new ribbon to easily navigate. Microsoft offers smart art, but Open Office does not. The files are much larger than in Open Office, this takes up more space when saving documents to your computer. Depending on what your using the application for and the type of person you are, one may be more beneficial than the other. I personally like Microsoft Office but I love the fact that Open Office is free and it does nearly just as much!