Neowin News Feed for: Office 2010

Microsoft launches public beta for Office 2010 SP2

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:07:28 +0100

Microsoft has launched the public beta test for the second service pack for Office 2010, along with SharePoint 2010, which fixes a number of bugs and improves compatibility with Windows 8 and IE10. Read more...

Microsoft quietly ends Office 2010 sales

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:02:20 +0000

While Microsoft has quietly ended sales of its Office 2010 software suite, some retailers are selling their remaining inventory of Office 2010 box copies for much higher than their normal prices. Read more...

Microsoft offers clarity on Office 2013 and Office 365 install rights

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:31:54 +0000

Microsoft has posted up an official statement where it offers some clarity on the install rights of the stand alone Office 2013 product compared to Office 2010 and the new Office 365. Read more...

Free Office 2013 offer with Office 2010 purchase page now live

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:17:12 +0100

As promised, Microsoft is now letting people who purchase the current Office 2010 software suite a way to upgrade for free to Office 2013 when it launches in 2013. Read more...

Office 2010 to Office 2013 update program details leaked?

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:22:09 +0100

A new report claims to have details of Microsoft's offer that will allow owners of Office 2010 to update their software to the recently announced new version Office 2013. Read more...

Office 2010 SP1 download links now live

Brad Sams — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:22:07 +0100

For the Office team at Microsoft, it has been an eventful morning. Microsoft has launched Office 365 globally and now the download links for SP1 for Office 2010 are now live. The download, (courtesy of user... Read more...

Office 2010 has record breaking first year

Brad Sams — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:54:10 +0100

Microsoft Office is a staple product for the company. Currently, the platform is the marketplace juggernaut as there is little competition and the alternatives still lack the functionality that Office provides. Because of this, it... Read more...

Microsoft testing ribbon UI in Windows 8

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:47:43 +0100

In the midst of the latest Windows 8 welcome screen and Microsoft starting to take action on websites that leak Windows 8 screenshots and features, a new set of screenshots have been revealed by Rafael... Read more...

Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2010 SP1 coming later this year

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:17:35 +0000

After today's big announcement of Windows 7 SP1 coming later this month on February 22, 2010, Microsoft has just posted an update about the upcoming Office 2010 SP1 update. Microsoft typically releases a service pack 12-18... Read more...

Microsoft reports record earnings of $19.95bn in second quarter

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:18:51 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today announced a record second quarter revenue of $19.95 billion. Last year's second quarter earning provided the company with $19.02 billion in earnings. Microsoft's second quarter operating income totaled $8.17 billion, with $6.63 billion... Read more...

Microsoft shows off newly redesigned homepage

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:07:03 +0000

Microsoft debuted their new home page today, showing off their Metro UI style redesign. Microsoft has finally ditched the old style of homepage and launched their new preview home page in the United States. The new... Read more...

Microsoft: Office 2010 sells a copy every second

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:19:37 +0000

Microsoft announced this week that Office 2010 sells a copy every second. The highly successful document processing and formatting suite has managed to become a fast seller, much like Windows 7 has. Microsoft reported on their... Read more...

Office 2010 selling at record pace, 50% increase in sales

Brad Sams — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:59:28 +0000

Microsoft Office 2010 has now been out on the market for six months and the product is still selling at a record pace. Office has experienced double digit growth in its first full quarter on... Read more...

Office 2010 SP1 sent out to beta testers

Brad Sams — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:59:43 +0000

Microsoft has sent out to select beta testers the first iteration of its service pack for Office 2010. The service pack weighs in at 294 MB and is currently making its way into the inbox... Read more...

Patch Tuesday: no Windows or IE patches this month

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:48:31 +0000

Microsoft releases a wave of patches for various pieces of software including Windows, Office and Mac to keep the latest exploits and vulnerabilities at bay. These patches come on the second Tuesday of every month,... Read more...

Microsoft sends out Office and SharePoint 2010 SP1 invites

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:07:32 +0100

Microsoft has sent out invitations to lucky participants for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1. For the lucky ones that actually receive an email about the Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 SP1 beta,... Read more...

Microsoft plans to open its biggest store, across from Apple

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:20:00 +0100

Microsoft is planning on opening up a mega-sized store in Mall of America later this year, and not only will this be their biggest store yet, they plan on opening it directly across from an... Read more...

NPD claims Office 2010 retail sales have so far been "disappointing"

Brenton Currie — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:11:19 +0100

Early figures from analytics group NPD released today suggest Office 2010 sales have been "a bit disappointing" since it was made available to consumers two weeks ago. According to NPD figures, sales have been below that... Read more...

Microsoft Outlook Facebook Social Connector released

Tom Warren — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:44:33 +0100

Microsoft released the Facebook Outlook Social Connector on Tuesday. The final piece in the Office 2010 puzzle sees full connectivity to Facebook within Outlook. The Outlook social connector (OSC) links Outlook contacts with Facebook and provides... Read more...

Microsoft dishes out free copies of Office 2010 to beta testers

Tom Warren — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:58:55 +0100

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will be offering a complimentary copy of Microsoft Office Professional 2010 to technical beta testers. In an email from the Office 2010 Technical Beta program team, Microsoft officials thanked participants... Read more...