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With over 500 Million people using Microsoft Office, it’s fair to say that Microsoft has done a great job keeping up with the ever changing needs of the desktop workforce. With office 2010 looming on the horizon, we can only assume it will be another hit.

In a great article, “A Quickie with Microsoft Office 2010,” Chelsi Nakano with CMS Wire lays out three steps for success that Microsoft has taken with this new suite.

Step 1: Become One with the Web. The success of online document management with some of Microsoft’s chief competitors has shown that this is an area to take seriously, and Microsoft is answering with a handful of free web browser versions of Office, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Step 2: Up Your Sharing and Collaboration Game. Office 2010 will be filled with real time functionality, with a focus on SharePoint, enhanced video and image editing tools in PowerPoint (including the ability to compress slide shows for sharing), browser versions of Word and Excel (a new feature called Sparklines provides more intuitive interpretation of charts), and some UI improvements to Outlook.

Step 3: Hollywood, Baby! Finally, Microsoft has upped it’s marketing game, again, providing preview videos for each tool and a full blown Office 2010 Movie Trailer! Very entertaining, despite the gimmicky presentation. Check it out!

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