Priced low to fit student budgets, Microsoft Office Professional Academic 2010 is a comprehensive suite of applications that gets you equipped for school and beyond. It’s all you need to communicate, create standout assignments, and work with others from virtually anywhere.*

Easily create reports that help your ideas stand out

• Generate a bibliography automatically with advanced Citations and Bibliographies features in Word 2010.
• Give your ideas visual impact with dozens of customizable SmartArt® graphics you can add in just a few clicks.
• Make title pages and headlines more memorable with dramatic 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 dynamic presentations that showcase your originality

• Express your ideas using a range of media, from high-quality video to audio and photos, with PowerPoint 2010.
• Take full creative control with easy-to-use photo- and video-editing features and dynamic visual effects.
• Choose from a dazzling array of cinematic transitions to make your presentation more dramatic.
• Simply e-mail a link to broadcast your presentation online across campus or across the globe.

Access your documents from more places and on more devices

• Stay connected to your documents online with Office Web Apps, whether you’re in class, at home, or in between.
• Upload Office files to the Web using the new Microsoft Office Backstage view and access them from most Web browsers.
• Simplify group projects by inviting others to review and edit documents online.
• Stay in sync with schoolwork even when you’re away using Office Mobile 2010 on your smartphone.*

Take control of your data to make analyzing problems easier

• Highlight what’s important in your data and draw conclusions more quickly with the powerful analysis tools in Excel 2010.
• Visualize your information quickly with colorful 3-D charts and graphs.
• Add Conditional Formatting to data to make the information you need easier to see and interpret.
• Create a compact visual summary of your information by inserting Sparklines right alongside your data.

Organize research projects with total efficiency

• Collect all your project information and research sources in one spot — where they’re easy to search, access, and share — using OneNote 2010.
• Make online research more efficient with Linked Note Taking. Save Web resources to a OneNote notebook that stays linked to the original source online.
• Easily capture audio and video recordings of lectures and notes right in your OneNote notebook.
• Instantly find the information you need with simple search and tagging features.

Stay in sync with your e-mail and schedule from almost anywhere

• Organize your busy class and personal schedule all in one place. Outlook 2010 gives you e-mail, calendar, and task list tools that work together.
• Manage e-mail from multiple accounts all in one inbox using add-ins for Outlook, so Hotmail, Gmail, and your other e-mail show up together.
• Keep your friends and classmates in the loop with Group Scheduling to add appointments to everyone’s calendar with just a few clicks.
• Stay connected to your e-mail even when you’re away using Outlook Mobile 2010 on your smartphone.*

* Outlook Mobile 2010 is not included in Office 2010 applications, suites, or Web Apps.

Promote yourself, your club, or a personal project

• Create communications that stand out with powerful design tools in Publisher 2010, whether you’re planning an event or starting a club.
• Jump right in with a library of customizable templates for creating postcards, brochures, e-mail marketing, and more.
• Use photo-editing tools and Live Preview to try out different artistic effects.
• Give your communications a professional look with advanced typography tools and ready-to-use design themes.

Build your own database to manage complex information

• Create databases using Access 2010 to organize most any type of information, from scientific research to accounting to professional contact info.
• Start fast with prebuilt templates you can customize to your project.
• Gain insight from your data more quickly using Conditional Formatting tools that use color and formatting to highlight what’s important.