The article will show the compatibility of different versions of "Microsoft Office" with different versions of "Windows".
Software package " Microsoft office” over time has been released in several different versions, as, in principle, the operating system itself “ Windows". In this regard, users ask which version of the text editor “ Word" will be better for " Windows 7/8/10/XP» — 2007 , 2010 , 2013 , 2017 or 2003 ? Let's try to answer this question in our review.
Which "Word" (2007, 2010, 2013, 2017 or 2003) is better for "Windows 7/8/10/XP"?
We immediately note two nuances:
- First, support Word 2007" and " Windows XP"discontinued by the company itself" Microsoft". Therefore, it is best to upgrade to a later version of the operating system, as well as to a text editor, starting from version 2007 .
- Secondly, the choice of an operating system, as well as the choice of a text editor, is a matter of taste for the user himself. Someone will like the design of one version of the editor more, someone will prefer the features of one version or another " Windows". V this case it is difficult to say which editor and for which operating system you are best suited for.
But you can see the compatibility of different versions " Microsoft office» with different versions of operating systems in this picture:
Compatibility of different versions of "Microsoft Office" with different versions of operating systems
As we see, for example, Word 2007" will be compatible with all versions of " Windows", a " Word 365" - only with " Windows 7" and higher. Of course, not all versions of software packages and OS are presented here, but, in general, you can have a visual representation of the compatibility of some with others.
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The most famous and multifunctional package is rightfully recognized as the Microsoft Office package, which offers a number of various functions in one application. The most common today are the versions of 2007 and 2010. 
And today we will look at how these two versions differ, what innovations and improvements are present in the later version, and what are the features of working in the Microsoft Office suite in the Windows 7 64 operating system.
Features of the Microsoft Office suite
Before considering the main differences between the two versions of the same program, it is necessary to understand what this program is and what features of work exist in its environment. We will look at the example of working in a 64-bit Windows 7 system. What is included in Office 2007 and 2010?
- MS word. Office contains a powerful text editor, with which you can create documents of varying complexity. Takes unconditional superiority among all other editors. MS Word 2007 and 2010 work with files that have the extension .docx (in earlier versions - .doc).
- MS Excel is a spreadsheet processor that contains a number of very different functions for creating spreadsheets. This component in the “Office” system occupies a leading position in the modern market. Works with files that have .xlsx permission, in earlier versions of the program - .xls.
- MS Outlook, which is a personal communicator that includes an email manager, The address book, calendar, task scheduler and some other features and additions.
- MS Power Point is one of the important components of the "Office" system, which allows you to create presentations of any complexity.
- MS Access is an application that allows you to create and manage databases.
- MS InfoPath - special application, which allows you to collect various data and simplifies their management.
- MS Publisher is one of the standard components of the program for creating and preparing publications.
- MS Picture Manager is an application that allows you to work with many image file extensions.
There are a number of other components that may vary in different versions of the program and their number directly depends on how full version the program was purchased by the user.
Differences between MS Office 2010 and 2007
Below we present an incomplete list of differences and features of the Office 2007 and 2010 packages that are available to work in 64-bit Windows 7. We only consider professional packages that contain the largest number of all kinds of innovations and extensions.
- Editing MS Office documents in a supported web browser. This function was also available in early version programs, later it became possible to work through the Office Web Apps web document editor.
- The 2010 version introduced the broadcast slideshow feature. Thanks to this, you can conduct a PowerPoint presentation directly from the browser.
- Work with meetings and the schedule was synchronized, effective collaboration in all available components was optimized.
- Power Point has the ability to edit video directly in the program, Excel spreadsheets allow you to work with data that comes from millions of sources and is located on millions of lines. V text editor Word has new adjustment options, new tools for managing colors.
- Work latest versions Optimized for 64-bit version of Windows 7.
And this is not all the differences - as the developers themselves note on the official website, there are more than thirty differences between the two versions of the program.
Main differences Word2010 fromWord 2007.
Package Microsoft 2010 was released in 2010 and contains, like previous office suites, the programWord. In what follows, we will call this programWord 2010 . As you can see from the figure below, the main functions of the program remain the same, but there are differences.
In this article, we describe the differences betweenWord 2007 and Word 2010 . Below is a picture on which there are windows that open when programs start, above -Word 2007 , below - Word2010 .
1. File tab. As can be seen from the figure, the tab home contains approximately the same buttons with modes in both versions. There are the same tabs in both versions of the program. However, button modesoffice() in the 2007 version, which called the main modes, went to the tab File .
The following shows the modes by buttonoffice() in version 2007.
And the 2010 version File tab.
In version 2010, the print window has changed a bit, since the parameters are in a slightly different sequence, and a window has appeared in which you can see how the sheet will look after printing (on the right).
Print mode windowWord 2007 .
Print mode windowWord 2010 .
2. Snapshot mode. In the tab Paste Snapshot mode appeared , which allows you to take a snapshot of the monitor screen. When you click on the button for this mode, options will appear below open windows other programs. If you click on them, the picture (picture) will appear in the text of the document.
3. Text Wrap Mode. Text wrap mode appeared on the tabPage layout. Previously, it was called only by the right button - mode Picture format.
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Picture Format mode. The rest of the tabs have roughly the same modes. If you double-click on the image with the left mouse button, a tab will appear at the top. Format , which is somewhat different from previous version. The figure below shows the left and right parts of the window of two versions of the program (with 
top version 2007, bottom 2010).
5 Panel customization. In version 2007, unlike previous versionsWord, it was impossible to customize (change) panels on tabs. This has been changed in version 2010. If click right click click on the name of the tab, then in the panel that appears, the mode will appear Ribbon customization.
We select this mode, and a window for changing the front panel buttons will appear on the screen.
Select the desired button in the left part of the window, then select the panel on which you want to install it and click on the button Add . Delete button designed to remove the button from the front panel. You can also create your own tab or button group. After creating the folder, it is desirable to rename it. To do this, right-click on the name and select the mode Rename .
There are other differences, for example, the ability to work with the format. odt.
The last couple of years, the largest developers software somehow they are more engaged in optimizing already produced products, rather than developing something fundamentally new. This is a common occurrence, since this is the most “fundamentally new”, as a rule, always needs to be fine-tuned.
Here are some illustrative examples. Mac OS X 10.6 was released by Apple under the auspices of increasing stability and reliability, as well as a total transition to 64-bit computing (which, in general, earlier Mac OS X was also capable of). And before that, Mac OS X 10.5 was introduced, containing several hundred innovations. V Adobe Photoshop CS5 added several new features, but at the same time, Adobe fine-tuned the 64-bit version of the program (and Premier Pro CS5 and after effects CS5 was only released in 64-bit at all), improved support for graphics card acceleration, and improved 3D performance. All this was first implemented in CS4, but in CS5 it was “polished”. In our review of Windows 7, we wrote that this OS is Windows Vista the way she should be.
It remains to look directly at the hero of this material - a set Microsoft applications office.
Remember Office 2007? More precisely, how did it appear, and many eyes climbed on their foreheads because of the new tape (Ribbon in the original naming of Microsoft) interface? Half-joking stories even began to appear on the Web about how Office 2007 acted as an "instrument of torture" - after it, any secretary perceived the "unaccustomed" OpenOffice as manna from heaven. And how much was the noise around the new OpenXML format?
Microsoft released not only fundamentally new Windows, but also a brand new Office. After that, the modified and debugged Windows 7 was presented, and now we are dealing with the “office” brought to mind - Office 2010. Of course, the ribbon interface was not made anywhere. But in three years everyone has already got used to it - this is one time, and the programmers of the software giant have allowed it to be configured much more flexibly - these are two. But we will talk about this later, but for now let's figure out which versions of MS Office 2010 are available on the market.
Versions
Microsoft likes to omit version numbers and confuse the issue. So, after Word 3.0, Word 6.0 was immediately released, Windows 7 is based on the 6.1 kernel, and Office 13 never existed, although Office 2010 is still known as Office 14. Microsoft simply omitted the number 13, while Office 2007 was "twelfth". This omission is explained by a banal fear of the number 13 - the largest software company in the world turned out to be superstitious.
In total, we counted seven delivery options for Microsoft Office 2010: Starter, Home and Student, Home and Business, Standard, Professional, Professional Academic, Professional Plus. From each other, they differ in the programs included in the kit.
The simplest option is Starter. It does not officially enter retail sales, and will only be installed on computers (laptops) by OEM manufacturers. At the same time, no trial period it does not provide for 30 days, however, the two programs included in the kit (Word and Excel) are severely limited in their functionality (for example, the ribbon interface cannot be flexibly configured there, SmartArt effects are not supported, there is no Microsoft Equation formula editor, there is no mode reviews, etc.), and ads will be shown in their lower right corner. In general, Office 2010 Starter is made to completely replace Microsoft Works, the development of which has already been discontinued.
In other options, such "special chips" are not provided. Home and Student, in addition to Word and Excel, also contains PowerPoint and OneNote. Home and Business adds Outlook to this list. Standard has one more program - Publisher. Professional and Professional Academic come with Access 2010 in addition to the six applications listed. Professional Academic is a special edition for educational institutions, it will also not be available for retail sale.
Well, the most "professional" office remains - Professional Plus. It contains all the Professional programs, as well as Communicator, InfoPath, and SharePoint Workspace (formerly known as Groove). All three of these programs are focused on collaborative work with documents and will be useful primarily in enterprises.
As for the cost, it varies from 2500 to 3000 rubles for Office 2010 Home and Student and up to 15 thousand rubles for Professional Plus. Also, all applications from the Microsoft Office suite can be purchased separately. Please note that sold separately Microsoft programs Visio and Project.
It remains only to mention the 64-bit version of Office 2010. Microsoft first introduced this version of its package. At the same time, the company strongly recommends using 32-bit applications. Why then were 64-bits released? For testing. This is something like the first steps in this direction. Unstable work we are not promised, however, some of the functions will be available only in the 32-bit incarnation. In addition, not all external plugins are capable of working with 64-bit programs. The advantage of more "bit" options is the ability to address more than 2 GB random access memory every application. Only users of Excel and Access will really benefit from this, where really bulky files can be opened. Nowhere is it written about the use of 64-bit processor registers to speed up calculations. Apparently, this optimization should be expected in future versions of Office.
Despite Microsoft's policy to reduce the popularity of Windows XP, Office 2010 can still run on it. True, only in the 32-bit version and with Service Pack 3 installed. 64-bit Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP are left behind, but Windows Server 2003 R2 is not. However, there are very few people working in these operating systems. Windows Vista (with Service Pack 1 or 2 installed), Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 (R2) are also supported.
What's new
Now let's move on to what's new in Office 2010. We'll take a look at the ones that are most noticeable across all applications, and also briefly go over some of the changes in the most popular programs.
Microsoft Office Backstage
Perhaps the most notable innovation is the Microsoft Office Backstage menu. Remember every 2007 Office program that got a ribbon interface had that big round button with the Microsoft Office logo in the top left corner? By clicking on it, a menu with some operations was shown, as well as a list of recently open files. Now that button has been replaced with... no, not a button, but rather a tab named File. It is made as if part of the ribbon toolbar, but at the same time separated from it by a different color.
It is not surprising that this "File" tab has been separated from the rest - it does not open new panel, but completely covers the entire window. What appears on the screen is called Office Backstage. Here you can really perform various operations with files, and their list is much wider than the one that was available in the "classic" File menu of Office 2003 and earlier programs.
The Backstage menu is divided into three columns. The left column displays the available operations and menu sections, the central column displays the possible options for the selected item on the left, and the right column is usually used for previewing.
Microsoft Office is a package office programs for home and corporate users, developed by the American IT giant Microsoft. On the software market, Microsoft Office is available in various versions and editions, which differ in functionality and cost.
Microsoft released the first package in 1990. It was called Office 1.0. Since then, about two dozen products of this line have appeared on the market. Currently popular versions are: Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 2013, and Office 2016 is brand new office suite applications, the release took place on July 29, 2015, along with the operating Windows system 10.
All versions and editions of Microsoft Office necessarily include a set of the most necessary office applications: word processor Word for working with documents of varying complexity, an Excel spreadsheet for working with spreadsheets, complex calculations and data visualization, an application for preparing PowerPoint presentations and OneNote for taking and managing notes. Also, the Microsoft Office software package may include a personal organizer or Outlook communicator to work with email and calendars, an Access application for managing databases, a Visio application for working with complex graphs, charts, and diagrams, a Publisher program for creating marketing materials without the help of a designer, and an InfoPath application for collecting data and working with forms, and others. The composition of the Microsoft Office package has not changed much over the years, only the functionality of the applications has changed. Below is a table comparing Microsoft Office versions 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013.
Comparison of Microsoft Office versions:
Benefits of using Microsoft Office:
Any tool at hand.
The Microsoft Office package includes a wide range of office programs to solve a wide variety of user tasks - from editing simple text documents to creating your own database and managing huge amounts of data.
Collaboration.
The programs included with Microsoft Office allow you to joint work several users over the same documents and files, and at the same time. You can edit documents in Word or create presentations in PowerPoint and to-do lists in Onenote with your colleagues, friends and family and always stay connected.
Permanent access to your documents and files from various devices.
Office Web Apps allows you to edit and save your files wherever there is an Internet connection. Besides, with help from Microsoft Office Mobile You can also work with your files through your phone.
Work faster, easier and more conveniently.
Microsoft Office is the best solution, which will provide you with high performance and productivity.