As some of you might know from following our Facebook page, I have been previewing Office 2010 and have done an “At First Glance” analysis comparison to Office 2007. At first glance is just a comparison of the bare bone upfront features looking at Office 2010 and Office 2007 to compare differences between the interfaces and features available to the users. Here are my results:

Office 2010 visually changed a few buttons which is to be expected. I did not attempt to dig deep into any changes, I clicked a few buttons to see if there were additional features or settings that could be different between the two.

• Word 2010 and 2007 functions are identical.
• Excel 2010 and 2007 functions are also identical.
• PowerPoint 2010 now has a new tab on top for “Transitions”. They are the same transitions found in 2007, but I guess they found a reason to add that as its own tab.
• Outlook 2010 now has a “Suggested Contacts” feature that was not found in 2007 and also sports the 2007 “tabs”.
• Onenote 2010 now has a revisions button when sharing and also a Onenote recycle bin built in. Onenote is also sporting the new Tab bar which I find convenient when used on a Tablet PC.

Disappointments:

• I was still unable to sync up a Onenote 2010 notebook with anything other than Sharepoint or a Shared Folder.
• I was unable to give any good information about performance because the preview is a Virtual program to protect the computer from any negative affects it could have on the O/S but this made it impossible to tell how it will perform come release day.

Overall, I won’t be rushing out to purchase 2010 as of this moment. The additional features are few and does not appear to be anything worth spending the couple hundred dollars for the upgrade. If Microsoft can complete the task of allowing Onenote sync on Office Live Workspaces or through Skydrive I would be more inclined to rush out and purchase the upgrade. As I continue the testing process I will post any more in depth findings.