"Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 has the tools you need to stay connected and productive"

With powerful email, scheduling, and task list tools in Outlook 2010 that you can access virtually anywhere, you'll always be in touch. Word 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 deliver rich media editing and visual effects to help you create professional-looking reports and presentations that command attention. Manage finances smoothly with the data-analysis tools the pros use in Excel 2010. And with OneNote 2010, you have a place to collect notes, research from the web, documents, and other resources to organize projects for home and work.

• Create professional-grade communications faster, as well as reports and presentations that command attention
• Manage all kinds of projects in one simple spot and stay connected to your business wherever you are
• Add easy organization to your household routine and organize your finances for better decision making
• Clarify your financial picture fast with analysis tools, charts, and color formatting that help you cut through the data clutter
• Create professional-looking charts with ease—format axes, titles, and other chart labels with a few clicks
• Transform any presentation from simple to sophisticated with easy photo- and video-editing tools, text effects, and dramatic slide transitions
• Set up your email fast and communicate right away with tools that keep contacts and messages well organized
• Manage projects by combining your notes, media, documents, and other materials into a digital notebook
• Easily store files and documents online using advanced security features so you never lose them
• Access, view, and edit your documents from home, the office, or any PC that's connected to the Internet
• Collaborate with others—invite them to see online files so they can review and edit work

The freedom to do it all — at home, on the road or virtually anywhere work happens. That’s Microsoft Office Home and Business, affordable tools that help you keep life and business in sync.

Word 2010
Produce professional-looking reports and documents effortlessly

PowerPoint 2010
Turn your ideas into great-looking presentations

Excel 2010
Gain valuable business insights with comprehensive data analysis tools

OneNote 2010
Collect all your information in one easy-to-find place

Outlook 2010
Stay connected to your world with powerful email and calendar tools

System Requirement

Required Processor
500 MHz or faster processor

Required Operating System
Windows 7, Vista with SP1, XP (must have SP3) (32-bit), Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 and MSXML 6.0 (32-bit Office only), or later 32- or 64-bit OS

Required Memory
256 MB RAM; 512 MB recommended for graphics features, Outlook Instant Search, and certain advanced functionality

Required Hard Disk Space
3 GB available disk space; a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk

Required Display
1024 x 576 or higher resolution monitor

Required Connectivity
Internet functionality requires an Internet connection

Required Browser
Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. IE7 or later required to receive broadcast presentations.

Required Video Card
Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX 9.0c graphics card with 64 MB or more video memory.

Additional System Requirements
This product includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for a single computer. We recommend the 32-bit version, which runs great on both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows. People who routinely use very large documents or spreadsheets that need more than 2 GB of memory may want to run the 64-bit version, but many common add-ins for Office don't run correctly in the 64-bit edition.

Other System Requirements
Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX 9.0c graphics card with 64 MB or more video memory.

Certain Microsoft OneNote features require Windows Desktop Search 3.0, Windows Media Player 9, Microsoft ActiveSync 4.1, microphone, audio output device, video recording device, TWAIN-compatible digital camera, or scanner; sharing notebooks requires users to be on the same network.

Certain advanced functionality requires connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, and/or Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010.

Certain features require Windows Search 4.0.

Send to OneNote Print Driver requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and Windows XPS features.

Multi-Touch features require Windows 7 and a touch-enabled device.

Certain inking features require Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later.

Speech-recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.

Grammar and contextual spelling features require 1 GB memory.

Internet Fax not available on Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, or Windows Vista Home Premium.

Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.

Connectivity to a compute cluster is required for running user-defined functions on a compute cluster.

The Desktop Experience feature must be installed prior to using OneNote on Windows Server 2008 or later.

512 MB RAM recommended for accessing Outlook data files larger than 1 GB.

2 GHz processor or faster and 1 GB RAM or more recommended for OneNote Audio Search. Close-talking microphone required. Audio Search not available in all languages.

Certain online functionality requires a Windows Live ID.

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.

This product includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for a single computer. We recommend the 32-bit version, which runs great on both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows. People who routinely use very large documents or spreadsheets that need more than 2 GB of memory may want to run the 64-bit version, but many common add-ins for Office don't run correctly in the 64-bit edition.

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