Stay on top of your household budget   

• Build a budget and track expenses right out of the box with ready-to-use templates in Excel 2010.
• Get insights from your data more quickly with easy-to-use analysis tools like Sparklines and Conditional Formatting.
• Visualize your budget instantly with colorful charts and graphs that are a breeze to create.

Organize household information in one easy spot

• Create a OneNote 2010 notebook to organize resources for any project, from a home remodel to a major purchase decision.
• Collect a full spectrum of materials and media in one easy-to-access place: documents, text, videos, audio, screen clippings, and more.
• Find exactly the piece of information you need with simple tagging and search functions.
• Make Internet research more efficient with Linked Note Taking to save Web pages and other online resources to your notebook with just a click.

Create quality reports, resumes, and newsletters

• Create professional-looking documents, from school reports to family newsletters with built-in design templates in Word 2010.
• Communicate your ideas visually with dozens of customizable SmartArt® graphics.
• Make title pages and headings more dynamic with 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 standout presentations for school

• Add eye-catching visual effects and a range of media to class presentations—from video to audio and photos—with PowerPoint 2010.
• Make slides more memorable with photo-editing features that let you crop, colorize, and add texture to your images.
• Insert and edit videos right in your presentation and add stunning creative effects with the video editor.
• Add a professional touch with broadcast-quality slide transitions.
• Share presentations with classmates online using Broadcast Slide Show.*

Access, edit, and share your work online*

• Create documents and then easily upload them to the Web using Windows Live SkyDrive, and access them from most any Web browser.
• Access your documents even when you’re away from home with Office Web Apps.
• Edit your report, newsletter, or presentation online with Office Web Apps that give you the Office experience you expect.
• Share your online documents with others to make working together with classmates and family members easier.

* An appropriate device, Internet connection, and Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari browser are required. There are some differences between the features of the Office Web Apps and the Office 2010 applications.