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Office 2010 document compatibility information at your fingertips (in a OneNote notebook)

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I put together a OneNote notebook that contains all the Access 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, and Word 2010 compatibility details that I could find on Office.com and TechNet, such as:

  • Formatting and functionality changes that occur when a 2010 file is opened in a previous version of the application, or when the file is edited in compatibility mode
  • Limits and specifications
  • What's new, changed, and removed
  • Supported file formats
  • Differences in OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods), OpenDocument Presentation (.odp), and OpenDocument Text (.odt) formats

The OneNote format is an alternative to the downloadable books that the Office Resource Kit team creates. I like the OneNote navigation and search experience for this type of content better than what you'd get in a linear Word doc. If you prefer hard copies, OneNote 2010 offers Save as PDF/XPS functionality.

Here's a screenshot of the Excel compatibility information. Each page contains a link to the original content source.

 

Wondering about a specific feature? The search functionality offers quick results.

 

Prefer a printout? You can save tne notebook as a PDF file for easy printing:

You can download the zipped notebook (in OneNote 2007 format) directly from this blog post (it's right below this paragraph). Let us know if you find this useful or if have feedback on the format. You can leave a comment here or contact us at feedork@microsoft.com

Office 2010 Compatibility.zip

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2011
    I thank Microsoft for being so helpful

  • Anonymous
    April 06, 2011
    Thanks!  This was very helpful!

  • Anonymous
    April 06, 2011
    I will check this out and see what I can do with it

  • Anonymous
    April 15, 2011
    Thanks for compiling this for Jill.  You have made us in the legal field very happy.  Hope to meet you at ILTA this year.

  • Anonymous
    May 29, 2011
    i will check it for so helpful from microsoft

  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2011
    Fabulous - thank you thank you thank you! Love the OneNote format!

  • Anonymous
    September 15, 2011
    Is Microsoft compatible with Motorola Xoom notebook

  • Anonymous
    February 28, 2012
    Great resource, thank you.  Why not put this on SkyDrive or Web-OneNote to make it easier to access?

  • Anonymous
    March 05, 2012
    This is the reason Microsoft Rocks. Thanks to you and to all those involved in this one note package.