Group 2 Annotated Bib.

Jenna Welch
Maygen Brockway

Danton, Tim, ed. “Buying Office for Your Business.” The Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Office

2010 2010: 122-123. Print.

This article introduces the idea of sharing the license when purchasing Microsoft Office 2010. It discusses what options are best according to the amount of computers in a business that would need the software. It suggests that a company that has under 250 computers could have an open license, standard edition, and with a subscription. The article also suggests that if a company has over 250, an enterprise agreement would be best with a “select plus” edition.

We would use this information to inform our supervisors of the benefits of purchasing Microsoft Office 2010. We would also use this information to show what license and edition we would need to meet our requirements.

Danton, Tim, ed. “Chose the Right Edition for You.” The Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Office

2010 2010: 6-8. Print.

This article goes in-depth as to which edition of Microsoft Office 2010 would be best for each individual or business. The choices of Microsoft Office 2010 editions are Office Home and Student, Office Home and Business, Office Standard, Office Professional Academic, and Office Professional Plus. The article compares these for prices, features, and how long the purchaser can receive technical support.

We would use this article to decide what edition would be best for our business.

“Financing Offers.” BestBuy.com. Best Buy. Web. 03 Oct. 2010

BestBuy.com has Microsoft Office Professional 2010 priced at $499.99. Best Buy does have financing options if our company cannot allot the full amount of money at the time of purchase. If our company can pay the full amount in eighteen months, no interest will be charged. The minimum monthly payment is be $10, with interest rates ranging from 24.24% to 29.99%, depending on the deferred interest plan the company chooses. The minimum interest charged to the company would be $2.

Mendelson, Edward. “ Microsoft Office 2010.” Review. PCMag. 11 May 2010. Web.

29 Sept. 2010

Office 2010 is touted as must-have productivity software for users who create documents heavy on images and graphics, an umbrella that the technical writers in our company who producing instruction manuals certainly fall under. The layout of Office 2010 is similar enough to Office 2007 that little time is lost adjusting to the new software. Unlike Office 2007, Office 2010 allows users to use keyboard shortcuts, a definite efficiency booster for keyboard-literate users like ourselves. The new “Backstage” view places several of the standard functions on a large menu for efficient accessibility, a useful feature for users who spend a lot of time performing a set of functions, such as printing and formatting, repeatedly. Collaboration is made significantly easier with the enhanced Outlook 2010, which can organize and consolidate messages more efficiently, and Access 2010, which allows users to publish web databases. Mendelson’s final word on the product was that the improvements from 0ffice 2007 make Office 2010 well worth the cost for corporate consumers like our company.

“Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft Delivers the Future of Productivity with Office 2010 and SharePoint

2010; New Products and Cloud Services Available to Businesses Today.” M2 Presswire

12 May 2010 Print.

This article describes how companies will benefit from using the new Microsoft Office 2010 and its addition of the SharePoint 2010. The article states some benefits such as an increase in productivity in the work place and even outside the work place. The use of Microsoft Office 2010 comes with Web Apps. Web Apps are the online companions to the Microsoft components like Word, PowerPoint, etc. that allow people to collaborate despite location. The addition of SharePoint 2010 will increase productivity because it helps bring ideas to life ideas regardless of location.

This article would benefit our proposal because it shows how Microsoft Office 2010 would benefit our workplace and atmosphere. This article states that Microsoft Office 2010 can increase productivity, which is exactly what our workplace needs. We need better software to increase our output of manuals, and this article suggests that Microsoft Office 2010 would be just the software for us.

“Microsoft Office 2010 Review.” TechRadar. 5 May 2010. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.

The “ribbon” interface feature is a definite asset of Office 2010, allowing the user to customize the ribbon with his/her most frequently used icons for more efficient access. The graphics features allow the user to paste and retouch images directly in the document, saving the step of working with the graphics in a separate program and allowing the user to see how the images work in the document right away. Data is easier to work with in Office 2010, with an Excel program containing more functions to assist in analyzing data and files that open and save more quickly. New security features assist in collaboration, allowing only authorized users to view the work without the risk of leaking sensitive information. TechRadar’s conclusion on Office 2010 is that collectively, all the small positive features of Office 2010 combine to make it a highly useful software suite, and one that would help our comany produce its technical documentation more efficiently abnd accurately.

“Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (Traditional Disc).” Costco.com. Costco. Web.

03 Oct. 2010

Costco.com has Microsoft Office Professional 2010 priced at $449.99. Costco does not offer financing options for their products. In order to buy from Costco.com, the customer must have a Costco membership. Acquiring Office 2010 this way would save the company $50 but would require a third party with a membership to make the purchase for us.

Parker, Jason. “Microsoft Office 2010: Cnet Editors’ Review.” Cnet. 17 May 2010. Web.

29 Sept. 2010.

Office 2010 allows for increased mobility as well as easier collaboration, with many applications for devices such as smartphones and the Internet. The sharing features, all located on the Backstage menu, allow users to save their documents to the Web, automatically attach them in emails and see other viewers’ comments on the document in the form of hidden data. The previewing features allow for easier revision, allowing the user to view pasted content in the document before committing it, saving the time that would be necessary to go back into the document and reformat it. Retention of format is one of the key advantages the Web applications of Office 2010 have over services such as Google Docs. These features, along with the password-protection encryption and the instantaneous remote communication available through Outlook 2010 allow for collaboration that is not only simplified but also quick and convenient. Our company collaborates among itself frequently and these features would be invaluable to our work.

Poulson, Danny. Personal Interview. 24 Sept. 2010.

During my interview with Danny, an employee of Staples, we discussed how Microsoft Office 2010 is the best software for businesses or even personal use. Danny explained to me that Microsoft Office 2010 has a lot of new features that can make businesses more efficient. Some of the new features include SharePoint and Web apps. Both of these new features make Microsoft Office 2010 better software for people to use either in the work place or at home.

With this information, we will show that Microsoft Office 2010 would be a nice upgrade to our current software. We will also use this article to show that Microsoft Office 2010 and its new features will improve the collaboration in our office.