<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> products.office.com/office-2010 </Td> </Tr> <P> Microsoft Office 2010 (codenamed Office 14) is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for Microsoft Windows . Office 2010 was released to manufacturing on April 15, 2010, and was later made available for retail and online purchase on June 15, 2010 . It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2007 and the predecessor to Microsoft Office 2013 . Research and development of Office 2010 began in 2006, before the release of its predecessor . </P> <P> Office 2010 introduces user interface enhancements including a Backstage view interface that consolidates document management commands into a single location . The ribbon introduced as part of Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word in Office 2007 is the primary user interface for all apps and is fully customizable in Office 2010 . Other new features include extended file format support; co-authoring features that allow multiple users to share and simultaneously edit documents; integration with SharePoint and OneDrive; and security improvements such as the introduction of Protected View, a new read - only, isolated sandbox environment to protect users from potentially malicious content . Office 2010 is the first version of the productivity suite to ship in both 32 - bit and 64 - bit versions, but the 64 - bit version is not officially compatible with Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 . It is also the first version to require product activation for volume license editions . It is the last version of Office compatible with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 as its successor, Office 2013, does not support these operating systems . </P> <P> Office 2010 marks the debut of Office Online (formerly Office Web Apps), a collection of free web - based versions of Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Word . Office Starter 2010, a new edition of Office, replaced the low - end Microsoft Works home productivity software . Office Mobile 2010, an update to Microsoft's mobile productivity suite, was released on May 12, 2010 as a free upgrade from the Windows Phone Store for Windows Mobile 6.5 devices with a previous version of Office Mobile . </P>

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