Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 gives you the tools you need to complete school and home projects efficiently — from creating outstanding class presentations to managing household finances.

1. Design school presentations that get attention

• Add eye-catching effects and media — including video, audio, and photos — to class presentations, with easy-to-use tools in PowerPoint 2010
• Make slides more memorable with photo-editing features that let you crop, control brightness and contrast, sharpen or soften, and add other visual effects without leaving PowerPoint 2010
• Insert and edit videos right in your presentation and add creative effects with the video editor
• Add a professional touch with dynamic slide transitions and animations
• Broadcast your PowerPoint 2010 presentation through a web browser to remote audiences — even if they don’t have PowerPoint

2. Manage your household budget

• Build a budget and track expenses quickly with ready-to-use templates in Excel 2010
• See important data trends quickly with easy-to-use analysis tools such as Sparklines that show a tiny chart embedded in a cell or Conditional Formatting to help you easily spot variations
• Use improved charting tools and SmartArt® graphics to make dynamic charts, diagrams, and graphs to easily spot trends and better understand your budget

3. Organize all of your information in one place

• Create a digital notebook in OneNote 2010 to organize your ideas and important information for any project, from a home remodel to a major purchase decision
• Capture and share all the materials and media for a project in a OneNote notebook: text, images, video, audio, screen clippings, and more
• Find the information you need with simple tagging and search functions
• Take notes as you work in a Word 2010 document, a PowerPoint 2010 presentation, or in Windows Internet Explorer. Notes link automatically to the page you’re working on in the other application so that you can easily search and find them

4. Create stand-out reports, resumes, newsletters, and more

• Create professional-looking documents quickly, from school reports to family newsletters, using ready-made templates in Word 2010
• Communicate your ideas visually with dozens of SmartArt graphics that you can customize
• Make title pages and headings stand out with effects like glow, reflections, and shadows that you can apply to your text
• Browse through an outline of your document’s pages or headings, or view search results in the improved Navigation Pane

5. Access, edit, and share your projects from almost everywhere

• Get things done even when you’re away from home with Office Web Apps
• Create documents in Office 2010, post them online to Windows Live SkyDrive, and access, view, and edit them with Office Web Apps from almost anywhere you have Internet access
• Edit your report, newsletter, or presentation online with Web Apps, which give you the familiar Office experience you expect
• Share your documents online to work together with classmates and family members

What's included:

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• OneNote

A Product Key card is another way to purchase Microsoft Office 2010 with a new PC. It includes a Product Key designed to activate Office software on one preloaded PC.

Product Key Card details:

• Includes a 25-character Product Key only (no disc)
• Licensed for one installation on one PC only
• License cannot be transferred to another PC
• Backup disc available

Why the Product Key Card?

• Great value for one license only
• Quick and easy to install, no discs needed
• Eco-friendly

Office Home and Student 2010 system requirements:

Computer and processor: 500MHz or faster processor
Memory: 256MB RAM; 512MB recommended for graphics features and certain advanced functionality*
Hard disk: 3.0GB available disk space
Display: 1024x576 or higher resolution monitor
Operating system: Windows XP (must have SP3) (32-bit), Windows 7, Windows Vista with Service Pack (SP) 1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 and MSXML 6.0 (32-bit Office only), Windows Server 2008, or later 32- or 64-bit OS
Graphics: Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX 9.0c graphics card with 64 MB or more video memory
Additional Requirements: Internet Explorer (IE) 6 or later, 32 bit browser only. IE7 or later required to receive broadcast presentations. Internet functionality requires an Internet connection; 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; 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; Certain advanced collaboration functionality requires connectivity to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 or to Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007; Certain online functionality requires a Windows LiveTM ID
Other: Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity; www.office.com/products

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