Towards the end of November 2009 Microsoft released the beta versions of the next generation Office applications, namely, “Office 2010” for downloading. The text processing with Word is worth taking a look at where technical documentation is concerned. What does Word 2010 have in store for technical documentation? In what way is it different from the predecessors?
We will give a brief introduction to the following topics:
- New navigation pane
- Saving illustrations directly from the document
- Integrated screenshot function
- Backstage area
- Customizing the work desk
New navigation pane
Fig. 1: The new navigation pane (graphic only available in German)
In extensive documents, it has been found useful so far to activate the “document structure” view. In Word 2010 this area is simply called “Navigation”, but it is full of new functions. Besides the classical tree structure showing the headings, there is a page view and a search function.
In the tree structure, it is not only possible to collapse and expand areas, but one can also edit the document structure here. The user can add new chapters, move entire areas or delete them. Many of these functions were formerly available only in the outline view. Selected portions of the document ...
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