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12+ New Microsoft Office 2010 Features

Start The Discussion | Fredric Paul | November 18, 2009 14:05 PM

This visual look at what's new for SMBs in the Microsoft Office 2010 beta reveals a number of significant improvements. But is it enough to maintain the productivity suite's overwhelming dominance in the face of cheaper (free!) online alternatives?

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Calendar Preview In Outlook 2010

Outlook's ability to send and accept invites to meetings is one of modern business' great conveniences. Many SMBs would be lost without this essential feature. Yet it's often a pain to figure out whether you should accept a meeting invitation or whether you have a conflict at the proposed time.

Outlook 2010 helps solve this problem. When you get an invite, it pops up a mini preview of that portion of your calendar -- showing when meeting is and what else you might have scheduled for that time.

Not having to switch back and forth from e-mail to calendar views can greatly speed the process of deciding whether or not to take a meeting. Sometimes, you can solve a conflict just by moving the meeting a half hour forward or back, but you can't tell that unless you hop back and forth between views.

Not a big change, but potentially a significant time saver.

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