Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Inside Out

New and Improved for 2010

First, we’ll highlight the new features in the 2010 release of Microsoft Excel. Later, we’ll talk about features that have been “retired” from the program and summarize the features that will be new to you if you skipped the last upgrade or two.

Backstage View

Users of Excel 2007 had to adjust to the Microsoft Office Button replacing the File menu, but in Excel 2010, the File tab replaces the Office Button, so the File menu is kind of back, but there’s a lot more going on there now. The new File tab opens what Microsoft calls Backstage view, a single location where you find essential controls and information about your documents and where most of Excel’s behind-the-scenes options and settings reside. The traditional File ...