Freeware
Windows
Oct 15, 2013 Office Starter consists of Microsoft Word Starter 2010 and Microsoft Excel Starter 2010 only, reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel with advertising.
1.6 MB
Microsoft Office Starter 2010 gives home users who are buying preloaded PCs the ability to perform the most common and basic productivity tasks right out of the box. Office Starter consists of Microsoft Word Starter 2010 and Microsoft Excel Starter 2010 only, reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel with advertising.
This version only works on 32-bit Windows machines.
Office Starter consists of Word Starter and Excel Starter only, reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel with advertising. It does not contain Microsoft PowerPoint, OneNote, or Outlook.
Word Starter and Excel Starter are reduced functionality versions of the full versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Word Starter and Excel Starter include features for basic authoring and editing, but lack more powerful features like the ability to track comments and changes in your documents; password protect your documents; create tables of contents, footnotes, citations or bibliographies; perform advanced data analysis such as with pivot tables; and the ability to customize the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar.
Office Starter has the same file support as full Office 2010. You will be able to easily send documents back and forth from Office Starter to other people using the full versions of Word and Excel and vice versa. Starter provides full fidelity viewing, so people who are using Office Starter will still be able to see features that are not included in Office Starter.
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You can start Word 2010 in a number of ways, then create documents to your heart’s content. But before you can start Word, your computer must be on and toasty. After you log into Windows, you can get Word going.
The unimaginative way to start Word 2010
Without fail, the place to start any program in Windows is at the fabled Start button. It may not be the fastest or the most interesting or convenient way to start a program, but it’s consistent and reliable:
- Click the Start button (which is adorned with the Windows logo).The Start menu appears. You might find the Microsoft Word 2010 program icon right there on the Start menu.
- If you see the Word icon, click it to run the program.Otherwise, keep plowing away in Step 3.
- Choose All Programs to pop up the All Programs menu, and then select Microsoft Word 2010.If you don’t see the Microsoft Word 2010 icon or program name, you must obey Step 3, which is almost certain to work.
- Choose the Microsoft Office item (submenu) to display its contents, and then select Microsoft Word 2010.Behold! Word starts! Watch in amazement as the program unfurls its sails on your computer’s monitor.
If you can’t find Word anywhere on the All Programs menu, it may not be installed on your computer.
The better way to start Word
When you use Word a lot, it helps to have quick access to its program icon; create a Word shortcut icon on the desktop:
- Locate the Word icon on the Start button’s All Programs menu.Don’t click to start Word now!
- Right-click the Microsoft Word 2010 menu item.A pop-up menu appears.
- Choose Send To→Desktop (Create Shortcut).
- Press the Esc key to hide the Start button menu and view the desktop.
You haven’t changed anything, but you have added the Word program icon to the desktop. You can use that icon to start Word: Just double-click the icon, and Word starts.
How Do I Open Microsoft Word Starter 2010
The best way to start Word 2010
The best way to start Word is to place the Word icon on the taskbar in Windows 7, or what’s called the Quick Launch toolbar in older versions of Windows:
- Find the Word icon on the Start button’s All Programs menu.Don’t click the icon — just find it!
- Right-click the Word icon.
- In Windows 7, choose the command Pin to Taskbar. (In Windows Vista, choose the command Add to Quick Launch.)The Word icon is pinned (permanently added to) the taskbar in Windows 7; in Windows Vista, the Word icon is slapped on the Quick Launch Toolbar.
To start Word, you merely click the Word icon placed on the taskbar. Click! And then Word starts. That’s the fastest and bestest way to begin your word processing day.
Another way to have the Word icon always handy is to pin it to the Start menu directly. In Step 3, choose the item named Pin to Start Menu. That way, the Word icon always appears at the top of the list on the Start button menu.
Start Word by opening a document
Opening a Word document causes Word to start and to display that document for editing, printing, or just giving others the impression that you’re doing something. Simply locate the Word document icon in a folder window and double-click to open that document.
Microsoft Word Starter 2010 Won't Open
In Windows 7, you can see a Jump List of recently opened documents by either right-clicking the Word icon on the taskbar or clicking the right-pointing arrow next to the Word icon on the Start button menu. Select a document from the list to start Word and open that document.