A closer look at Office Starter 2010
Summary: Office 2010 Starter is a new option that replaces the old, time-bombed trial versions from earlier Office versions. This no-nonsense splash screen explains what’s available in the “reduced functionality” version and includes one of many Purchase buttons available throughout the program.
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Compare the ribbon in the Starter Edition (shown here) to the one in the unrestricted version of Excel and you’ll see that four tabs are missing, making it difficult to work with data connections and impossible to use PivotTables.
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