XML, the backbone of Microsoft's .Net strategy, also makes an appearance in Office 10. When they're working right, both Excel and Access provide native XML support. That's a step forward from Office 2000, whose adoption of HTML was viewed as being a bit quirky by some users. Other changes from Office 2000 include a translation feature built into Word, a search engine built into the applications suite and print preview capabilities in PowerPoint. Drop-down feature lists among Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint do not have the same features in the same places.
Publisher further complicates the matter.