Reimagine History and win Xbox 360 + Kinect or a free trip

What did our Founding Fathers, Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, and the Apollo 11 mission crew all have in common?

Well, for starters, not one of them had Office 2010...and they all achieved political, engineering, or technological breakthroughs that changed the world.

But looking back on those historical feats, we here on the Office team can't help but wonder how Office 2010 might have changed the game...

• Would Word have helped the founding fathers draft and polish the Declaration of Independence?

• Would Thomas Edison's team have been better organized if they'd shared all their "incandescent" ideas in OneNote?

• Would the Wright brothers have chronicled and promoted the news of their first flight more vividly with PowerPoint?

• Would NASA have planned the Apollo 11 moon mission more easily with Excel to help them see what all those mountains of data meant?

Obviously we can't know for sure, but if Office 2010 had existed as far back as 1776, it could have helped...a lot.

4 historical events + 4 legendary applications + 4 exclusive films = 1 BIG Contest

To make our case, we're introducing History Reimagined - to show how the Founding Fathers, Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, and the Apollo 11 crew might have revolutionized their work using Office 2010.

Don't just sit there! Pop some corn, put your feet up and visit History Reimagined to enjoy the videos. Just by watching, you might learn a thing or two.

Oh! About that contest: You could also win an Xbox 360 + Kinect in the weekly drawings or a trip to Philadelphia, the Museum of Science and industry in Chicago, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C., or Cape Canaveral in Florida. It's just that easy* - watch between now and August 17 and you get a chance to win!

Have any other ideas for reimagining historical "documents that matter"? Let us know. You just might inspire our next video.

-- Jevon Fark, Office Team

*No purchase necessary. Sweepstakes open to legal residents of the 50 United States (incl. District of Columbia) and Canada age 18 years and older. Sweepstakes ends 8/17/2011. To enter and for official rules, including odds and prize descriptions, visit www.microsoft.com/office/office-documents-in-history/. Offer void in Quebec and where prohibited.