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Microsoft has recently launched the beta version of Office 2010 available for download. According to Microsoft, the beta or trial version is made available to the public in order to gather feedback and reports on bugs which are common practice for beta releases.
Microsoft Office 2010 Beta - Free Download
Jacob Jaffe, Microsoft’s Information Worker Business Group leader, said during the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles that they had been planning the package before they released Office 2007.
Among the highlights of the beta release include a new file tab and set of visuals for ease of use plus the ability to save documents directly to Windows Live Skydrive (Microsoft’s online storage), from within the desktop application.
Both 32 and 64-bit formats are supported by the new office app and is compatible with XP (Service Pack 3), Vista, and the new OS—Windows 7.
Normal editions such as Office Professional 2010, Office Home and Business 2010, and Office 2010 Home and Student edition will me made available sometime in the first half of 2010.
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Great to hear that you’re trying out Beta. We’d love to hear more about what you think of it. Just log on to http://www.facebook.com/office and join the conversation.
Andy
MSFT Office Outreach Team
Hi Andy,
I’d love to try it out and hopefully I could write something more about it soon. I don’t have a Facebook account but I’ll see what I can do.
Thanks for stopping by.