Office 2007 Beta 2 Released

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PowerPoint 2007 Beta 2

PowerPoint is the ubiquitous tool business people and students use to create multimedia presentations. The 2007 updates are supposed to make it less of a hassle to dress up slide shows. Most of PowerPoint’s features are available as icons in a tabbed ribbon atop the interface. And dynamic, visual galleries let you see a change before finalizing it.

Read more on the CNET News site.

Big Beta Day for Microsoft

Microsoft went beta crazy today and has released Windows Vista Beta 2 and a new build of Longhorn Server to testers and has made 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 available to anyone who wants to take it for a spin. Office 2007, oh excuse me, 2007 Microsoft Office system (yes, that’s the official name – small “s” and all) is another story. I’ve been working with the beta extensively, especially with Outlook and OneNote, er… 2007 Microsoft Office Outlook and 2007 Microsoft Office OneNote… and they are close to daily use quality if you’re brave and plenty stable enough to install on a test bed system if you’re cautious (which is almost always a good thing).

Read more on the ZDNet site (link no longer exists).

Microsoft launches Office 2007 Public Beta

Microsoft has released a public beta of Office 2007, making the forthcoming productivity suite available to a broader group of testers. The first release was limited to a group of about 10,000 customers and partners, and the final product is slated for release in early 2007. The beta is available as a download to the general public, but will expire on 31 January 2007.

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