Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Is Now Available

The first public beta of Microsoft Office 2010 is now available as a free download on microsoft.com/office.The beta is available in seven languages : English, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French, and German.Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook all come with evolved UIs, taking cues from Office 2007's "ribbon" UI by using  tabs instead of traditional menus.  new "backstage view" ,etc  are some of the changes in 2010.

 

New features :

• Outlook Social Connector
• Deeper integration between Office client and Web Apps allowing users to save directly to Windows Live Sky Drive or SharePoint 2010
• Improved navigation, visual design and icon update
• New Office logo
• Increased performance and stability

The beta version of Office 2010 will expire in October 2010.You can either upgrade your current version of Microsoft Office to Office 2010 Beta or select the Customize option during installation and set your current version of Microsoft Office to coexist with Office 2010 Beta.

 

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