Office 2010 Beta available on MSDN/Technet [Archive]

Sazar

11-18-09, 08:50 PM

Just an FYI, I am downloading this right now and will install shortly :)

Free beta download apparently.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx

I am really liking some of the new feature previews and am considering downloading Visio 2010 as well.

:cool:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=38691&d=1258599002

trivium nate

11-18-09, 09:44 PM

downloading now :)

nekrosoft13

11-19-09, 12:15 AM

Just an FYI, I am downloading this right now and will install shortly :)

Free beta download apparently.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx

I am really liking some of the new feature previews and am considering downloading Visio 2010 as well.

:cool:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=38691&d=1258599002

let us know how stable it is

crainger

11-19-09, 01:14 AM

Downloading nao.

crainger

11-19-09, 02:03 AM

First impressions using Office 2010 64bit.

It's freaking fast!

CaptNKILL

11-19-09, 02:58 AM

Office 2007 was\is terrible.

I've switched to Open Office on every system I work on. Its free, it works and I use it so rarely that any slight down sides it has are barely noticeable compared to the migraine inducing issues I've had with Office 2007.

crainger

11-19-09, 04:03 AM

Office 2007 was good CaptN. Please learn to use Office. 2010 is similar but better.

TheANIMAL

11-19-09, 04:49 AM

Open Office FtMFW.

Personally i can see little advantage of using Office 2010 over, say, Office 2001.

Q

11-19-09, 08:39 AM

The only thing Open Office has going for it is it's price. Office 97 had a more refined interface and MUCH better performance.

B0ne

11-19-09, 12:38 PM

Impressed with 64 bit performance as well.

Bearclaw

11-19-09, 12:43 PM

Office 2007 was\is terrible.

I've switched to Open Office on every system I work on. Its free, it works and I use it so rarely that any slight down sides it has are barely noticeable compared to the migraine inducing issues I've had with Office 2007.

Are you on crack? :lol:

It was/is great.

nekrosoft13

11-19-09, 12:49 PM

The only thing Open Office has going for it is it's price. Office 97 had a more refined interface and MUCH better performance.

yap, using Open Office is like taking time machine to early 90s, it even can simulate early 90s machines by how slow open office works.

crainger

11-19-09, 12:55 PM

Open Office FtMFW.

Personally i can see little advantage of using Office 2010 over, say, Office 2001.

Obviously you don't have an mobile devices that will sync with Office Outlook...

Sazar

11-19-09, 05:46 PM

let us know how stable it is

I am really liking how stable it is. The conversation option in 2007 has been refined and integrated into the standard date view in Outlook and I LOVE how easy it is.

I haven't really played around with pivot's in Excel or worked in coding with Access yet, but the ribbons are incredibly intuitive and very easy to reconfigure.

I have a feeling a lot of the work I did before in coding/working on formulas and so forth will now be taken up by the integrated wizards and options just because of how easy they are :)

From what I have read, an online, free version should be available soon to try out so that's a big plus.

And for the nay-sayers comparing this and Office 2007 to Open Office, I highly recommend you get your brains checked. There is a massive difference in functionality between the 2 suites and once the FREE, online version of Office 2010 comes out, this will be made apparent. There is a time and a place for Open Office, but it is NOT in a corporate environment and not on the system of a professional user and definitely not a power-user.

betterdan

11-19-09, 06:33 PM

Office XP runs damn fast on my machine, I can't imagine Word opening up much faster :lol:

Albo

11-19-09, 07:56 PM

Office XP runs damn fast on my machine, I can't imagine Word opening up much faster :lol:

It's faster than that.

betterdan

11-19-09, 08:29 PM

It's faster than that.

Faster than damn fast? How fast is that exactly and why do we need Word to open up any faster than damn fast?

Albo

11-19-09, 08:41 PM

Faster than damn fast? How fast is that exactly and why do we need Word to open up any faster than damn fast?

Its faster than damn fast. It's Super Damn Fast.

betterdan

11-19-09, 10:08 PM

Well ain't that just super duper damn special? :p

Sazar

11-19-09, 10:21 PM

Its faster than damn fast. It's Super Damn Fast.

THATS WHAT SHE SAID :bleh:

Albo

11-19-09, 10:26 PM

THATS WHAT SHE SAID :bleh:

THANK YOU!!!
I was waiting and wondering who would figure it out.
Good Job, you get a high five

betterdan

11-19-09, 11:03 PM

What? :eek2:

K007

11-20-09, 01:33 AM

any screenshots?

does it still have the office 2007 style menu?

Sazar

11-20-09, 10:39 AM

any screenshots?

does it still have the office 2007 style menu?

The ribbons? Yes, it has the ribbons but they are much better now, more intuitive and almost completely customizable.

Screens are available all over da intranets through a quick search :D

The Microsoft site has videos as well.

jAkUp

11-20-09, 09:30 PM

Trying this today, also Office 2K7 was great IMO, I use excel quite often and I find it a lot easier to make graphs and such.