Why the early Office beta isn’t worth getting. Inevitably, the Office 2010 Technical Preview made it’s way onto the Internet – you can download it from many sites – but why bother? Office Watch tries out early versions of Microsoft Office. We’ve done that for over a decade because it’s our
an Office 2010 feature reveals a possible new Microsoft retail pricing strategy. With Office 2010 you can expect more ‘upselling’ with prompts in Office to buy other parts of the Office line and extras online direct from Microsoft. Check this ‘Step-Up Your Office’ option on Office 2010 menus: As you
The next Office has new ways to link dates, people and documents Under the Office 2010 ‘Office’ menu for Word 2010, Excel 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 are some interesting new features to link or relate the current document. Documents can be related in ways that we’ve not seen before. On
First look at the web versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint Microsoft has released some images of the upcoming browser based versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. There’s a picture of the edit pane and another of the view/read window for each program. Click on any of these images
Major menu changes under the trimmed down Office button More sneak peeks into the Office 2010 Technical Preview. Nothing is guaranteed but most, if not all, of these changes will be in the released Office 2010. Click on any image to see a full-size version. The ‘Office’ button in Office 2010
A new way to reduce the size of the 2010 ribbon. Way over on the right side of the Office 2010 ribbons there’s a new button. Click on the up arrow and the ribbon will minimize, leaving only the tabs. This isn’t a new feature, for Office 2007 has smart
Check out the main screens and ribbons in the next OneNote Here’s a first look at the new look OneNote 2010. First a look at the whole screen – click to see a full size image: OneNote get the ribbon interface. Note that the default ribbon view for OneNote 2010
Hints about Microsoft’s sales strategy for 64 bit version of Office 2010. Microsoft has already said that there will be both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Office 2010. The question remained – how would the 64 bit version be sold or bundled? With Office 2003 there was a little known
A nice little surprise on the Windows 7 start menu. Windows 7 has a nifty feature on the Start Menu – fly-out lists of recently used documents for many programs including, naturally, Microsoft Office. Outlook doesn’t have ‘recently used documents’ so you’d think there’s no place for that feature –
First look at the full set of ribbons in the next MS Office. Here’s a quick look at the Outlook 2010 ribbons. Most of the icons translate to existing Outlook features but there is some new stuff too. Word 2010 has already had a peek at this article: Word 2010 –
In-depth look at new features: navigation pane, text effects, customized ribbon It’s early on a Sunday morning and what should appear in the Office Watch Inbox but some sneak peek looks at Word 2010! Lucky us. Here they are with some very preliminary comments. Please keep in mind that with this and
Office 2010 as a movie is barely a trailer. The marketing juggernaut revs up with Office 2010 – the movie http://www.office2010themovie.com/ They call it a movie but at 33 seconds long it’s barely a trailer. Kubrick’s 2001 it’s not and it doesn’t reveal anything about Office 2010. Also in the
Act fast to sign up for the Office 2010 preview. Microsoft is asking people to sign up for the Office 2010 Technical Preview when it is extended in July 2009. At present the Technical Preview is limited to attendees to the TechEd 2009 conference that’s just started in Los Angeles.
Leaked Office 2010 & Outlook 2010 images hint at what’s in store and it’s not all good news. ZDnet is reporting some screen shots from Office 2010 with a new logo and color scheme. While we wait for test versions of Office 2010 to come out, it’s a passing weekend
Office Watch readers have already said they don’t care. Various outlets are hot with the ‘news’ that the next version of Office will be called ‘Office 2010’. Hardly surprising since the upcoming Microsoft Office will be released in 2010. It wasn’t going to be called ‘Office 7’ (to match Windows
From: DataViz DataViz Brings Over 10 Years of Office Compatibility Experience to Android Market via the Now Available Documents To Go and RoadSync Beta DataViz Brings Over 10 Years of Office Compatibility Experience to Android Market via the Now Available Documents To Go and RoadSync Beta. T-mobile G1 and Vodafone
From: Bundeskartellamt The Bundeskartellamt has imposed a fine of € 9 million on Microsoft Deutschland GmbH.Microsoft has influenced the resale price of the software package “Office Home & Student 2007” in an anticompetitive manner. The Bundeskartellamt has imposed a fine of € 9 million on Microsoft Deutschland GmbH. Microsoft has
The dribble of news and rumors about the next version of Office continues. The dribble of news and rumors about the next version of Office continues. On the fact side we have the welcome news that Office 14 will come in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Since more people have and
Pricing hint, versions of Windows, Office on the web and other Office 14 news. From no less a mouth than Steve Ballmer comes word that the next version of Office won’t grace our desktops until 2010. That’s no real surprise, Microsoft seems to be focusing on the next Windows –
From: Quickoffice Quickoffice Upgrades First Editable Office 2007 Suite for Symbian S60 Smartphones Quickoffice Premier 6.0 Includes ZIP File Support, the Ability to View Password-Protected Files and Charts in Excel 2007 Quickoffice, Inc., the leading global provider of mobile office productivity software and solutions, today announced the availability of Quickoffice
From: Mark Logic Corporation Mark Logic® Corporation, provider of the industry’s leading XML server, today announced the MarkLogic Toolkit for Word SAN CARLOS, CA – Mark Logic® Corporation, provider of the industry’s leading XML server, today announced the MarkLogic Toolkit for Word®. Distributed under the open-source Apache 2.0 license, the
From: Caelo Software Caelo Software B.V. announces the release of NEO Find an add-on for Microsoft Outlook that gives users full control and instant access to their email messages. Caelo Software B.V. announces the release of NEO Find an add-on for Microsoft Outlook that gives users full control and instant
The first images of Office 14 have been leaked plus a rough timeline — check it out here .. A Russian web site wzor.net has leaked images from the alpha (early) tests of Office 14 – the next release of Microsoft Office. With a alpha test version out to a
From: Microsoft Facility is center of innovation for Microsoft and retailers addressing changing consumer expectations and economic conditions; elements of center to be on display at NRF event. Showcasing new and emerging technologies that create connected and differentiated experiences for consumers throughout the retail environment, Microsoft Corp. today announced its
