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Microsoft is Looking for Office 2010 Home and Student Beta Testers

Posted 06/28/09 at 06:52:45 PM  by Justin Kerr

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For those of you who found yourselves breathless with anticipation after watching the Office 2010 Movie Trailers, you might just be the perfect candidate for the technical preview. Currently Microsoft is looking beta testers who fall into the home, or student category, and are willing to fill out a short survey via the connect website. The survey will ask for basic information about your PC, your OS, and what you currently use for an office suite, nothing overly personal. You will need a free Windows Live account (or Hotmail), and it sounds like they are looking for plenty of volunteers.

People with Office 2007 probably won’t notice much of a difference, but I highly encourage curious users with older versions of Office, as well as Open Office, to give the new ribbon UI a try. It takes some getting used to, but does a pretty good job of exposing functionality that was previously hidden to novice or casual users.

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TAGS: microsoft, Software, free software, beta, office 2010
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avatar64bit Office, Wahoo!!

Submitted by alanmc76 on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 5:31am

 Finally, a 64bit Office suite.  Got my application filled out, now just have to wait and see...

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avatarnice, they used

Submitted by dracx619 on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 2:41am

nice, they used videocopilot.net effect presets for this, as well as some tracks from their music library. why do i bring it up? meh, no reason, i just recognized it is all.

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avatarWho...

Submitted by Devo85x on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 4:48pm

Who pays for Microsoft Office when you can download OpenOffice?

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avatarWho pays for MS Office when

Submitted by horzo on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 1:36pm

Who pays for MS Office when they can steal it from work?

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avatareasy answer

Submitted by N25PHILLY on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 3:49am

people that need more than a third rate office suite

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avatarStudents for one.

Submitted by Icewolf132 on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 9:07pm

Sadly, a good handfull of intro classes in College (mainly the intro to computers and business 101 classes) require the latest version of Microsoft Office. There are ways around it, but it is a pain.

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avatarSequels are always horrible

Submitted by Havok on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 4:46pm

 Well, almost always. Still, I'm expecting even more hate toward a new version of Office. As long as the Outlook team stays out of the devolopment, it might be alright.

 

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