Screenshots Reveal the Next Microsoft Office
Screenshots Reveal the Next Microsoft Office
Posted 01/16/2009 at 2:37pm
| by Mark Edward Soper
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What will the next version of Microsoft Office look like? Leaked screenshots of an alpha version recently released to testers suggest that, in short, ribbon menus rule. However, the Office 14 ribbon menus seem to have been influenced by the ribbon menu used in some of Windows 7's accessories, rather than being simply a rehash of Office 2007's version.
How long before we'll have a release version? According to alpha testers cited at Neowin.net, Microsoft is looking at a 2009 release and - you guessed it - the suite might be called Office System 2009. However, with the Microsoft roadmap unearthed earlier this month showing "2009" and "12-31-2009" for release dates, maybe it's too early to worry about the name.
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Shalbatana
January 19, 2009 at 1:39pm
My friend asked just today about office 07. He said they removed the function to cut several rows of cells and "insert cut cells" into a row later down. It now takes four steps to do the same thing. Please tell me this isn't so.
I really wish MS would stop trying to tell us what we didn't know we wanted, and instead fix and improve the things we have so they're useful.
Until then, I have no interest in 07 or later. I'll stick with what works, and/or switch to Open office, which with version 3 has imo really come of age.
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jimgreig
January 17, 2009 at 1:20pm
I've been a power user of MS Office software since before it was Office (remember WordStar?) I can't figure out how to use any part of Office '07, and no one can read the documents it produces. Can you say S#CKS @$$ ? I just hope the new version isn't some counter-intuitive piece of programmer mental masturbation like '07 is. Please give me something I can use out of the box. To be fair to MS, there is a great on-line instruction course for '07, but the program is so poorly organized, I can never remember how to do the mundane things without going through the instruction course again. I've gone back to Office '03, and I don't miss the very few things '07 actually does better!
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Keith E. Whisman
January 17, 2009 at 8:40am
God I wish for once Microsoft would come up with a super long name that tells you nothing about what the program is or what it does. You know like what Mac programs are named. They can call this Saran Wrapped peanut butter and banana and chocolate and strawberry jelly sandwitch 2009 business edition enhanced version.
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