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You can sign up, but it does not guarantee acceptance.
InformationPlease do not PM me for links anymore. The link to the leak I had no longer works, and I cannot (and will not) leak the Tech Preview MS gave me.
Sorry.
~Lordbob
Thank you lordbob75, have been having the same problem with friends, they keep asking me for a copy. My oldest son (41) almost got on his knees, but being a dad it is easy to say no to a son/daughter, you started when they first learned to ask you for money.
I'm sure "In due course" it should appear on Technet for more testers to get it 100% legally.
Can anybody tell me if it's been improved from the "leaked" version from around April / May.
I found the (at that time) white bland background horrible - not possible to customise it further - and didn't see any particular reason to upgrade from Office 2007. The only advantage at that time was the fact that a 64 bit version would eventually be available but for these types of applications it doesn't really matter if it's 32 / 64 bit since even a large spreadsheet is unlikely to test the resources of even a quite modest modern laptop.
However this was a very early probable even pre-alpha version so I hope its a lot better now.
Any testers out there -- significant differences from 2007 -- from the point of a Workstation user --not really interested in the "Windows Live" or "Corporate collaboration" pieces.
Cheers
jimbo
I'm waiting to see if I'm accepted. I won't touch a leaked version at this stage but I am looking forward to some of the improvements I have read about.I rely on Office heavily, particularly Outlook and One Note.
Look and feel has not really changed much from 2007 although the office button is now replaced with a more subtle tab :), also it now allows you tom customize the ribbon - something that's been needed as everyone works differently.
Will try to put together some screen-shots and notes over the next week as I play with it more, and post back :)
Here is a screenshot of Outlook.
~Lordbob
EDIT: I added one of Word as well. I believe those are the two most commonly used.