Announcing Office 2010 Beta Availability

[jfar]

Is there a reason that the "head over to MS and download this Beta link" keeps bringing me back to this thread, or am I missing something,? Sorry if I am.

 

[Tews]

Are you attempting to download the Beta?

 

[jfar]

Yes, I suppose I am to late.

 

[Barman58]

Hi Jim,

The Click to run Home and office seems still to be live ....


Microsoft Office Online

Maybe that's an option

or try Here ...

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx

 

[Ch@n]

I personally feel that MS has woken up from a loong sleep to make Win 7. This OS, does everything automatically when it comes to drivers, which Vista failed. The same logic is being used for Office 2010 too. I was startled to find, that once I upgraded to 2010(which removed my 2007) all my data was intact. Not even a single config I made manually. As well as, 2010 detected my Hotmail account and offered to download the beta outlook connector too. Wonderful MS. Waiting for the full release. I personally like the appearance of outlook and the way all other applications react when we open a email attachment. By default, it opens in protective mode. In order to stop any infection to the computer if any embedded. Gr8 work!!!

 

[jfar]

Hi Jim,

The Click to run Home and office seems still to be live ....


Microsoft Office Online

Maybe that's an option

or try Here ...

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx

Thanks, I am now sorted.

 

[Tews]

Thanks, I am now sorted.

I told myself I was going to be good today... :roflmao:

 

[Barman58]

Tom,

I thought you were always good ....


Well, it's the thought that counts

 

[Tews]

I try Nigel, I try...

 

[Adrian]

As this particular Beta is only 5 days in he wild (officially) I would expect that many add-ins will have issues recognising Office 2010 components.

It may be however a simple case of the add-in not recognising the ID string for 2010 (office 14), as the add-in functionality in office is very similar to that in 2007.

The experience I have had with a particular software synchronising with 2010 was that once the ID string for 2010 was added the software worked flawlessly

I would suggest that those who absolutely must have the interaction between Outlook and a particular add-in wait a while to allow the add-in developers to adjust their product. Of course contacting the developers is an option in some cases - it worked in my case

Some developers will of course state that they do not support Beta software and will not make changes until release date or near to that date

Nigel, please share, what type of software were you able to sync?

 

[Adrian]

Thanks, I am now sorted.

I told myself I was going to be good today... :roflmao:

WHY?

 

[toxicwaste288]

ive had it for months.... tbh, its similar to 2007, but runds alot faster, and the office button at the top left of the ribbon has been removed.... xD

 

[sergiogarcia9]

In my opinion it runs smoother than 2007. Also looks a tad better, looking forward to the final version

 

[Barman58]

Nigel, please share, what type of software were you able to sync?

Hi Adrian,

You should have had your private reply by now but will give general details here to help others ...

Whilst sorting out my sync with my Sony phone I worked with the developers of My Phone Explorer which is the best Application available IMO for working with Most SE Phones, and they found that all they had to change was the actual ident string from office 12 to 14 - all the other functions in outlook were the same - so little work was needed.

The changes are made and working in the current Beta and I understand will be included in the next public build

I was lucky I was dealing with a small independent developer - getting apple to rush to support Microsoft Beta software, in the form of a iTunes Addin, may be more difficult.

You may find some independent site will come up with a patch soon but would not expect apple to rush before the full official release.

Due to office having a virtual monopoly in office apps on the Mac used in business, they will I think have to support Outlook 2010 Eventually - Of course they will hopefully make the minor changes in the next Itunes release.

 

[Extensa]

Just downloaded and installed... Works great, installed smoothly, no complaints

I'm a happy comper.... Teheee

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Lot faster than 2007. I'm loving it ...... It took my Eset antispam plugin without a problem... Waiting for Gold release

 

[seekermeister]

Just downloaded and installed... Works great, installed smoothly, no complaints

I'm a happy comper.... Teheee

Check to see if you need to reset your printer as default. When I installed 2010, it set One Note as default, and for some reason that removed the printer from the print options in a couple of programs.

 

[Extensa]

Just downloaded and installed... Works great, installed smoothly, no complaints

I'm a happy comper.... Teheee

Check to see if you need to reset your printer as default. When I installed 2010, it set One Note as default, and for some reason that removed the printer from the print options in a couple of programs.

I did notice that it did this... just as annoying as the added XPS Printer in Vista and 7

 

[besweeet]

Installed this on a few computers. Dumped Office 2007 for this. All the applications are very nice. They all load instantly which is very nice.

 

[Abhishek Ghosh]

Practically major changes are in PowerPoint : new set of animations, background removal of image etc...
(compared with 2007 SP2) But am disappointed for the round ribbon disappearance...the startup splash screen with animation looks good too.Anyway, i have not seen any major negative points .