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• The New Office 2010 Logo

  Microsoft today made Office 2010 Beta 2 available for download to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. ( Thanks to Mary Jo Foley for the heads-up .) Here's a peek at the new Office 2010 logo. My overview of the beta--which will be made available publicly... Posted Nov 16 2009, 03:00 PM by pthurrott with | with 29 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Opens Up the PST Format

  From Microsoft: As more and more information is stored and shared in digital formats, the ability for people to reuse their data across various applications and platforms has become increasing important. As part of an ongoing effort to enable this kind... Posted Oct 26 2009, 01:14 PM by pthurrott with | with 71 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office, Alt. Windows, Email

• SharePoint 2010 Revealed

  At its SharePoint Conference 2009 today in Las Vegas, Microsoft revealed details about the next version of its SharePoint platform . "By taming the overflow of information across systems and technologies, SharePoint enables organizations to thrive... Posted Oct 19 2009, 05:02 PM by pthurrott with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office, Cloud computing

• Microsoft Office 2010 Public Beta in November

  At its SharePoint Conference 2009 today in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced that it will deliver a public Office 2010 Beta release in November. This follows a closed Technical Preview ( see my overview ), which shipped back in July. Today, at Microsoft... Posted Oct 19 2009, 04:54 PM by pthurrott with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Office 2010 sports improved ribbon across all apps, servers, services

  Virtually every single end user experience with Office 2010 will involve an improved version of the ribbon user interface that debuted in Office 2007. This includes the traditional Office applications, the Office Web Applications, and even Office servers... Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:28 AM by pthurrott with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Microsoft stops Grooving, pushes SharePoint instead

  Groove, no more: Microsoft has renamed the Groove client in Office 2010 to SharePoint Workspace 2010, as noted in my Office 2010 Special Report . Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:26 AM by pthurrott with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Microsoft simplifies the Office 2010 product line-up

  Wondering which product editions Microsoft will ship with Office 2010. Well, there are some surprises, including a simplified line-up and a brand new SKU called Office Home and Business. Here's the complete rundown, from my Office 2010 Special Report... Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:25 AM by pthurrott with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Yes, there's an Office 2010 Mobile too

  But it's not in beta (yet). Here's a bit of info from my Office 2010 Special Report . There's not much to say yet about Office Mobile 2010, but it will appear in early 2010 on Windows Mobile-based smart phones and will further Microsoft's... Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:23 AM by pthurrott with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office, Windows Mobile, Mobile

• Waiting for the Office Web Applications? Keep waiting

  I'm not sure what all the hubbub was about regarding the Office Web Applications, but if you were expecting to access web-based versions of Microsoft Office today, you're reading the wrong blogs. Find out what's really happening in my Office... Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:22 AM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office, Commentary

• Office 2010 plays catch-up ... with Apple's Keynote

  Microsoft never uttered the "K" word in its Office 2010 briefing with me last month, but it's pretty clear that many of PowerPoint's professional new transitions, animations, effects, and video capabilities were, um, inspired by Apple... Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:19 AM by pthurrott with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Office 2010 to allow live co-authoring of documents

  The support for this feature varies by application and requires SharePoint 2010 Server. But Office 2010 will allow multiple users to simultaneously edit a document in real-time. The best support for this is in Word 2010. Here's the info, from my Office... Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:16 AM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Office 2010 seeks to end Undo

  One of the cool new features in Office 2010 is Paste Preview, which addresses a common issue: All too often, when users paste info into a document, they end up clicking Undo because they didn't get the results they expected. Here's the info from... Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:14 AM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Office 2010 delivers Backstage pass

  One of the cool new features in Office 2010 is the BackStage view, which replaces the old File menu with a full screen interface. Here's the info from my Office 2010 Special Report : Office 2010 replaces the old File menu with a new interface called... Posted Jul 13 2009, 10:13 AM by pthurrott with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Coming in Office 2010: Office Anytime Upgrade

  While I can't yet comment on all the blogger silliness I've seen about tomorrow's WPC announcements (let's just say the most obvious Office-related predictions I've seen are dead wrong), I recently found this little bit of UI in the... Posted Jul 12 2009, 05:45 PM by pthurrott with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Office 2010 'Outspace', switching it on/off

  Rafael has figured out a way to turn off the Backstage interface in the Office 2010 Technical Preview , which is codenamed Outspace. Known only by its codename at the moment, Microsoft Office "Outspace" is one of the more noticeable changes... Posted Jul 12 2009, 11:46 AM by pthurrott with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office