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Office 2007 beta
2006-05-26, 12:12 PM #1
You can download this for free, can't remember the link. It's a bit buggy but i'm really liking the changes to the UI (I didn't think I would at first), i've only really looked at Word, but the UI puts a heavy emphasis on letting users structure documents properly, the packaged styles are pretty swish too.
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2006-05-26, 12:29 PM #2
Is it possible to install it next to Office 2k3? I don't want to uninstall 2k3 because if this breaks, I need SOMETHING that works.
2006-05-26, 1:00 PM #3
Yeah it's possible.

I'm sure they've probably nicked a few features from elsewhere, but the implementation of everything is really nice. I particularly like the excellent support for equation and symbols as well as more intuitive referencing features.
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2006-05-26, 3:26 PM #4
Its pretty sexy and easy to use

after using Office 2002 for the past 9 months this is nice
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2006-05-26, 3:26 PM #5
Download Link: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/getthebeta.mspx?showIntro=n

My pics:
http://images.mzzt.net/office2k7/

2006-05-26, 4:03 PM #6
Windows Live ID? AND NO POWERPOINT?!?!?

**** THAT!
2006-05-26, 4:23 PM #7
what?

It has powerpoint, are you alright in the head?
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2006-05-26, 4:36 PM #8
Of course he isn't.
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2006-05-26, 4:38 PM #9
Originally posted by Tiberium_Empire:
Windows Live ID? AND NO POWERPOINT?!?!?

**** THAT!

WHY DO YOU NEED POWERPOINT, MR. ***** AND MOAN ABOUT THINGS THAT HE COULDN'T FULLY USE BECAUSE HIS COMPUTER SUCKS ANYWAY? :banned:

:gbk: Sorry about that.
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2006-05-26, 4:58 PM #10
I want VS .NET 2005 or 2007. If the latter exists.
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2006-05-26, 5:25 PM #11
haha i still have office 97
2006-05-26, 5:38 PM #12
I love how this doesn't expire till Febuary

yay!
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2006-05-26, 6:44 PM #13
[QUOTE=Mr. Stafford]haha i still have office 97[/QUOTE]

Haha, me too :)
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2006-05-26, 7:45 PM #14
I think I'll stick to Open Office.
2006-05-26, 8:01 PM #15
Originally posted by Tiberium_Empire:
Windows Live ID? AND NO POWERPOINT?!?!?

**** THAT!


Or maybe you're scared it'll detect your pirated ISO of Office 2k?
2006-05-26, 8:06 PM #16
Originally posted by MentatMM:
I think I'll stick to Open Office.

FTW. :)
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2006-05-26, 8:14 PM #17
Aye, it's Open Office for me. Although I'm sure it's got security holes, it's not integrated into Windows like MS Office is.
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2006-05-26, 8:20 PM #18
Originally posted by Wolfy:
Aye, it's Open Office for me. Although I'm sure it's got security holes, it's not integrated into Windows like MS Office is.


And it doesn't expire, like the Office 2007 Beta does. ;)
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2006-05-26, 8:22 PM #19
But it doesn't expire until 2/07 :D

Originally posted by JediGandalf:
I want VS .NET 2005 or 2007. If the latter exists.


http://labs.msdn.microsoft.com/express/

2006-05-26, 8:30 PM #20
[QUOTE=The Mega-ZZTer]But it doesn't expire until 2/07 :D



http://labs.msdn.microsoft.com/express/[/QUOTE]

True..I'd probably be formatting before then anyway. :p
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2006-05-26, 8:32 PM #21
Meh, just turn your clock back before you use it.

I'm still using the Microsoft Acrylic beta; it expired months ago I think.
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2006-05-26, 8:56 PM #22
Also, openoffice sucks.

In my opinion, the vastly redesigned UI in office 2007 is the best UI change that anyone has come up with for a common-use application in recent years. They've really nailed what the essential things are when creating a document (in Word). Whilst the interface is still buggy in the beta (format a document using the "modern" style and then highlight a clump of text) i'm confident these issues will be addressed. Also, the user interface manages to be slick and efficient even with all the visual effects that it has (can you turn them off? I like them but they might annoy a few people).

I haven't explored Excel and Powerpoint much (I never really use them anyway), but they seem to have simplified things in much the same way as Word.

You really want to at least try this whilst it's a free beta.
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2006-05-26, 8:59 PM #23
Originally posted by Detty:
Also, openoffice sucks.

In my opinion, the vastly redesigned UI in office 2007 is the best UI change that anyone has come up with for a common-use application in recent years. They've really nailed what the essential things are when creating a document (in Word). Whilst the interface is still buggy in the beta (format a document using the "modern" style and then highlight a clump of text) i'm confident these issues will be addressed. Also, the user interface manages to be slick and efficient even with all the visual effects that it has (can you turn them off? I like them but they might annoy a few people).

I haven't explored Excel and Powerpoint much (I never really use them anyway), but they seem to have simplified things in much the same way as Word.

You really want to at least try this whilst it's a free beta.


I have had no problems with OpenOffice. What's wrong with it?
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2006-05-26, 9:00 PM #24
Originally posted by MentatMM:
I think I'll stick to Open Office.


Yeah, it fits my needs.
2006-05-26, 9:09 PM #25
Originally posted by MentatMM:
I think I'll stick to Open Office.


Indeed. It's free and serves all my word processing needs, which isn't much to begin with. MS Office has so many features that I could probably never find a reasonable scenario to use them all in.
2006-05-26, 9:38 PM #26
Quote:
You really want to at least try this whilst it's a free beta.


I'm sure we'll be using it at work once it's released, but I just can't see paying for something like an office program when there are free alternatives that get the job done rather efficiently already. The UI is attractive, but it money doesn't grow on trees at my place. It looks like Microsoft is going in the right direction as of late, for the most part.
2006-05-27, 12:50 AM #27
The whole windows ID thing was annoying and "Cancel" (to "skip entering information") just got me a "page not found". Grr. I ended up having to use some dummy account. Downloading now, hopefully there won't be more annoying interaction with microsoft involved ..
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2006-05-27, 2:16 AM #28
I've got a copy en route for the Iz meister. Looks shibby. (We still have office 97 at work, but IT are in the process of upgrading us to 2003)
2006-05-27, 3:23 AM #29
Something about the word "Beta" when used in conjuction with a "Microsoft Product" scares me. :o
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2006-05-27, 9:20 AM #30
Originally posted by Detty:
Also, openoffice sucks.


Why? I can create documents just fine, powerpoint slides are a breeze, it's free, and inherently more secure than MS Office.
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2006-05-27, 12:47 PM #31
Powerpoint sucks and is horribly over used
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2006-05-27, 1:08 PM #32
I convert all my presentations to PDF, anyway, because not all my students can view PPTs.
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2006-05-27, 1:39 PM #33
Course notes should always be available in 3 formats. The original source format, pdf and postscript.

The reason for requiring the original source format is that there are problems with some pdf files that prevent them from printing properly, these are usually ones that are generated from slideshows with lots of imagery.
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2006-05-27, 1:40 PM #34
All of my notes are plain-text, with imagery only for the graphics notes.
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2006-05-27, 1:42 PM #35
I use Abiword. *shrug
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2006-05-27, 1:42 PM #36
Originally posted by MBeggar:
Powerpoint sucks and is horribly over used


How is it possibly overused? It's powerpoint or another presentation package. If you have to do a presentation with slides, you are going to need a presentation package. All of the programs have their problems but I tend to just use whichever is available on the machine i'm going to do the presentation on.
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2006-05-27, 1:47 PM #37
Originally posted by Pommy:
The whole windows ID thing was annoying and "Cancel" (to "skip entering information") just got me a "page not found". Grr. I ended up having to use some dummy account. Downloading now, hopefully there won't be more annoying interaction with microsoft involved ..


Well when you "skip entering information" you "cancel your download" as well.

I think. Anyways mine was already filled out from other betas so I just submited it.

2006-05-27, 3:02 PM #38
Well, it seemed to install okay.

Anyone know why the installer insists that the products were neither installed nor repaired (after I tried repairing it after it said that it wasn't installed) correctly?

(Even though it works fine now and I can use it easily)
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2006-05-27, 3:11 PM #39
Originally posted by Detty:
How is it possibly overused? It's powerpoint or another presentation package. If you have to do a presentation with slides, you are going to need a presentation package. All of the programs have their problems but I tend to just use whichever is available on the machine i'm going to do the presentation on.



Okay so i worded it wrong. Its partially the users fault and partially Microsofts fault for making it so horrible. Users fault because they mostly dont understand what a presentation should look like, Microsofts fault because they included all of those stupid effects.

You could just as easily make a nicer presentation in flash, even if you only had the demo.
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