Microsoft starts sending invites for Office Starter 2010 beta

User Comments: 8

1. November 12, 2009 4:46 PM
   

   TomSEA, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   The company I worked for was in on this same program when Office 2007 was released. Maybe we'll get the 2010 version.

   But I have to admit, I think Office 2007 was a big step backwards from the simplicity Office 2003 was. I really hated the fact that they changed half of the keyboard shortcuts that people had been using for years and also went with a weird toolbar configuration with icons you couldn't make heads nor tails out of rather than simple pull-down menus.

   Be interesting to see what they've done with 2010.

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2. November 12, 2009 5:32 PM
   Guest said:

   Want the office 2003 Toolbar on Office 2007 (not sure if it works with 2010) Because I like the new toolbar.

   But here's the Microsoft Forum that talks about an add-in that puts a drop down toolbar instead of using the ribbon. (but you have to minimize the ribbon).

   http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/office2010g
   neral/thread/a44faf9b-5965-4367-95d6-da6f68c43226

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3. November 12, 2009 10:31 PM
   oinari said:

   TomSEA said:

   The company I worked for was in on this same program when Office 2007 was released. Maybe we'll get the 2010 version.

   But I have to admit, I think Office 2007 was a big step backwards from the simplicity Office 2003 was. I really hated the fact that they changed half of the keyboard shortcuts that people had been using for years and also went with a weird toolbar configuration with icons you couldn't make heads nor tails out of rather than simple pull-down menus.

   Be interesting to see what they've done with 2010.

   I'm also interested to see what the come up with. Office 2007 drove me to OpenOffice in a frenzy. Although I'm very happy with OO, what happened with Office reminds me of what happened to Windows when Vista launched. Maybe they'll do as good a job on 2010 as was done on W7.

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4. November 13, 2009 1:49 AM
   

   Puiu said:

   I hope they don't break compatibility with Office 2007. It's annoying that i have to install 2007 just because 2003 can't even open it.

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5. November 13, 2009 5:54 AM
   AfricanTech said:

   TomSEA - try this - gives you the best of both worlds and Starter Edition is free (BTW, don't let the moniker "starter" put you off - unless you're wanting to completely customise, you won't need more than the starter"

   Puiu - there is an add-in available from Microsoft that allows 2003 to open and read 2007 files.

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6. November 13, 2009 8:01 AM
   

   Puiu said:

   AfricanTech said:

   TomSEA - try this - gives you the best of both worlds and Starter Edition is free (BTW, don't let the moniker "starter" put you off - unless you're wanting to completely customise, you won't need more than the starter"

   Puiu - there is an add-in available from Microsoft that allows 2003 to open and read 2007 files.

   I have around 100-150 computers that i have to take care of where i work and some have 2003 while others have 2007. TY for the heads up with the add-in. I'll try it to see how well it works.

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7. November 13, 2009 6:22 PM
   JudaZ said:

   THe add-in for office 2003 works great. .. but ofice 2007 still sucks. The ribbon should be left for presents...totally destroyed office..

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8. November 14, 2009 5:06 AM
   Guest said:

   Not interested in MS Office.... 200.000 registry entries are not that what a good working system really needs. I will still using Open Office.org

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