• Office 2010 Beta now available to everyone

    Posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:53 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    Hot on the heels of its release to MSDN and Technet subscribers, Office 2010 is now available to the unwashed masses. You can download your own copy today, but of course the usual caveats are in order: don’t ever install beta software on a production PC, and don’t use beta software to handle real data. Yes, I violate my own rules from time to time, but with Office 2010, a great deal of caution is in order.

    Also remember that, just like Windows 7, when the “real” version comes out you’ll have to uninstall the beta version and start all over.

    There have been problems in the past with data compatibility between beta versions of office and the shipping versions: it’s possible that any document you write with the beta of Word 2010 may not be usable in the final version of Word 2010, for example. So be careful, OK?

    P.S. Yes, what you’ve read is true. Office 2010 brings back the Office 2003-style menus. Sorta. You aren’t a slave to the Ribbon any more.

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