Office 2010: 2 Versions, 1 Disk

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Here's a tiny leak about the upcoming Microsoft Office 2010 release you might have missed. Apparently, both 64 and 32-bit versions of programs in the Office suite will be on the DvD when it goes on sale. This is a very convenient move by Microsoft, and I'd be willing to bet it's because their Vista sales have given them a good idea of just how many people there are running at both levels.

The only two Office 2010 programs that won't be 32-bit compatible are Project Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010. You'll need to upgrade to 64-bit hardware for either of those. Microsoft's also stated that 'certain' hardware setups and operating system versions could require an upgrade to handle server/client applications.

Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:55:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Microsoft Office 2010: In-Depth

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Microsoft Office 2010 is coming. It has new, updated versions of all the applications you know and love, plus online browser versions of several popular Office apps. You can check out the video here or browse the website for the latest information about Office 2010.

The 'three screen' strategy Microsoft has been shooting for over the last few months comes to fruition with Office 2010. 'Three screens' is the idea that users should be able to synchronize content between their phone, web browser, and PC. Now that users will be able to edit, create, and share documents online a greater level of synchronization than ever before is possible.

Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:55:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Office 2010 Enters Testing

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It's just been confirmed that the upcoming Microsoft Office 2010 is in the private testing phase right now. Office 2010 is Microsoft's newest update to their Office application suite, and it includes free online versions of all of its apps.

Online applications will include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. Anyone with a Microsoft Live account can use them. This much we've known for a few hours. What's new is the fact that we now know that the actual app suite itself is now in the “Technical Preview” phase of development. There will be an invitation-only testing of the product by thousands of selected users.

Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:55:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Microsoft Office 2010 To Fight Google

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One of Google's strongest assets are their online document applications. Google docs is fast, easy to use, stable, and very simple to work with. Of course, the fact that Google makes Powerpoint readers, spreadsheet apps, and word processing programs is not something Microsoft likes very much. That's why they are pushing back at Google by announcing their plans to take Office online.

That's right, Microsoft will be offering a host of free Microsoft Office Web applications to give consumers another option for online document apps. This new Web Office program will be totally ad supported, and will open to 400 million Windows Live consumers at its initial release. Customers will also be able to purchase a subscription to the service thanks to a hosted offering from Microsoft Online Services.

Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:35:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Office 2010 Technical Preview leaks early

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Microsoft is set to unveil the new Office 2010 to its partners at the WPC 2009 this week. The information and tutorial videos for Office 2010 briefly leaked over the weekend on the Microsoft site.
Microsoft has removed the Office 2010 Technical Preview pages, but Google Cache still has some of them. Read more

Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Office 2010 Technical Preview Screenshots leaked

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The next version of Microsoft Office still had the codename Office 14 back in January. Now Microsoft seems to have decided to stay with the release year nomenclature. The next version is called Office 2010. Arstechnica (thanks Sicarius) is hosting lots of leaked screenshots of the upcoming Technical Preview of Office 2010, which is supposed to go to testers in 2 months.

Windows 7 is coming this fall in time for the essential holiday shopping season, but as the name indicates Office 2010 is coming next year. Read more

Posted on Sun, 17 May 2009 10:36:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft Office 2010 also comes in a 64-bit Version

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Microsoft has confirmed to Ars Technica that the next Office release Office 2010 is coming in 32-bit and finally in 64-bit versions.
64-bit OS is the future but App support has been a bit thin so far.
To get the Office Suit in 64-bit is a big step forward. Still the benefits of 64-bit in Office are most likely only going to be experienced by Office power users and not the average users. Read more

Posted on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr