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Office 2010 Mobile Available For Beta Download

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows Mobile 6.5: If you’re rocking a fairly new Windows Mobile phone, Microsoft offers a beta build of its portable Office applications until April 2010. That means free viewing editing of Excel, Word, Powerpoint, OneNote and other documents. More »
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Office 2010 Professional Beta Available For Download

5:15AM Kevin Purdy | Windows: Wanna give Office 2010’s online document syncing, Windows 7 taskbar integration, and killer quick steps a go? Microsoft has thrown open the doors on a free beta of Office 2010 Professional—for those who can wait out the download. More »
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Quick Steps Looks Like Office 2010’s Killer Feature

2:30AM Kevin Purdy | Microsoft’s Office 2010 has rolled out to trusted testers, and among the screenshots coming back, nothing seems so promising as the Quick Steps buttons. They’re like high-powered Send & Archive buttons that can be tweaked to do any multi-step action. More »
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Office 2010 Beta Hits BitTorrent One Week Before Debut

3:00AM Kevin Purdy | Like the Office 2010 Technical Preview, the Office 2010 Beta build, dubbed a “Beta 2″ in some circles, has been spotted in the BitTorrent wilds one week ahead of its presumed official debut at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference. More »
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Make Yourself Eligible For An Office 2010 Starter Beta

3:00AM Kevin Purdy | Microsoft Office 2010 will offer a free, ad-supported “Starter” edition, in addition to its regular, rather pricey offerings. Beta invites are already going out, and you can increase your chances at a spot by filling out a quick online survey. More »
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Join The Invite-Only Office Live Web Apps Preview Today

3:30AM Adam Pash | Microsoft Office Web Apps will bridge the gap between your desktop Office documents and the web, but it’s currently in an invite-only preview. However, the always clever Amit Agarwal at weblog Digital Inspiration discovered a simple trick that’ll score you an invite. More »
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Microsoft Office Web Apps Will Be Available To Everyone

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Microsoft offered up a Technical Preview of its web-based Office offerings yesterday, but the invites are long since gone. The good news is that anyone who can get a Windows Live sign-in will eventually have access to stripped-down office apps. More »
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Office 2010 Paste Improves, Could Still Be Better

9:00AM Angus Kidman | One of the less-heralded features in the forthcoming Office 2010 is a change to how copy and paste works. While the new “Live Preview Paste” is an improvement, it’s still a little fiddly and inconsistent, especially for keyboard shortcut junkies. More »
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Microsoft Concedes That The Ribbon Isn’t Intuitive

2:59PM Angus Kidman | When Microsoft introduced the Ribbon interface in Office 2007, a key argument for the radical switch was that it would be easier to use. That always seemed like a suspicious claim relative to the millions of existing Office users, and now Microsoft has been forced to concede that throwing out everything might not have been the best move. More »
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MakeOfficeBetter.com Seeks Suggestions For Office 2010

11:30AM Angus Kidman | Microsoft isn’t making the Office 2010 technical preview widely available a la Windows 7, but if you want to suggest possible improvements, MakeOfficeBetter.com is a possible route. More »