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• Exorcise your Office XP demons

  Office may be the best-selling office suite on the planet, but that doesn't mean it's the best-performing suite.

• Microsoft: No support for Office XP on Linux

  Microsoft Australia today said it would not directly support customers running Office XP on Linux using porting applications such as CodeWeaver's CrossOver Office package.

• New Microsoft Office faces dual obstacles

  When Microsoft releases Office XP in a few months, the company will face off against its two toughest competitors: software pirates and, well, Microsoft.

• Microsoft's great XPectations

  Microsoft began shipping Office XP, probably the most important product the software giant will ship this year, but persuading businesses to upgrade may be difficult.

• MS: Eating its own dog food

  There are few Office XP beta sites in Australia. However, Microsoft's stated priority is to be its first and best customer of its own software and in its own words "eat its own dog food". Indeed, the company claims that over 20,000 Microsoft employees are currently running Office XP and relying on it every day.

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• Exorcise your Office XP demons

  Office may be the best-selling office suite on the planet, but that doesn't mean it's the best-performing suite.

• MS Office for Linux? Not quite--but close!

  A new product lets you run some Microsoft Office apps on a Linux PC. That may not sound like a lot, but for most of us, it's a pretty good start.

• UPDATE: Microsoft puts price, date on new Office

  Microsoft has set an October 22 Australian release date and announced US pricing for the next version of its Office software package.

• How would you improve the next MS Office?

  The next version of Microsoft Office is due in the next year or so. If you were product manager for the industry-standard office suite, what would you add? What would you get rid of? What would you fix?

• Office politics: Microsoft Office XP vs Sun StarOffice 6

  Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed,,"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity market,"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?

Reviews (53)

• Hyperlink hijinks in Office

  It seems like a simple enough idea to let you put Web-like hyperlinks into your Office documents. Simple, we wish... We've seen more panicked messages about hyperlinks as time goes by.

• Microsoft Office XP

  It's certainly slicker looking, but is there more to the newest version of Office than just a pretty face? Here's our in-depth look at what's new and what's not.

• Microsoft Office XP: The User Takes Command

  Microsoft hits the mark with Office XP, a substantial improvement to Office 2000. Check out our early take on the software.

• Microsoft Office 11.0: Coming soon?

  While details on the newest version of Microsoft Office are still sketchy, we got a good first look at what to expect from Microsoft's most popular application package.

• Office XP ties in the net

  Look for Microsoft Office XP to hit the market in late June early July, bringing with it Internet-based services that simplify workgroup collaboration. A new workflow process for managing revisions is easier than in previous versions.

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