Although the release of the next version of Office for the Mac has slipped into next year, Microsoft is ready with the pricing and packaging options.
The global launch of Windows Vista kicked off in Sydney on Thursday with Microsoft executives promising the massive beta testing program has ensured its new products will contain fewer bugs than before.
Microsoft has notified potential testers that it expects to release the first beta version of Office 12 in the next few weeks.
In a brief security lapse, early testers of Microsoft software had access to discussions on all of Microsoft's products, rather than just the programs they were testing.
In a salvo fired squarely at the online productivity tools offered by Google, Microsoft has released a beta version of Office Live Workspace -- a free Web service that allows users to post Word, Powerpoint, Excel or PDF files directly from within their Office application onto the Internet.
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A distinction that Microsoft is making between professional and standard versions of Office 2003 means that many customers may not get all the features they've been expecting, including broad support for Web services.
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Microsoft makes a "technical refresh" for the second test version of Office 2003 available to all 600,000 beta testers. It was initially available only to a select group.
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The next version of Microsoft's Office software will run only on the latest releases of the company's operating systems, leaving older OS users in the dark.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil a new product intended to turn Office into a data-collection tool and boost sales of the desktop software.
Convincing users to upgrade is just one of the challenges facing Microsoft now that Office XP has been released to manufacturing.
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