Thursday, November 19, 2009

Microsoft released the public beta of Office 2010 yesterday


With Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, your people get a wide range of powerful new ways to do their best work from more places – whether they’re using a PC, smartphone or web browser. From insightful updates to Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook, to new server integration capabilities that make it easier for everyone to track, report and share vital information, Office Professional Plus 2010 offers the complete package through familiar, intuitive tools.

What's Included






Here’s what you need to have*:

Internet access (to download Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta and get updates)

    • 500 MHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor or higher
    • 256 MB of system memory or more
    • 3 GB of available disk space
    • 1024x768 or higher resolution monitor
    • DVD-R/W Drive

    • Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit)
    • Windows Vista with SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
    • Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
    • Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

    Get the download

    After registering, you will be able to select the version (we recommend 32-bit which runs great on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows) and your software language. Downloading the Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta could take an hour or more. The exact time will depend on your provider, bandwidth, and traffic. The good news is that once you start the download, you won't have to answer any more questions – you can walk away while it finishes. If your download gets interrupted, it will restart where it left off.


      Important changes in product activation

      We’ve made some important changes to how Microsoft Office products are activated. The new activation method is based on the Software Protection Platform first introduced in Windows Vista and currently used in Windows 7. Please take note of the information provided on the Product Key page that displays during the download process. Follow the instructions on that page for activating your beta software immediately after the setup procedure completes. For more information please see the Release Notes.