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Microsoft Office 12 Beta 1 Is Out
lastberserker writes "The first official beta of the next MS Office is out. PC Magazine already has review with screenshots. Check these blogs for more details on new UI, new file format, and the killer app; plus much more in your friendly neighborhood Wikipedia." From the PC Mag review: "Instead of the cluttered, hard-to-navigate interface that sprouted up haphazardly over the past 20 years, Office 12 introduces a new interface based on tabs that organize sets of functions under headings such as 'Write,' 'Page Layout,' and 'Review,' plus a combination toolbar-and-menu called the ribbon, which displays a different set of icons and menu items depending on the tab selected, and displays different sets of icons depending on whether you're working with text, graphics, tables, or other kinds of data."
Someone want to post a torrent? ;-)
Aren't ALL their releases beta until Service Pack 2?
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
FTFA: "Word and Excel still perform automated changes that you may not want or expect, and you still have to learn their sometimes-obscure inner logic before you can master them."
The developers tried to take it out but every time they tried the intellisense in Visual Studio "corrected" the "mistaken" alterations.
Word is that Office 13 (codename "Daisy") will finally have the rogue intelligence pulled.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
On a more serious note, I really hope it does run on Linux! On my 1GHz system, I find OOo Writer slow and AbiWord (although runs much faster) lacking in drawing support. I'm looking forward to the day when I could emerge msoffice on my Gentoo box. :-)
w00t
In an effort to make http://www.openoffice.org/ 2.0 more MS Office compatible, the beloved office assistant "Clippy" has been included in the open source software. It's thought that Clippy's comforting and helpful questions will ease users into the harsh and different world of Open Office.
Instead of Clippy asking:
"It looks like you're writing a letter, would you like help?"
He'll be asking:
"It looks like you're writing a letter, would you like to release it under the LGPL or BSD license?"
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
may i suggest vi /i keed i keed
Autoformating can be fun though.
VStrider.
I control my computer by blowing into a tube, you insensitive clod!
You're wrong. This is OPEN SOURCE we're talking about. The Clippy would say:
"Don't know how to turn off automatic bulleting? FCKING N003, RTFM. Luzer!"
What's the big deal? We should all just forget about Word Processors! We have LaTeX!!11oneone
You're the IT guy's secretary?
No existe.