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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."
I didn't realize Office 12 was coming out for OS X. Good on Microsoft for keeping consistent with Apple's brushed-metal/aqua UI. ;)
It's great Microsoft is introducing all those features. I mean look at Vista, by the time it comes out it will looks exactly like XP with some new graphics (a blue menu bar!). The same thing will probably happen to Office, they will chicken out and release a graphically upgraded version. I'm sure the businessosauruses that still use windows 98 will not upgrade, nor anyone else who has a large employee base. Good Luck Redmond.
WTH are you guys complaining about?
"he parrots The Company line and acts as if they're doing us all a favor."
Um, they are doing us a favor. Would you prefer them to NOT do it?
Would you prefer they not talk about it?
I don't see what you have a problem with. The other guy complained about them implying it's their own great idea, and you are complaining about the use of the word "finally" which is more like admitting that they are now getting around to doing what people want them to.
You don't tweak your XFree86/X.org config to disable an option in a OO.org, which is a completely separate program! Idiots! >:(