Microsoft Office 2010 release date: first half of next year
Filed under: Computers, Software | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: April 15, 2009 | 6 Comments
It is thought that Microsoft will later announce the release date of Office 2010, it is assumed that it will be sometime in the first half of next year, 2010 and will be available as 32-bit and 64-bit options, previous versions of Microsoft have only been available in 16-bit or 32-bit.
Offering a 64-bit version will offer users greater performance with those who have better operating systems. This means that those operating systems will not have to emulate a 32-bit environment so that Office 2010 can run.
Chanel Register also says that Microsoft will announce later today that the new software has been given the official name of Office 2010. The Office suite is expected to come with all the usual suspects, such as Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
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I really hope Microsoft works out some of the exchange/outlook bugs my corporation has been experiencing!
Seeing as it is Microsoft (C) making it, chances are it is ALMOST the same as 2007, if not 2003, just looks different.
Nothing beneficial for most businesses - no reason to upgrade/purchase -
Like Vista - all bling - no function.
If they wanted to improve Office they SHOULD have -
1. Made outlook open multiple e-mail accounts as full exchange -not an additional mailbox with some functionality or pop/imap with very limited functionality but two seperate exchange profiles simultaneously from multiple exchange servers.
2. Full OLE support for pictures in access - umm wasn’t that functional with Office XP - why take that out? Why should someone have to code to add pictures to a personal database? Might was well use oracle or a real database if you are going to have to use code. Adding Office XP photo editor is the work around but why not just add photo editor back into office if that is the solution?
3. Offer the old menu bar for people (most of my clients) who don’t want to learn the new menu bar. You can finally modify the ribbon to some extent in 2010 however my clients just want their old ribbon bar. Frankly I have no issue with the new menu bar but I’m one person and most of my clients don’t like it so prefer to stick with office 2003. MS could make money selling the new version if they just offered the old menu as a choice with the new ribbon.
Boe, Microsoft Office 2007 was a huge jump in functionality from 2003. It goes to say that 2010 will be much better than 2007, as Windows 7 is much better than Windows Vista. Microsoft Office 2010 support many new features, such as co-authoring documents and powerpoints on two separate PCs. Do not be so quick to criticize Microsoft when all of the details are not known to you. And with the issue of your clients not wanting to learn the new menu, no fault lies with Microsoft. The new menu is much more organized and user-friendly.
Well said, i agree
Boe:
Though I havent actually put my hands on a copy of the beta version of Offcie 2010, it is my understanding that users will have the ability of using the Office 2003 menu strucure. This will be benefitial as people who didnt upgrade because of the different menus, therefore bringing more money in. =)