Before you say that Office 2010 Starter Edition will be available for free, read this: this tip is for the full versions of Office 2010 such as Professional and so on. Just like Windows, Office 2010 runs for 30 days as a trial without being activated with a product key. After this trial period, it can be re-armed to run for another 30 days. This grace period can be extended 5 times, which means you can use it for 6 months without activating.  Read more...

Permalink: Use Microsoft Office 2010 (full version) free for 6 months

Going through so many of its testing stages, Office 2010 has finally reached the release to market stage and will be available for download to MSDN and TechNet users on the 22nd of April, which is just a few days from now.

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Permalink: Microsoft Office 2010 has reached RTM stage – Launch on May 12

After the successful launch of Windows 7, Microsoft announced on Friday that Office 2010 will be officially launched at an event planned for May 12.  Read more...

Permalink: Microsoft will officially launch Office 2010 on May 12

Along with the release of Office 2010 beta, Microsoft has also made available the beta for Office Mobile 2010 for Windows Phones via Windows Marketplace. Office Mobile 2010 contains Word, PowerPoint, Excel and SharePoint Mobile. It’s free to try and will work until April 5th, 2010.  Read more...

Permalink: Office 2010 Mobile Beta available for download

Office 2010 Beta and Office Web Apps have finally been released to the public. While they’re not yet online ( still! ) at the new Office portal, you can download them from Microsoft Download Center ( links given below ).  Read more...

Permalink: Office 2010 Beta and Office Web Apps go public. Download now!

Office 2010 Beta has been released for MSDN and TechNet users along with Office Web Applications. Office 2010 Beta is available as only Professional Plus SKU (32 bit and 64 bit variants) while Office Web Apps are available in x64 variant only for self hosting in corporate environments.  Read more...

Permalink: Office 2010 Beta and Web Applications available for download on MSDN and TechNet

The public beta for Microsoft Office 2010 must be very near because Microsoft has put up the download pages for the betas on the new Office portal. From the information on the download page, it seems that Office 2010 Beta will be available in 3 SKUs, first being Office Home and Business 2010 beta, while the second one will be the Office Professional 2010 beta and the third will be the Office Professional Plus 2010 beta available for volume licensing only. Office Starter 2010 beta isn’t available as a choice for download.  Read more...

Permalink: Office 2010 betas download pages online – links coming soon

While we still wait for the public beta of Office 2010 to release, hopefully at PDC09, Microsoft has sent out invites to Office Live Workspace users to try out the new Office Starter 2010 Beta SKU. Currently, a survey has to be filled and the participants will be contacted later if they meet the eligibility requirements.  Read more...

Permalink: Microsoft sends out invites for Office Starter 2010 Beta

Office 2010 Public Beta is expected soon and the confirmation comes from a tweet from the official Microsoft Office Twitter account which says that the Office team has some exciting news to tell at PDC which starts on the 17th of November, in Los Angeles.  Read more...

Permalink: Office 2010 Public Beta to be released as early as next week at PDC?

Microsoft is in extreme need of a plumber to control the build leakage of its various softwares. Very recently Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2 was leaked. The latest leak has the build number  14.0.4514.1009 and can be downloaded from torrent sites and third party sources. Looking at the build number, it seems the build was finalized on 14th October 2009 (Just a wild guess).  Read more...

Permalink: Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Build leaks out, activation procedure changed