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admin, February 9, 2012
Touch technologies are advancing across the Microsoft product lines, in everything from Office 2012, to Surface 2.0, to Windows 8.
Here’s a round-up of some recent touch-centric Microsoft tidbits:
Radial menus revisited: After The Verge recently wrote about Office 2012 possibly adopting a new touch-friendly “radial menu” concept, Microsoft watchers have been rifling through videos and docs trying to figure out exactly what this might be. My new favorite educated guess comes from reader @mcakins, who points out that the InkSeine project from Microsoft Research includes a mention of radial menus. Read more »
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admin, February 6, 2012
A handful of tight-lipped customers are getting their eyes on Microsoft Office 15 for the first time, as the software enters its Technical Preview phrase.
During the Technical Preview, Microsoft gets feedback from a select group of customers, who are bound to non-disclosure agreements. That allows Microsoft to test the software without revealing features or other details to the public.
A public beta for Microsoft Office 15–a codename for what will likely become Office 2012 or Office 2013–is scheduled for this summer. No word yet on a release date. Read more »
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admin, February 3, 2012
Microsoft has launched the community technical preview (CTP) for Office 2012 to a limited audience, with a public beta planned for summer of 2012. With what will likely end up being Office 2013 looming on the horizon, it’s time for those still using Office 2007 to migrate to Office 2010.
At this point, we know very little about what Office 2012 will bring to the table. A post on Microsoft’s Office Exec blog by PJ Hough, CVP of development for Microsoft Office, declares, “At this early point in our development cycle, I’m not able to share too much about Office 2012, but I can tell you Office 2012 is the most ambitious undertaking yet for the Office Division.”
What we do know is that Windows 8 is imminent, and that Windows 8 is built on a new Metro interface, and will run on tablets including those built on ARM processors. My PCWorld peer Jared Newman points out, “Office 2012 is also expected to have some Metro-style enhancements for Windows 8 tablets, but Microsoft hasn’t commented on that, nor has the company said whether Office 2012 will support Windows 8 on ARM devices.” Read more »
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admin, February 3, 2012
Microsoft today announced it has kicked off a “technical preview” of the next version of its money-making Office suite and promised a public beta will ship this summer.
The move is a repeat of the route Microsoft took with Office 2010, which was distributed to a select group of testers as a technical preview in July 2009.
Microsoft said little about “Office 2012,” the code name for the product, and nothing about its Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint applications in a blog post Monday that announced the preview.
“I’m not able to share too much about Office 2012, but I can tell you Office 2012 is the most ambitious undertaking yet for the Office Division,” wrote P.J. Hough, the executive who leads the Office division. “With Office 2012, for the first time ever, we will simultaneously update our cloud services, servers, and mobile and PC clients for Office, Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Project, and Visio.” Read more »
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admin, February 3, 2012
In the document management space this week, Alfresco announced that later in the week it will be releasing Enterprise 4, Microsoft announced the public beta of Office 15 for the summer, Colligo got legal at LegalTech, Rioch bought HSSK and M-Files can now be used on mobile devices.
Alfresco Enterprise 4
We can’t go into the details yet, as they have to be kept under wraps until Thursday, but we can say that on Thursday Alfresco will be releasing what Todd Barr, CMO at Alfresco, told us is going to be a really significant release.
We’ve had a preview of Enterprise 4 and it does look extremely cool. From the Alfresco website itself, we can say that it takes document editing firmly into the mobile space as well as offering the possibility to: Read more »
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admin, February 3, 2012
Office 2012 will be Windows 8 friendly, but its individual apps will not be designed with the Metro sleekness.
ZoomOn the heels of Microsoft’s announcement that the “Office 2012″ Technical Preview Program had begun, a new report (rumor) has surfaced stemming from “Microsoft insiders” who claim the suite won’t be built for the Metro-style interface using the new WinRT programming model. Instead, it will receive interface tweaks to make it more touch friendly within the Windows 8 environment.
Plans to create a true Metro style Windows 8 version of Office 2012 have reportedly been pushed back. The reason is that the team would need to completely overhaul the suite to take advantage of WinRT. That means an additional amount of time, thus pushing the Office 2012 release back. Instead of a product delay, Microsoft will likely return to the Metro-themed version once the retail product hits the market. Read more »
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admin, November 24, 2011
Microsoft’s next-gen productivity suite, codenamed Office 15, may be getting a beta release in January of 2012. Citing sources familiar with the situation, WinRumors says that the software giant is preparing a milestone for the full beta to be available in late January. A Technology Preview version of the software will likely be distributed alongside the Windows 8 beta at CES 2012. Read more »
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admin, September 1, 2011
The newest Release of OpenOffice.org 3.3 is out now and available for download. This is a feature release. Check the Feature Overview to learn more about the new features. The technical Release Notes are also available.
OpenOffice.org 3.3 Download: http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_Win_x86_install-wJRE_en-US.exe
Microsoft is preparing to release the first upgrade for Office 2010. Service Pack 1 should be made available for download in the coming months according to the software giant.
A specific launch deadline wasn’t provided, but the promise is that customers running Office 2010 will be able to upgrade to SP1 RTM sometime in mid-summer 2011.
Of course, SP1 RTM will be offered not only for the Office 2010 productivity suite, but also for SharePoint Server 2010.
Microsoft has yet to share comprehensive details about what the first upgrade for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 will bring to the table, however this will change in the coming weeks. Read more »
Microsoft’s “Aero Lite” interface for Windows 8 will supposedly feature elements from its Metro UI used in Media Center, WP7.
ZoomBack in December, a rumor surfaced in regards to Windows 8 and the existence of two separate interfaces. These will reportedly coexist in the same way Basic and Aero currently reside in Windows 7.
For Windows 8, one interface codenamed “Wind” will be fully 3D, requiring around 170 MB of dedicated video memory. It will also be “fully dynamic” by adapting to the user’s habits. This includes the ability to speed up daily tasks by changing shortcuts and icons to fit within different usage scenarios. “Wind” will reside in all copies of Windows 8, but remain inactive within the 32-bit environment. Read more »
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