Apolgies (I just saw beta 2 here in the UK)
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Did that answer the question / help?
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist



"tohlz" wrote:

> Hey John, Office 2007 Beta 2 has been released to the public already.
> Check this out:
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...a-4bd19cde12cd
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> and
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> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00723.htm
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> Shawn Toh (tohlz)
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP PowerPoint)
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> Site Updated: May 21, 2006
> Added PowerPoint Movies.
> http://pptheaven.mvps.org
> PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate
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> "John Wilson" wrote:
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> > I take it youre a beta tester and "in IT"
> >
> > You should know better than to post in a public forum!
> >
> > _____________________________
> > John Wilson
> > Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
> >
> >
> >
> > "CMM" wrote:
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> > > I gotta say that I am profoundly disappointed with Office 2007. I'm still
> > > trying to understand the ribbon... (it seems to basically be just an
> > > "exploded" menu bar)... but in essense, this is nowhere near the
> > > revolutionary release MS marketing is contending.
> > >
> > > 1) Excel and PowerPoint STILL have the same confusing, horrible MDI /
> > > fake-sdi interface. How hard is it to get Word's true SDI right? Even
> > > better, implement a nice TABBED document interface. Give the taskbar a
> > > break. This is a showstopper.
> > >
> > > 2) Dialogs are just as unattractive- and more importantly, unintuitive- as
> > > ever... in fact they look completely untouched. For instance, Word's Modify
> > > Style dialog box (with the unintuitively placed Modify button in the lower
> > > left hand side) is just as unweildy as ever. Excel's equation dialog doesn't
> > > look like it's been touched since Windows 3.1.
> > >
> > > 3) Why does resizing the window not resize the view? How do we get a Text
> > > Width view? Oh, now I have to go into dialog box to do it?! You gotta be
> > > kidding me. Word's "view" of a document is just as distracting and annoying
> > > as ever.
> > >
> > > 4) No *unified* Template Center / Gallery / Task Manager? Office has needed
> > > an attractive, nicely designed Task Manager for a long time. The old New /
> > > Open tools were a beginning but they were never IMPROVED. The idea wasn't
> > > bad.... it just wasn't followed through on. Often, I'll need to create a
> > > document but not sure which app to use (Word or Publisher... I don't know!!!
> > > I'm so confused! Let me call IT.... wait I am IT!!!).
> > >
> > > There's more... but these are biggies. So far, I don't see much in this
> > > release that especially compelling. Same old Office..... with a new menu
> > > bar.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -C. Moya
> > > www.cmoya.com
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> > >
> > >