Office 2010 Public Beta Now Available

[Daniel E.]

To download it:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx

For more info about Office 2010:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx
Microsoft Office 2010 - A Visual Guide to New Features of Office 2010

The file size is 684 MB.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I still haven't figured out all the features of Office 2007.

 

[Daniel E.]

Try Microsoft Office Web Apps Immediately

 

[Retired]

For several reasons I am a late adopter of Microsoft Office, having been a Wordperfect/Quattro user for years.

MS Office 2007 is new to me, and I'm in the process of importing spreadsheets and other documents.

The application that puzzles me is One Note as to how it might be of use to me.

Have you had experience with One Note and in what ways have you used it?

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I have one note - came with office - never use it - should just uninstall it.

 

[Daniel E.]

And, as you may know, EverNote is considered to be a lot hipper. Though OneNote can now sync to the iPhone as well, the app for doing so does not get good ratings at iTunes.http://www.mobilenoter.com/

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I think the question Steve is asking (and I am asking) is what is the point of any of those apps...

 

[Daniel E.]

Well, besides the obvious use for students taking notes, OneNote could help when creating a menu or workout plan because it's easy to include stuff from the web and organize things, such as by creating sections and subsections.

More examples, like organizing notes, Google Maps, and other info for a trip:

http://www.evernote.com/about/learn_more/

(However, for organizing academic research papers, I prefer Mendeley.)

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Oh. Maybe I'll play around with it a bit more then instead of hitting uninstall.

 

[Retired]

So, One Note is like Evernote! I had experience with Evernote on another system, so with that knowledge, I can see if I can use it.

The descriptions included with the application describe features, but fail to describe how the features can be implemented for practical purposes.

Poor selling techniques by Microsoft copywriters....selling is describing the benefits and not the features...sell the sizzle, not the steak!