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May 25

Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 TR Download Available

Posted in: Pre-Release, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on September 14, 2006 by CyberNet.

Office 2007 Logo The 495MB file Office 2007 TR has been made available for download. Thanks to Mark who sent me an email providing the direct download link without the need for WGA validation.

Download the Office 2007 Beta 2 TR

Don’t forget that you now need a plug-in to save files as PDF or XPS:

2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF
2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as XPS
OR you can download both at the same time:
2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

This version is compatible with Windows Vista RC1 which is great news. But besides for that it also has whole host of new features:

Improved support for the minimized Ribbon
Visual redesign of the “Northwest” corner of the programs
Double-click the Office Button to close the window
Silver color scheme
Redesign of the PowerPoint Home tab
Improvements to default styles for all objects (pictures, tables, charts, SmartArt, headers, footers, etc.)
Quick Customize Menu
New product icons
Usability improvements to the Office menu
Send button in the form in Outlook
Over 1000 changes (most minor) to the content of the Ribbon

Update:

If you do not have a product key from Beta 2 then you can purchase it for $1.50.

Update 2:

Paul Thurrott has a great review already posted on the Technical Refresh and it has a few screenshots. To get a review that long written up he must have gotten his hands on it a little early since it was just released 40 minutes ago…and I have 10 minutes left on my download.