Preview of Office 2010

A preview of Office 2010 released in July 2009 and final version is expected in 1st half of 2010. The interesting features/changes expected include:

• A web-based lighter 'subset' version also to accompany the desktop-based full version aimed at competing with google docs
• Ribbon to be introduced in all office applications
• Office button on top left to be redesigned
• Outlook to have good features including gmail like conversations
• Paste preview will allow live preview before pasting
• In Word, search feature to allow you search charts, tables, footnotes and other content
• PowerPoint to have some nifty video editing features
• And then there's Excel, where i would be most interested...:) Excel to have "Sparklines" - small cell-sized charts next to data to get a quick visual representation

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