2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Discussion

**Grandmaster** · March 9th, 2006

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Word 2007

Excel 2007

PowerPoint 2007

Outlook 2007

Access 2007

Ribbon - Word 2007

Ribbon - Excel 2007

Ribbon - PowerPoint 2007

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**NetRyder** · March 9th, 2006

Big improvement over the initial Beta 1 UI. Looks much more polished.
Pretty cool how you can change the colors too. I'm waiting to see how the Aero Glass version looks under Vista.

**omg its nlm** · March 9th, 2006

Wow the UI looks great. I really would like to play around in Outlook to see what thats all about

**NetRyder** · March 9th, 2006

Originally Posted by NLM

Wow the UI looks great. I really would like to play around in Outlook to see what thats all about

The vertical three-pane view that made its way into Outlook 2003 was actually the first step towards taking advantage of widescreen display resolutions. When you see Outlook 12, you'll see they took that even further. Of course, for people with lower-res displays, everything can be collapsed/hidden with a single click. It's pretty cool. I'd post a screenshot, but I'm not near my laptop at the moment.

Oh, and the new charts and table designs in Excel and Powerpoint are beautiful. Some of those screenshots up there already give you a sense of what they're like. Sitting through Powerpoint presentations might finally become bearable again.

**Bman** · March 9th, 2006

I'm enjoying the new look, I posted this on my blog this morning. Looks amazing, can't wait!

**madmatt** · March 9th, 2006

I read that Outlook was going to look similar to the current version (with the addition of new features of course). That must be the Word e-mail editor.

I also see they went back to "Microsoft Word" instead of the current "Microsoft Office Word".... etc.

**Admiral Michael** · March 9th, 2006

Not too bad, not sure if I will switch tho.

mfarley · March 9th, 2006

It looks very nice and from what I understand Excel is going to be more powerful in it's max. capacity but still not sure I'll upgrade.

**Grandmaster** · March 10th, 2006

The ribbons look complicated, but apparently very easy to use. So we'll see how that goes.

Well, I was using Word 2003 today and realized something that I would love, but I don't think it's going to be in 2007. Tabs! (As in for the actual documents).

**j79zlr** · March 10th, 2006

Originally Posted by Grandmaster

The ribbons look complicated, but apparently very easy to use. So we'll see how that goes.

Well, I was using Word 2003 today and realized something that I would love, but I don't think it's going to be in 2007. Tabs! (As in for the actual documents).

Thats always bothered me too. I hate having 5 or 6 spreadsheets open and they have to take up all of my taskbar.

**NetRyder** · March 10th, 2006

Tabs would be nice, but there's already a way to prevent multiple instances of Word/Excel from appearing on the taskbar.

Tools>Options.
In the "View" tab, uncheck the "Windows in Taskbar" box.

You can then switch between multiple open documents using the "Window" menu.
The keyboard shortcut to switch between them is Ctrl+F6.

**Grandmaster** · March 10th, 2006

Originally Posted by NetRyder

Tabs would be nice, but there's already a way to prevent multiple instances of Word/Excel from appearing on the taskbar.

Tools>Options.
In the "View" tab, uncheck the "Windows in Taskbar" box.

You can then switch between multiple open documents using the "Window" menu.
The keyboard shortcut to switch between them is Ctrl+F6.

That's a sweet tip. Too bad we can't change the keyboard shortcut.

**Admiral Michael** · March 10th, 2006

Originally Posted by Grandmaster

That's a sweet tip. Too bad we can't change the keyboard shortcut.

Yes you can actually. See attachment

Seek and ye shall find

**Grandmaster** · March 10th, 2006

Okay, proven wrong once again. Thanks man.

**Admiral Michael** · March 10th, 2006

no problem

I didnt even know of that shortcut before NetRyder mentioned it. I have word display all open windows in the taskbar anyways, I don't even use tabs in Firefox

**fitz** · March 10th, 2006

Originally Posted by Admiral Michael

Yes you can actually. See attachment Seek and ye shall find

LOL! I love the hand drawing numbered steps!

**Grandmaster** · March 10th, 2006

Originally Posted by Admiral Michael

no problem

I didnt even know of that shortcut before NetRyder mentioned it. I have word display all open windows in the taskbar anyways, I don't even use tabs in Firefox

That's blasphemy!

I can't live without tabs anymore. Any app that takes up unnecessary room in the task bar always annoys the crap out of my. I want every program to have tabs, unless it just doesn't make sense to include them.

Back on topic:

Do you guys have any idea when we might get a public beta?

**NetRyder** · March 10th, 2006

Yep, Michael beat me to it. The keyboard shortcut is, in fact, customizable.

Beta 1 TR still hasn't gone out to tech beta testers, so I wouldn't expect Beta 2 (public likely) to be out for a few more months.

**Admiral Michael** · March 10th, 2006

Originally Posted by fitz

LOL! I love the hand drawing numbered steps!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Grandmaster

That's blasphemy!

I can't live without tabs anymore. Any app that takes up unnecessary room in the task bar always annoys the crap out of my. I want every program to have tabs, unless it just doesn't make sense to include them.

LOL, I may give it a shot.

EDIT: nope, can't do it.

**falconguard** · March 10th, 2006

Originally Posted by Admiral Michael

Yes you can actually. See attachment Seek and ye shall find

This is too awesome, I couldn't stop laughing.

March 9th, 2006	Top \| #1
Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 260	2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Discussion Click for larger versions. Word 2007 Excel 2007 PowerPoint 2007 Outlook 2007 Access 2007 Ribbon - Word 2007 Ribbon - Excel 2007 Ribbon - PowerPoint 2007 More Screenshots + Info Here

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Big improvement over the initial Beta 1 UI. Looks much more polished. Pretty cool how you can change the colors too. I'm waiting to see how the Aero Glass version looks under Vista. http://kunal.kundaje.net

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omg its nlm lvl 17 Hax Joined: January 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,829 Reputation: 1210 Power: 133	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Wow the UI looks great. I really would like to play around in Outlook to see what thats all about \| Vista Ultimate \| AMD 4900 \| Nvidia 9600 512 \| 2 gigs Corsair Ram \| Cooler Master Stacker 830 \|Dell 22 Inch Wide screen \|

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Originally Posted by NLM Wow the UI looks great. I really would like to play around in Outlook to see what thats all about The vertical three-pane view that made its way into Outlook 2003 was actually the first step towards taking advantage of widescreen display resolutions. When you see Outlook 12, you'll see they took that even further. Of course, for people with lower-res displays, everything can be collapsed/hidden with a single click. It's pretty cool. I'd post a screenshot, but I'm not near my laptop at the moment. Oh, and the new charts and table designs in Excel and Powerpoint are beautiful. Some of those screenshots up there already give you a sense of what they're like. Sitting through Powerpoint presentations might finally become bearable again. http://kunal.kundaje.net

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Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,722 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 221	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) I'm enjoying the new look, I posted this on my blog this morning. Looks amazing, can't wait!

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madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 297	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) I read that Outlook was going to look similar to the current version (with the addition of new features of course). That must be the Word e-mail editor. I also see they went back to "Microsoft Word" instead of the current "Microsoft Office Word".... etc.

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Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Not too bad, not sure if I will switch tho. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

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mfarley OSNN Senior Addict Joined: June 2005 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 268 Reputation: 160 Power: 88	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) It looks very nice and from what I understand Excel is going to be more powerful in it's max. capacity but still not sure I'll upgrade. evga nforce 680i \| Intel e6600 @ 3.2ghz 1.41v w/Zalman CPS9500 \| 2GB Corsair Dominator XMS2 DDR800 (1:1 FSB:RAM) \| XFX 7600GT

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Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 260	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) The ribbons look complicated, but apparently very easy to use. So we'll see how that goes. Well, I was using Word 2003 today and realized something that I would love, but I don't think it's going to be in 2007. Tabs! (As in for the actual documents).

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j79zlr Glaanies script monkey Joined: February 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,725 Reputation: 1520 Power: 155	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Originally Posted by Grandmaster The ribbons look complicated, but apparently very easy to use. So we'll see how that goes. Well, I was using Word 2003 today and realized something that I would love, but I don't think it's going to be in 2007. Tabs! (As in for the actual documents). Thats always bothered me too. I hate having 5 or 6 spreadsheets open and they have to take up all of my taskbar. http://www.j79zlr.com

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Tabs would be nice, but there's already a way to prevent multiple instances of Word/Excel from appearing on the taskbar. Tools>Options. In the "View" tab, uncheck the "Windows in Taskbar" box. You can then switch between multiple open documents using the "Window" menu. The keyboard shortcut to switch between them is Ctrl+F6. http://kunal.kundaje.net

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Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 260	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Originally Posted by NetRyder Tabs would be nice, but there's already a way to prevent multiple instances of Word/Excel from appearing on the taskbar. Tools>Options. In the "View" tab, uncheck the "Windows in Taskbar" box. You can then switch between multiple open documents using the "Window" menu. The keyboard shortcut to switch between them is Ctrl+F6. That's a sweet tip. Too bad we can't change the keyboard shortcut.

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Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Originally Posted by Grandmaster That's a sweet tip. Too bad we can't change the keyboard shortcut. Yes you can actually. See attachment Seek and ye shall find Attached Thumbnails Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

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Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 260	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Okay, proven wrong once again. Thanks man.

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Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) no problem I didnt even know of that shortcut before NetRyder mentioned it. I have word display all open windows in the taskbar anyways, I don't even use tabs in Firefox Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

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fitz *XPista7eopardix Joined: April 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 4,028 Reputation: 2947 Power: 168**	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Originally Posted by Admiral Michael Yes you can actually. See attachment Seek and ye shall find LOL! I love the hand drawing numbered steps! Hee-hee! Evil makes my buttocks tingle.

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Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 260	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Originally Posted by Admiral Michael no problem I didnt even know of that shortcut before NetRyder mentioned it. I have word display all open windows in the taskbar anyways, I don't even use tabs in Firefox That's blasphemy! I can't live without tabs anymore. Any app that takes up unnecessary room in the task bar always annoys the crap out of my. I want every program to have tabs, unless it just doesn't make sense to include them. Back on topic: Do you guys have any idea when we might get a public beta?

March 10th, 2006	Top \| #18
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Yep, Michael beat me to it. The keyboard shortcut is, in fact, customizable. Beta 1 TR still hasn't gone out to tech beta testers, so I wouldn't expect Beta 2 (public likely) to be out for a few more months. http://kunal.kundaje.net

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Admiral Michael Michaelsoft Systems CEO Joined: February 2003 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Earth Posts: 3,125 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 2216 Power: 166	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Originally Posted by fitz LOL! I love the hand drawing numbered steps! Thanks. Originally Posted by Grandmaster That's blasphemy! I can't live without tabs anymore. Any app that takes up unnecessary room in the task bar always annoys the crap out of my. I want every program to have tabs, unless it just doesn't make sense to include them. LOL, I may give it a shot. EDIT: nope, can't do it. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Quad-Core i7 2GHz \| Corsair 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory \| WD 750GB 7200RPM Black Edition SATA Hard Drive \| Intel HD Graphics 3000/AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB GDDR5 \| 15.4" LED backlit glossy screen @ 1440x900 \| Dual Band Airport Wireless/Bluetooth \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Thunderbolt I/O \| Built-in Webcam \| Backlit Keyboard \| Firewire 800 \| DVDRW \| OS X Lion 10.7.1 My Site \| My DVD Collection \| Your Chevrolet Guy

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falconguard Carbon based lifeform Joined: February 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 3,406 Reputation: 2305 Power: 158	Re: Office 2007 Discussion (Pretty Screenshots Included) Originally Posted by Admiral Michael Yes you can actually. See attachment Seek and ye shall find This is too awesome, I couldn't stop laughing.