Comments on: First look Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview, A brief review

By: Louis A Murphy

Louis A Murphy — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:14:37 +0000

I downloaded and reviewed MS Office 2010 and I find that I prefer MS Office 2007 over it. I dislike all the crap it loads in startup as I do not intend to upload docs. etc. to the net. As I read earlier; “If Microsoft wanted to improve MS office they SHOULD have!” I think it leaves something to be desired. Apparently they did not upgrade Sharepoint Designer, as it does not work like it does in 2K7. Iit looks as if they worked it over with business, corporations in mind and not thought to the individual user. Oh well I guess I will stick with 2K7.

By: boe

boe — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:39:10 +0000

Nothing beneficial for most businesses – no reason to upgrade/purchase –

Like Vista – all bling – no function.

If they wanted to improve Office they SHOULD have -
1. Made outlook open multiple e-mail accounts as full exchange -not an additional mailbox with some functionality or pop/imap with very limited functionality but two seperate exchange profiles simultaneously from multiple exchange servers.

2. Full OLE support for pictures in access – umm wasn’t that functional with Office XP – why take that out? Why should someone have to code to add pictures to a personal database? Might was well use oracle or a real database if you are going to have to use code. Adding Office XP photo editor is the work around but why not just add photo editor back into office if that is the solution?

3. Offer the old menu bar for people (most of my clients) who don’t want to learn the new menu bar. You can finally modify the ribbon to some extent in 2010 however my clients just want their old ribbon bar. Frankly I have no issue with the new menu bar but I’m one person and most of my clients don’t like it so prefer to stick with office 2003. MS could make money selling the new version if they just offered the old menu as a choice with the new ribbon.

By: Nitin

Nitin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:49:37 +0000

thanks RK, nice tutorial there……office 2010 TP looks cool…..and engaged with new features…..

By: Sid

Sid — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:03:09 +0000

Amazing damn if i had the net connection at home i would have tryed this this office work sucks…

By: Ganesh

Ganesh — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:10:09 +0000

Amazing…….i can’t express.
In past i thought menu bar is compusary for any program but after seeing Windows 7 RC and now Office 2010 screenshots, now my thinking is completely changed.
Ribbon UI would be essential part for future applications.

By: Tweakwindows

Tweakwindows — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:59:37 +0000

Office 2010 looks promising. Thanks for the nice review.
Btw, WindowsValley theme is really awesome. Keep up the good work.

By: ArvindK

ArvindK — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:42:42 +0000

Awesome look and powerful features. Thanks for review.

By: Mr. Spark

Mr. Spark — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:43:27 +0000

wow… video editing in Powerpoint….

Going to try it now ;)

By: AnandK

AnandK — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:34:59 +0000

Nice read :) 2010 sure looks good!