Microsoft Launches Office 2010 Beta

Microsoft has launched Office 2010 public beta. The five versions of Office 2010 are Office Home & Student 2010, Office Home & Business 2010, Office Professional 2010, Office Standard 2010 and Office Professional Plus 2010, the latter two are the versions which require volume licensing.

New features are lightweight online versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote, new e-mail management and viewing capabilities in Outlook. The ribbon feature introduced in Office 2008 will be extended to Outlook, Publisher and OneNote in Office 2010.