Download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta for Free

Posted on Nov 21 in Tech Stuffby ApplePrint

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta is available and free for download now. However, bare in mind that this is a beta version, so bugs are to be expected. The actual release of Microsoft Office 2010 will be on the first half of year 2010.

The beta version which you can download from Microsoft’s website is known as “Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010“. If you happen to download this beta version, you should be downloading an installer called “ProfessionalPlus.exe”.

These are the applications that comes with this version:

Microsoft Office 2010 comes in 32-bit and 64 bit, and is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.

Upon installation, you will be given a beta product key to activate the program, which is unique.

You can choose to customize the installation. I don’t think I will use all of the application, so I only chose those that I may be using or would like to try out. But still, it requires around 2GB free space in my hard disk.

Some important things you need to take note before installing Microsoft Office 201o Beta:

• Backup your data
• Uninstall the previous Microsoft Office version (if you have one)
• Have minimum 3GB free disk space availble
• Keep a record of the give beta product key
• Have Internet access (for product activation)
• A valid Windows Live ID (for registering/downloading Office 2010)

Once you have finished install, you need to key in the product key. You can activate Office 2010 by open up Microsoft Word (or any of the Office application. Just need to activate from one of the application to activate the whole product), got to “File” and navigate to “Help” and click on “Change Product Key“.Lastly, type in the beta product key which is given by Microsoft earlier to activate.

After inserting the product key, close the application and open again (if you want to use it right away). By then, the product activation should be done.

My Two Cents:

Interface wise, it more or less has the feel of Microsoft Office 2007. If you depend a lot on Microsoft Office, perhaps you might not want to install Microsoft Office 2010 beta, afterall, it’s still in beta stage. I did a clean install for Microsoft Office as I just have my system converted to Windows 7 and had not yet install any office suite application. I don’t always use office suite application at home but somehow, sometimes I still need to access to some Words, Excel documents. So I thought, why not try out Office 2010 beta?

Note:

Microsoft Office 2010 beta will expire and no longer function after 31st October 2010. You will have to purchase the actual version by then, if you wish to continue using Office 2010. Check out the FAQs for more information.

Will you try out Office 2010 beta?

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One Comment

• Andy Newmann says:

  November 22, 2009 at 8:38 pm

  I personally tend to favour SSuite Office’s free office suites. Their software also don’t need to run on Java or .NET, like so many open source office suites, so it makes their software very small and efficient.

  http://www.ssuitesoft.com

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