The first screenshots of Office 14, the sucessor to Office 2007, have been leaked onto the internet. The screenshots include "Access 14, Excel 14, Groove 14, InfoPath Designer 14, InfoPath Filler 14, InterConnect 14, OneNote 14, Outlook 14, PowerPoint 14, Project 14, Publisher 14, SharePoint Designer 14, Visio 14, and Word 14." Office 14 has no official release date yet.
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Office 14 will implement the ISO compliant version of Office Open XML which was standardized as ISO 29500 in March 2008. Microsoft plans to offer a Web-based version of its Office productivity suite, known as Office Web, that will debut with the release of Office 14. Office Web will include online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
Or so a quick trip to Wikipedia shows.
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Well if it customises the interface and default template to suit the needs of the roles then that's probably a very good thing.
It would be nice if the roles feature is extensible in the sense that I could download new role profiles as Microsoft creates and makes them available on their site.
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I don't like Microsofts 'Roles'. My experience thus far with them have been very negative. The only advantage I've seen is that it puts a hell of a lot more money in Microsoft's pocket.
With that said I don't know how that translates into the Office products, but I'm sure they will find away.
Of course the reality is that with an office product (be it MS Office, WordPerfect, etc) at some point you start running out of things to make an upgrade worth the price your asking. After all what was the biggest change to Word? Ribbon.
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These ribbons are horrible. Intel CIO recently came out and stated they will not migrate to new office due to learning curve. It just takes too long to retrain its staff. The traditional pull down is all that is needed and straigth forward. In any application its pretty easy to navigate around. Take wasy that and your pretty lost. Aside from that there isnt any reason to buy 2007 or Office 14... Even Office 2000 XP is pretty good.
Overall, Office 2007 and Office 14 is worthless.
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While not switching because of the learning curve makes good business sense, it doesn't mean the product is bad. I use Emacs (which has a steep learning curve), and I don't think it's a bad product.
Other things might make the product bad, of course. I hear the ribbon is a good idea but it's poorly implemented. Perhaps they'll rearrange it to make more sense.