OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20776/First_Office_14_Screenshots_Leaked Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:27:09 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Link? http://osnews.com/thread?343737 http://osnews.com/thread?343737 The text for the link to the screenshots is there, but I think the poster forgot to put an href.. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Piranha) Comments RE: Link? http://osnews.com/thread?343738 http://osnews.com/thread?343738 Thom, review your articles befor you post them! It is already (at least) the second link defect in two days. Yesterday you have appended an extra qoute to the link that made a link to a non-existent location. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (usr0) Comments Whats new? http://osnews.com/thread?343747 http://osnews.com/thread?343747 As a reluctant user of MS Office at work, I didn't really notice any new features or UI improvements in the screen shots. Does anyone know what the changes will be ( other than some different icons)? Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bill Shooter of Bul) Comments RE: Whats new? http://osnews.com/thread?343748 http://osnews.com/thread?343748
According to an article published in InfoWorld in April 2006, Office 14 will be more "role-based" than previous versions. The article cites Simon Witts, corporate vice president for Microsoft's Enterprise and Partner Group, as claiming that there would be features tailored to employees in "roles such as research and development professionals, sales persons, and human resources." Borrowing from ideas termed "Web 2.0" when implemented on the Internet, it is likely that Microsoft will incorporate features of SharePoint Server in Office 14.

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. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (flanque) Comments RE[2]: Whats new? http://osnews.com/thread?343756 http://osnews.com/thread?343756 Roles are interesting. Hard to tell from the screen shots what that entails. Leading up to Microsoft Software releases its sometimes difficult for me to sift through all of the marketing hype to see if the new paradigms really improve things. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bill Shooter of Bul) Comments RE[3]: Whats new? http://osnews.com/thread?343757 http://osnews.com/thread?343757 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. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (flanque) Comments RE[4]: Whats new? http://osnews.com/thread?343758 http://osnews.com/thread?343758 Seems kinda what most ERPs do with their user/role security layout... Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (wanderingk88) Comments RE: Whats new? http://osnews.com/thread?343759 http://osnews.com/thread?343759 Visio has a ribbon Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (google_ninja) Comments RE[2]: Whats new? http://osnews.com/thread?343778 http://osnews.com/thread?343778 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. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (systyrant) Comments But does it have.... http://osnews.com/thread?343805 http://osnews.com/thread?343805 Clippy? ;) Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (obsidian) Comments Ribbons! http://osnews.com/thread?343897 http://osnews.com/thread?343897 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. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (beosguy@gmail.com) Comments RE: Ribbons! http://osnews.com/thread?343904 http://osnews.com/thread?343904 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. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (iain.dalton) Comments