Office 2007 Beta 2

Well, I have been previewing the latest beta from the MS boys in Redmond. And, I hate to admit it, but I think this might be Microsoft's first worthwhile update for their Office suite since XP. So far, there have been quite a few moments that can be summarized by... thank God... I was waiting for them to finally do that. And, none of the programs have crashed on me in the last 5 days. Here are some of the things I like:

• the ribbon


• expedited function requests (changing margins, styles, and so forth)


• improved filtering in Excel


• record counting of filters


• removal of personalized menus and toolbars


• RSS feeds in Outlook


• tighter integration of tasks in Outlook

Check it out... it is only a 440MB download for the Office 2007 Enterprise Beta.