Microsoft kicks off Office 2010 Technical Preview

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Microsoft has begun sending out invitations to the Office 2010 Technical Preview.

Microsoft is distributing the Office 2010 bits via its Connect testing site. The bits hold the build number 14.0.4006.1110 meaning they are older than the recent "beta" leak. Yesterday Microsoft unveiled Office 2010 and Office Web Applications 2010
at the company's annual Worldwide Partner Conference. It's widely expected that Microsoft will offer a public beta to customers in late August.

In an email to potential testers Microsoft noted that on "Microsoft Connect, you will find downloads available for early, pre-release versions of Microsoft Office 2010 products. You will also find product information and have the chance to participate in newsgroups to engage with our product teams and other program participants. Please note that there is no technical support offered for this program."

Office 2010 promises tighter integration with Windows 7, full Ribbon UI for Outlook and compatibility with Microsoft's forthcoming Office Web Applications. Office Web Applications are not available for testing yet, Microsoft employees are currently "dogfooding" the bits internally and a wider beta should begin at the same time as Office 2010 beta is offered publicly.

Microsoft posted several Office videos yesterday demonstrating the new features of Office 2010. Although Microsoft has not confirmed official pricing, the company hinted that Office 2010 will be released in the first half of next year.

Thanks to Neowin member Bioran23 for the news tip

#1 tele-fragd on 14 Jul 2009 - 06:53

Any word for us Technet users?

(4 replies) #2 Cjay on 14 Jul 2009 - 07:15

got it, downloading from connect, many people have encountered Uninstallation errors with the last leaked office beta.

#2.1 pikablu0530 on 14 Jul 2009 - 07:36

I'm having problems uninstalling too...

#2.2 Owenw on 14 Jul 2009 - 10:28

pikablu0530 said,

Anyone figured out a workaround? I'm getting weird logo errors on the office button too

#2.3 RealFduch on 14 Jul 2009 - 14:58

Try putting the LEAKED beta install files into some !short! dir (like "c:x") then run setup.exe and select uninstall.

#2.4 Owenw on 14 Jul 2009 - 20:59

RealFduch said,

Try putting the LEAKED beta install files into some !short! dir (like "c

") then run setup.exe and select uninstall.

Didn't get an uninstall option

(2 replies) #3 number13 on 14 Jul 2009 - 07:25

Got my invite too. Just finished installing..looks good so far.

#3.1 +Chrono951 on 14 Jul 2009 - 16:18

I'm in!

#3.2 TcKrockZ on 15 Jul 2009 - 14:03

Same here. downloading still!

(3 replies) #4 FoxieFoxie on 14 Jul 2009 - 07:47

I can't believe Send & Receive is in different rsection now, more clicks... Very annoying. At least it's possible to customize that.

Also, not sure why they have to add sliding email animation by default, just decreases productivity.

#4.1 Cuppa on 14 Jul 2009 - 12:00

It's in the Quick Access Toolbar.

#4.2 FoxieFoxie on 14 Jul 2009 - 12:57

Cuppa said,

Yeah, but it's very tiny.

Does anyone know how to turn the animation off?

#4.3 Calum on 15 Jul 2009 - 01:17

FoxieFoxie said,

Yeah, but it's very tiny.

How is that an issue? It's still there, meaning they haven't made this process require more clicks; which is what you claimed.

#5 +Xerxes on 14 Jul 2009 - 08:11

Got my invite

I totally forgot I signed up for it

was a pleasant surprise!

#6 specialtech on 14 Jul 2009 - 08:21

Got my invite this morning. I got a tech preview earlier this year so will be intersting to see the changes. Really wanted to see how the webapplication side works tho.

#7 kiwi89 on 14 Jul 2009 - 08:34

haha I completely forgot that I signed up for this. I got my invite in the mail this afternoon.

#8 ilovetech on 14 Jul 2009 - 08:35

no luck here!

(3 replies) #9 rakeshishere on 14 Jul 2009 - 08:37

#9.1 Cjay on 14 Jul 2009 - 08:43

WTH happened to your fonts ?

#9.2 rakeshishere on 14 Jul 2009 - 09:11

Its fine

#9.3 MeanE on 14 Jul 2009 - 12:42

It's Korean set as input language or something.

(1 reply) #10 DawnUnder2002 on 14 Jul 2009 - 08:54

What happened to your speed!

#10.1 rakeshishere on 14 Jul 2009 - 09:08

The download is actually slow.. My connection is fast enough

(1 reply) #11 FoxieFoxie on 14 Jul 2009 - 09:41

What happened to your photoshop text effects skills?

#11.1 rakeshishere on 14 Jul 2009 - 10:44

It sucks :-

#12 StandingInAlley on 14 Jul 2009 - 11:03

Got through it, will download it in a bit.

#13 M. Seth on 14 Jul 2009 - 11:25

Here's hoping I get my actual invite. I got the email about a month ago to take the survey......hopefully I actually get in.

#14 +DonC on 14 Jul 2009 - 11:32

No invite for me yet

#15 LoneWolf3669 on 14 Jul 2009 - 13:18

Got mine...downloading both 32 and 64-bit versions. The downloads are pretty slow though.

#16 dogmai on 14 Jul 2009 - 13:46

Got both 32 & 64 bit versions. They both went pretty fast too. Took about 15 min for both and business contact manager & connector.

#17 +stifler6478 on 14 Jul 2009 - 14:01

Got mine last night, will install it later today!

(1 reply) #18 Death Proof on 14 Jul 2009 - 14:53

i wonder if this also has the File F menubar bug , which is found in the Office 2010 BETA leak

#18.1 Calum on 15 Jul 2009 - 01:19

I am wondering this too - that looked awful. When the Office logo is placed there, it looks so much better.

#19 RageOfFury on 14 Jul 2009 - 15:18

How long does the TP last? 120 days? 1 year? what?

#20 tuxplorer on 14 Jul 2009 - 15:23

Why are they saying no web apps till August when I have already downloaded and install them in my SharePoint 14?

#21 Metallizorz on 14 Jul 2009 - 15:37

Installing now, downloaded in 10 minutes or so! Speeds of 900kb/s and higher!

(1 reply) #22 Metallizorz on 14 Jul 2009 - 15:54

Unable to activate, it says its not a valid key, even though it was taken off their website :[

#22.1 NoctheniK on 15 Jul 2009 - 05:33

Likewise, anyone know the solution?
And I downlaoded it approx. 1 min after I got the email... speeds of 1200 kb/s for the 32-bit and about 200 kb/s for the 64-bit.

(2 replies) #23 +majortom1981 on 14 Jul 2009 - 15:58

I got invited but it was in my spam folder so check your spam folders for the invite.

Also if you want to install the 64bit version and have office 2007 installed you have to uninstall 2007 to install 2010

#23.1 Thunderbuck on 14 Jul 2009 - 16:19

Won't allow concurrent 07 and 10? Figures.

Got my invite, but I'm going to review the material before I install. My wife will tell you that this is NOT characteristic behavior for me.

#23.2 +majortom1981 on 14 Jul 2009 - 17:03

Thunderbuck said,

This i think is only for the 64 bit version . Just like windows it wont allow you to upgrade a 32bit version with a 64bit version.

#24 Goalie33 on 14 Jul 2009 - 16:00

I downloaded the 32bit version but the installer says something about the language not being correct (the language of this installation system is not supported by your system)...anyone else see this or know what it means? I've downloaded the US English version to use on a machine running US English.

#25 anewhope on 14 Jul 2009 - 17:51

Got my invite and currently downloading the 64 bit version, my fonts are weird on FTM like the screenshot posted earlier on. Weird.

#26 prabir on 14 Jul 2009 - 18:18

got the invitation downloading.. any news on office web apps?

#27 Cpugeni Ω on 14 Jul 2009 - 18:40

Downloading the 64bit version now... Hopefully it's not going to bork my system but hey we'll see.... I see that Microsoft Project is missing, anyone know anything about that?

(2 replies) #28 JonathanMarston on 14 Jul 2009 - 19:23

I just got my invite. Debating whether or not to install this on my work laptop - anyone else experience any issues with it?

Also, does anyone know when/if SharePoint Server 2010 will be available? I'd like to start evaluating the new features ASAP

#28.1 Thunderbuck on 14 Jul 2009 - 20:14

The impression I get is the "SharePoint" feature is actually a rebranding of Groove, and isn't really SharePoint.

#28.2 JonathanMarston on 14 Jul 2009 - 20:19

Yeah, the SharePoint Workspace is a rebranding of Groove with deeper SharePoint integration.

What I'm more interested in is whether or not MOSS 2010 will ever be part of the technical preview

#29 chaos_disorder on 14 Jul 2009 - 19:41

I'll be installing this when I get home. Hopefully, Outlook 2010 is better than that slow, buggy POS known as Outlook 2007. I will gladly upgrade when this is released just to get the hell away from that.

#30 Circaflex on 14 Jul 2009 - 20:01

come to find out Windows XP x64 isnt supported for the 64install, will try it on my virtualbox with vista

#31 aduk85 on 14 Jul 2009 - 20:12

Using the office 2010 tech preview now, quite like the new Outlook its different and will take some getting used to but its really good.

Its the program i use the most of

(3 replies) #32 s3n4te on 14 Jul 2009 - 22:08

is this newer than the one leaked 2 months ago?

#32.1 daniel_rh on 14 Jul 2009 - 22:13

s3n4te said,

Not sure but for example, Word version is 14.0.4006.1110 (64bits)

#32.2 s3n4te on 14 Jul 2009 - 22:25

I don't follow.

#32.3 jasondefaoite on 15 Jul 2009 - 02:47

I believe it is the same build as the one leaked a couple of months back. The latest leak this week is a newer build compared to this release.

#33 daniel_rh on 14 Jul 2009 - 22:11

I'm using the new Office 2010 too, and I must say that I wasn't expecting anything really new but the slight changes are really great like in PowerPoint, now the transitions and animations looks like truly animations and transitions, they're smooth and nice. Outlook was a surprising application too, the new way email is shown is really neat and useful, as well the use of the ribbon menu. Word is almost the same, some useful additions like insert a screenshot, preview on paste, and many things more. I have only two hours using this Office and I loving it.

#34 bbfc_uk on 14 Jul 2009 - 23:24

Just got my invite and downloading it now.

#35 ChrisJ1968 on 15 Jul 2009 - 03:24

anyone know how much this will cost the average Joe? I might be interested it this version when it hits the market.

#36 kaffra on 15 Jul 2009 - 08:34

sweet, just saw the mail invite

#37 AllMac on 15 Jul 2009 - 09:16

Trialing this one as we speak. I can already say that I like it more than 2003 or 2007, as performance has increased dramatically.

#38 surrealvortex on 15 Jul 2009 - 12:04

I am installing as I speak. Replacing 2007. So hope this works out well.

(1 reply) #39 sullysnet on 15 Jul 2009 - 21:18

anyone having issues with Outlook 2010 closing? Mine sits in the tray with a gray icon, when you run the cursor over it, it says closing but never closes. I have to kill the task

thanks

#39.1 sullysnet on 16 Jul 2009 - 01:53

seems the conflict is between Kaspersky Internet Security plugin and Outlook 2010

#40 GreenInspiration on 15 Jul 2009 - 21:56

Do you guys get a free copy of office 2010 when release for testing the technical preview?

#41 Ikshaar on 16 Jul 2009 - 19:02

Microsoft using Firefox in its web application video... i am glad they finally saw the light.

Curious to see if they make the online version free ... or crippled ?

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