kelvinlok Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Am I the only one who liked the metal/blue feel of the original Office12 beta release? haven't tried the feel yet because i am still waiting for connection to the betaplace...halted at 73% :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmarE D Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 i assume this is a new build since the beta 1 pre-release then? im not sure whether to bother downloading it if its the same? Do you even bother to read the thread titles or what? Why would everyone suddenly get excited over the original beta 1 release? Am I the only one who liked the metal/blue feel of the original Office12 beta release? No I was starting to like that look very much. Maybe in the final version they'll have it available as a theme, but I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Woody Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 im getting sick to death of the slow MS servers, specially when new betas are released. anyways either way its on Bit Torrent so for us legit testers we can get it from there now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one321 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 My download stopped last night, and now it's not resuming. I can't get to the site either. Frustrating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xUnix Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 beta testers, if you can please: - Is outlook faster now? - How's the overall performance? - Any crashs? - Can you open saved files on the previous version without any problems? Thanks, xUnix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostdraconi Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 beta testers, if you can please: - Is outlook faster now? - How's the overall performance? - Any crashs? - Can you open saved files on the previous version without any problems? Thanks, xUnix All of the programs seem faster, how much of this is because it's new I'm not sure. As for crashes, I haven't had any, they even fixed the annoying crash outlook had everytime I exited. No problem opening old saved files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 beta testers, if you can please:- Is outlook faster now? - How's the overall performance? - Any crashs? - Can you open saved files on the previous version without any problems? Thanks, xUnix - Haven't tried Outlook yet, so I cannot say if it is faster, but I cannot imagine that it wouldn't be. But hey, you never know. - Performance has improved a lot over the Beta 1 build - Of course, it is still beta after all. - I have been able to open almost everything that was saved. I have tried opening a PowerPoint presentation and PowerPoint keeps crashing on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimasterk Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I wish I could figure how to get e-mail support with Word. Even Outlook Express doesn't work. Only Outlook. What I mean is that if you don't have Outlook installed you would go to send a document as an e-mail and cannot click on the icon, since Outlook is not installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted March 14, 2006 Veteran Share Posted March 14, 2006 Outlook is faster than beta 1. The inbuilt search indexes v.fast and is much better than beta 1. Overall I am impressed. There's still a lot of speed improvements required but for the most part it's getting there :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Ah i hate microsoft servers :-( I can only reach the beta site with firefox... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I wish I could figure how to get e-mail support with Word. Even Outlook Express doesn't work. Only Outlook. What I mean is that if you don't have Outlook installed you would go to send a document as an e-mail and cannot click on the icon, since Outlook is not installed. I have the TR installed and the biggest change from beta 1 (so far) is the new (and blue) default theme. I had no problems with Outlook crashing in beta 1 (and I'm happy to discover that the TR is retaining the same stability. I haven't tested it with Vista 5308 yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chan Smith Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 If I sign up for the beta two office would I get a copy of the final like they did with 2003 office? Will the key work with the final? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimasterk Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I have the TR installed and the biggest change from beta 1 (so far) is the new (and blue) default theme. I had no problems with Outlook crashing in beta 1 (and I'm happy to discover that the TR is retaining the same stability. I haven't tested it with Vista 5308 yet. I had a horrific time with Outlook crashing in the first beta. Everytime I would exit or click on compose an e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejohnnyq Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Data is flowing AGAIN.... Final, getting the files, only getting 150kps, but that will have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimasterk Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 OneNote's user interface hasn't changed much at all. Same as Office 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 has outlook finally changed to the full new look? and Access? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimasterk Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 has outlook finally changed to the full new look? and Access? In the 2007 Microsoft Office system, formerly code-named Office "12," Microsoft Office Word 2007, Office Excel 2007, Office Access 2007, and Office PowerPoint 2007 will have the new Microsoft Office UI. In addition, the new interface will be used in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 when composing e-mail messages or setting up meetings. quote from Microsoft regarding user interface. I haven't installed Outlook or Access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nshahzad Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I LOVE the changes they're making in Outlook...esp with the tasks and calender...it's stuff I use daily and its sweet theyre getting it right. The ribbon doesn't look as bad as I thought it would, I thought it'd be taking up alot more real estate than it is. Not bad...not bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vomer Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 My download stopped last night, and now it's not resuming. I can't get to the site either. Frustrating! If you are one of the pplz like me whose download stopped at 99% then do this... Suspend the download and close active x box Redownload same one from beta site Click cancel to the new download box asking for the location Click resume for the old dowload you suspended before and it will finish up! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one321 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 If you are one of the pplz like me whose download stopped at 99% then do this... Suspend the download and close active x box Redownload same one from beta site Click cancel to the new download box asking for the location Click resume for the old dowload you suspended before and it will finish up! :D I will try that, but I can't even get onto http://beta.microsoft.com/ right now. It's quite annoying. The page just don't load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilbert Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 What happened to the dymanic menu's and animations?? This was a very cool feature of the first Beta in that when you were in Excel and highlighted some cells the ribbon would change allowing you to do new things. What happened? BTW - I liked the slate gray color of of the first beta better, but the UI on this beta is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 just installed the new beta, install time was around 5 mins (ish) from what ive seen so far its looks very nice esp the black theme, but this is just a gimic at the end of the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ady199 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Can anyone tell me how I can apply the black theme? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Can anyone tell me how I can apply the black theme? Thanks in advance. look in your options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ady199 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 look in your options Thanks, but I've just opened up Outlook and gone into options, but I can't see anything about themes. Can you please point me in the right direction? Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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