Office 2010 Archive – The Technopath

Office 2010 FREE upgrade program for Office 2007 users

Posted by Uzair Sajid on February 5, 2010.

Microsoft, on their Partner Network’s blog have revealed a Free upgrade program for prospective Microsoft Office 2007 customers. According to the promotion, if you buy Office 2007 during March 5, 2010 and September 30, 2010 – then you be eligible for a free upgrade to Office 2010 on the following terms....

Office 2010 RC (Release Candidate) available for Download

Posted by Uzair Sajid on February 5, 2010.

Office 2010 RC, the next logical step in the Office 2010 Beta program is now available for download via Microsoft Connect, for all the participants of the Technical Beta program. Microsoft is in the process of sending out invites via E-mail, so if you haven’t received yours yet, then don’t fret because it does usu...

Office 2010 Beta Download now Public

Posted by Uzair Sajid on November 20, 2009.

Update: Office 2010 RC (Release Candidate) is now available for download....

Office 2010 Feature: Publish Outlook Calendars to Office.com

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 7, 2009.

I’ve been playing around with the recent build of Microsoft Office 2010 (4417) looking for significant changes from the previous Technical Preview build. While some features were quite obvious from the screenshots, there was one new Online Experience feature which I couldn’t figure out what it does. While the insta...

Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 leaked screenshots

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 30, 2009.

Update: Office 2010 Beta build 14.0.4536.1000 has been released for public download....

Office 2010 features: Paste Options

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 16, 2009.

Continuing the series of posts about the new and useful features of Office 2010, I bring you Paste Options. Paste options have been there almost all along, but Office 2010 organizes them in a more powerful way....

Office 2010 Feature: Protected View

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 15, 2009.

I stumbled upon a rather interesting feature while messing around with the Office 2010 Technical Preview. Its called Protected View which kicks in automatically when you open a document that came from an outside source, like the Internet. A good measure I must say, which would protect your system from ...

Office 2010 Feature: New Backstage View

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 15, 2009.

One of the biggest changes in the latest version of Office is the new Back Stage view which replaces the Office menu you saw in Office 2007. Back Stage view gives you an at a glance overview of the entire document, and provides a richer editing experience....

Office 2010 Feature: Stop an application from loading

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 15, 2009.

One of the most interesting features of Office 2010 to is the new animated splash screen with the cancel loading button – a first I’ve seen for almost any application I remember. This is extremely useful for those times when you accidentally launch an application and need to close it instantly without having to wai...

Office 2010 Beta Download

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 13, 2009.

Update 3: Office 2010 RC (Release Candidate) is now available for download....