Microsoft on Wednesday offered further details on the next version of Office, announcing plans for a new home version as well as new server-based products and a new high-end enterprise edition of the desktop suite.
New programs are to be aimed at encouraging software makers to produce applications for the next version of Office.
Microsoft this week plans to deliver the first test release of a new version of its Office software intended to rejuvenate sales and stave off competitors.
Hewlett-Packard is booting Microsoft Office software from its Pavilion line of consumer PCs in favour of software from Corel, as more PC makers consider cheaper Microsoft alternatives.
The next version of Microsoft Office will be "dramatically better" as a platform for creating applications, according to Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect.
Next week customers can begin testing software that links Microsoft's e-mail and calendar programs with SAP's back-office business applications, the companies said.
The future of information technology gets a face-lift from Microsoft's Center for Information Work.
Triptych monitors and multibiometric logins are among new technologies featured at the Center for Information Work (CIW).
Microsoft's business unit chief is on the lookout for ad-supported rivals to the Web-based service.
Microsoft says beta testing for Office 12 begins in November. Also, the company gets 120,000 requests a month from people who want to save their Office documents in PDF format, making it one of the most requested features.
Company updates productivity software's layout and organisation tools.
Microsoft Office may be the standard, but there are a variety of competitors--old and new--that look like giving it a decent run for its money.
New programs are to be aimed at encouraging software makers to produce applications for the next version of Office.
WordPerfect 12.0 features a core stable of productivity apps but suffers from its poor handling of Microsoft files.
The next generation of the Microsoft Office system offers a new look and feel across its applications, with dynamic formatting tools and nimbler files.
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