Office 2007 Beta 2 available for test...

[Nikolic]

It's already mentioned in that thread that the authorization servers are slow.

Slow... or just totally busted

 

[benjo plz.]

It's already mentioned in that thread that the authorization servers are slow.

Doesn't help... and they're dead, not dead slow.

 

[ballistic]

review here http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1966148,00.asp

 

[benjo]

Argh, mine didnt work

I downloaded the beta, started installing it. It got to about 70% and then said "The following programs should be closed before instalation continues - ...................." <-- it didnt even list any programs? So i closed everything and pressed retry.. still got the same message.

So i canceled the instalation, but get an error message on that aswell

And to top it all off.. it's removed my office 2003.. so i gotta go and install that again

Pfff.. i even had trouble getting the download going, it said it had completed half way through.. so i started it again and it finished completely this time

 

[Craig321]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2494

Anyone else tried this?

I have just downloaded it and installing.

When I tried onenote 2007 tho it just crashes the moment I click the install file. It says installation failed even tho its 1 second in. Wonder if its a dodgy file.

Might give that a try thanks
Gonna download tonight.

 

[tmileson]

The activation servers are just somewhat overwhelmed at the moment as the world and his wife (world and her husband?) are trying to activtae atm.

Should be back to normal any time now....

 

[Glaucus]

Office 97 f t w! \/

Open office for the win

 

[kaycee]

Registered this morning.

 

[Sugar Free]

Powerpoint doesn't seem to work very well at all

LOL

 

[tolien]

Powerpoint doesn't seem to work very well at all

LOL

Looks more like it's Chemdraw screwing up somehow, since all the distored bits are Chemdraw items - http://cgi.tolien.co.uk/pics/ocuk/pptchemdraw.jpg

 

[Jimbu]

Argh, mine didnt work

I downloaded the beta, started installing it. It got to about 70% and then said "The following programs should be closed before instalation continues - ...................." <-- it didnt even list any programs? So i closed everything and pressed retry.. still got the same message.

So i canceled the instalation, but get an error message on that aswell

And to top it all off.. it's removed my office 2003.. so i gotta go and install that again

Pfff.. i even had trouble getting the download going, it said it had completed half way through.. so i started it again and it finished completely this time

I had that problem where there was no program listed to close but solved it by clicking retry a few times and then ignore which after ten minutes of the bar not moving eventually finished installeing and now works also activated

 

[Energize]

Does this include frontpage or not?

 

[tolien]

FrontPage is gone, replaced by umpteen different bits with different names.

 

[Energize]

I liked frontpage, when using dreamweaver even the simplest thing was a chore, when I created something in publisher that I later wanted converting to html I just pasted it into frontpage, but dreamweaver just doesnt want to do it, when I press paste nothing happens and when I try to paste pictures it doesnt work and I have to insert it manually.

 

[Tommy B]

So how long will it last until the Beta runs out?

 

[Bony Maloney]

So how long will it last until the Beta runs out?

January 2007

 

[Firegod]

What's the general word on this beta, is it quite stable (for a beta) or does it crash and hang when being used? I wouldn't mind giving it a blast, but not if its really un-stable and un-usuable.

Thanks for any feedback.

 

[tolien]

It's good but not perfect (there's the PowerPoint weirdness with ChemDraw above for a start) - but it is a beta, and you can run both side by side. Just don't choose upgrade.

 

[Bony Maloney]

Just don't choose upgrade.

oops

 

[Tommy B]

So MS are giving away a £500 programme for free, pretty much!

Awesome