Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus Beta Available for Download

Microsoft has released a beta of Office 2010 for you to try. Valid till October 2010, this is the Professional Plus edition of the most-widely used Office Suite. The Professional Plus edition is the enterprise edition of the Office suite and includes OneNote, InfoPath, Sharepoint Workspace, Communicator, along with Word, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher and Excel. You can also download Visio 2010 Beta and Project 2010 Beta from the Office website as well.

With Office 2010, Microsoft is paying special attention to the Cloud and productivity on the go. So much so that, Office 2010 has been specificly built with to work on the web, over the cloud as well as on compatible mobile devices.

Microsoft Office Web Apps
Extend your Office 2010 experience to the Web. Store your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files online and then access, view, edit, and share content through the web.
Microsoft Office Mobile 2010
Stay current and respond quickly using enhanced mobile versions of Office 2010 applications, specifically suited to your Windows Mobile-based smartphone.

Another highlight is the way Office now utilises your hardware to create more visually compelling documents, in addition to web streaming and advanced video support in the software suite. Powerpoint has got a nifty share of improvements with video editing capabilities, screen capturing tools and better SmartArt® Layouts. More details here and here.

The Beta download is 700MBs in size and will need almost 3 Gigs of installed space on your drive. Additionally, it will update your existing Office installation into Office 2010 Beta (You can customise this to have different installations of your existing Office Version and Office 2010 Beta). Post-installation, you will need to activate your Office 2010 installation online with the provided MAK key.

The Beta download is available in 7 languages: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and English. Get it from the Microsoft Office website.

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