New Site Announcement: Office Software Review
by Dan Hope
The Microsoft Office suite of productivity software is so ubiquitous on computers that many people don’t know there are other options out there. Even Apple deigns to use Microsoft software as the productivity suite of choice on Macs. But there are more options out there. A lot of them. And the best part is that some offer better features or cheaper prices than the Microsoft default. So we’ve reviewed the best office software out there and ranked them to help you find the right one for you. Check out the Office Software Review site to see the results.
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Microsoft Will Open Public Beta for Office 2010 Next Month
by Dan Hope
All of us are intimately familiar with the Microsoft Office products, for better or for worse. Even the people smart/trendy enough to use Google Docs, Zoho or Open Office still have to use Word or Excel at some point in their lives. So you may be interested to know that the next version of the word processor (or spreadsheet manager or presentation creator or whatever) you will be staring at, both at work and at home, is nearing the public beta stage of development.
Office 2010 will enter public beta in November, and many people are interested to see if it addresses problems created by Office 2007 and the fancy &…
New Site Announcement: Home Office Software Review
by Dan Hope
The best part about computers, the internet and just about every other modern technology is that they all make the home office a viable alternative to actually commuting in to a real office each day. Why work somewhere else when you can do everything you need in your own home? While different jobs require different tools, there’s one thing that is essential in any good office substitute: Home Office Software.
I don’t care what you do, you’ll need a word processor at some point, if not daily. Odds are you’ll also need a spreadsheet editor. And who hasn&rs…
Microsoft Office 2010 Is Available in Beta
by Dan Hope
Despite all our differences, there is one thing that all of humanity has in common: We all have to use Microsoft Office at some point in our lives. Okay, that may be an exaggeration, but not by much. As the de facto productivity suite for Windows and Mac computers, Microsoft Office has made Word, Excel and PowerPoint a pretty universal experience. And now you can get a look at the next evolution in our office software existence through the beta of Office 2010.
Microsoft has released Office 2010 for beta testing, though it&r…