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Other versions of Microsoft Office have had Wikipedia pages from their inception, including Microsoft Office 12 (now Office 2007) which had content as early as September 2005. There is a significant amount of information from well-regarded Office experts about Office 14, and although few official details are available, I think there is enough to keep this article as a stub. White 720 19:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nowhere to merge

There is no substantial "versions" section in the main Microsoft Office page, but there is a whole different page for Microsoft Office 2007. I think this page has enough merit, at least for future expansion, to stand on its own and as per the instructions added by User:Harmil, I will remove the template.

Two versions

There are two versions of this article, Microsoft Office "14" and Microsoft Office 14. "14" is shorter, but contains the original source of the data (a link to AeroXperience, aeroxp.org, with an article written by Stephen Chapman.) 24.211.230.92 00:13, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not calling it 13

How sad is that, its still the 13th version, there is nothing they can do about that!

Actually it's not the 13th version; Office 3.0 was the first Windows version, followed by 4.0, 4.3, 7 - 12, and now 14. Stannered (talk) 09:24, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

first Windows version != first version. I'm pretty sure those other versions exist. At least internally. 71.155.241.19 (talk) 07:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Master Data Management

Info about the MDM app in Office 14: Mary Jo Foley, PatricG --soum ^talk 15:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Release date based on a Blog?

The referenced release date for Office 14 is based on this story. [1] that is a blog, quoting another blog. Blogs are not suitable as references according to WP:SPS. That this one quotes another blog is a problem. Both of which fail WP:FUTURE as they are discussing a release day of a yet to be released application. While looking for a release date I have yet to find a new site that lists a date. The closest are like this one [2] that say that office 14 "ships at an unstated date in the future" AlbinoFerret (talk) 01:15, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Official name confirmed??

Now that it has been confirmed that Windows 7 will be called Windows 7, what official word is there about this MS Office version's official name?? Georgia guy (talk) 13:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As also noted down the page it will be called Office 2010. --Farthen (talk) 12:33, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article name

Why was this article moved from Microsoft Office 14 to Microsoft Office 2010? Microsoft refers to the product as "Office 14" (and on many Microsoft blogs), and so does every other language Wikipedia (IT, NL, PL, RU, simple). I suggest to move it back. Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:29, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That would be the citation in the first sentence, at [3]. The links you provide were all released prior to the article referenced. The other Wikipedias simply haven't been updated with this new information. Stannered (talk) 12:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Screenshots and Proper naming

Hey everyone,

I don't remember where, but one Microsoft developer who was blogging about OneNote's future Ribbon Interface in Office Ten did this:

For some reason, he had a screenshot of the Office 14 apps in the Win7 start menu, with the names "Microsoft Office (XXX)14, and the Aero Theme inplemented. However, all of the screenshots of the actual programs were in the "Windows Classic" shell...

My question is why anyone would take screenshots of MS Office 14/2010 in the Windows Classic Theme under Win7... looks messed up, and is it me, or did the uploader want MS Office to look ugly?

FInally, the "Developer" seemed to have no idea what a button in the Quick Access Toolbar did in OneNote... weird when he claims to be a OneNote developer!

We should be careful not to listen to unreliable sources about Office 14...

Also, please try to obtain screenshots of Office 14 that show the actual colour schemes included, thanks.

Tangmeisterjr (talk) 18:46, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, how do you know that they are valid and not some kid doing a joke? 72.86.134.87 (talk) 23:44, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As of my information there is only one color scheme available in the technology preview and two "placeholders". --Farthen (talk) 12:32, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Expiration Date

Happen to have a source for the "30-day expiration"? From what I can tell, it expires on November 31, 2010. Jrdaigle1000 (talk) 19:00, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm quite certain that's incorrect, as November has 30 days :P --Resplendent (talk) 19:35, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Version

Office 2010 will come in 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Windows software. Office 2010 can updated from office online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.10.99 (talk) 07:40, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Size of Office 2010

Rather than continuing to revert each other's edits, let's discuss whether or not the size of Office 2010 belongs in the article. I would say no for the following reasons:

There's no official release, and therefore no official size.
Other Office pages do not list the size, despite their official release, because there are many different versions (and languages).
Is the size the installed size or the image size? The install size changes based on operating system and pre-installed software. Image size changes because of different language packs, and, since it's still in alpha, on whatever build is the most current.

Just because your version is a certain size, doesn't mean that that's everyone else's.JeffyP (talk) 21:14, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The ISO file that I received was 674 MB and the actual programs unpacked were 797 MB. I am also using Microsoft XP OS and using both the English and French language versions (which are the same in size).Alex (talk) 22:40, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My point is that the the size of your ISO (which I don't argue with), doesn't mean that it's the official size. In fact, I can guarantee you that since it's still in the alpha phase, internally, they have newer releases that are a different size. (btw, thanks for fixing my notes. I have a large screen, and didn't think about it being annoying for other :P) JeffyP (talk) 15:41, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you agree that there are certainly other versions of this program that are different sizes (even if they haven't been leaked to the public). If so, then there's no way we can put the size in the article. And I'm open to arguments if you think there aren't. JeffyP (talk) 15:44, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Link to 'MicrosoftOffice - the Movie'

Could anybody check if this link is appropriate or simply an unnecessary promotional microsite and a better page could be found? This unusual link on Wikipedia was mentioned here: [4]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shane.Halloran (talk • contribs) 11:05, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Release date?

How about telling the reader what day Office 2010 will be released rather than teasing him by telling him an up-to-the-day countdown can be found somewhere at office2010themovie.com? - Josh (talk | contribs) 21:23, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Suspicious Link

I removed a link that someone included refering to this software being linked on July 12, 2009. The URL was not a reference site but actually a download. I'm sure it won't be the last time someone tries to put a link to hacked software on this article! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snoh8r (talk • contribs) 17:23, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]