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Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show

Office 2007  Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show
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Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show

Office 2007  Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show

Users will be able to try Office 2007 Beta 2 without downloading the beta. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/testdrive.mspx to try it.


Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Not Firefox Compatible

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In trying to test Office 2007 Beta 2 using Firefox, we were told that it requires IE 5.5 and above.


Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Requires Citrix Plug-In

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The Microsoft Office Beta Test Drive setup requires that users load the Citrix Browser Plug-in.


Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Active-X Approval required

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Windows XP Service Pack 2 requires approval before installlation of the Citrix Client Plug-In.


Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Waiting in Line

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After checking our system to ensure that we met the its requirements, we were placed into a queue. While the system said we had an estimated wait time of 54 min., we waited only 15 min. before we were able to log on.


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Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Loading the Citrix Client

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Office Beta Test Drive setup requires that users load the Citrix Browser Plug-in.


Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Tutorial Menu

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The first thing users will see is a tutorial menu detailing how the Office 2007 applications work. Below, users can click on the icons to launch specific Office 2007 applications.


Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Microsoft Word

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Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Excel

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Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Powerpoint

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Office 2007 Beta 2 Test Drive Slide Show – Outlook

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