Inside Microsoft Office 2007 beta 1

Inside Microsoft Office 2007 beta 1
Back in November, our sneak peek at the Microsoft Office 12 beta revealed a radical rebuild of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Now renamed Microsoft Office 2007 beta 1, the refresh of this private test version of the next Office system offers a closer look at what to expect from Microsoft's popular productivity suite. Did ready-made thumbnail galleries and a new interface make our work easier? Keep reading for the verdict from our initial beta tests.