Inside Microsoft Office 2007 beta 1

Access data
Although we'll have to relearn the locations of many basic commands, we find that the Ribbon atop the Microsoft Access 2007 beta 1 interface organises the database application's myriad features better than the drop-down menus of the 2003 edition did. See more of the underlying changes to Microsoft's new tools within our preview and slide show of the Microsoft Office 12 beta, with links to slide shows of the individual applications.