Free : Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2

[goofy4ever]

Quid pro quo. what do I get for being a beta tester?

Do I at least get a discount cert after the product launch?

 

[SurgicalShark]

you get bubkus!

 

[engineereeyore]

no activation here either. not sure how i feel about the new format though. but hey, it's free. can't complain too much.

 

[MrPhelps]

Originally posted by: SurgicalShark

Originally posted by: russr



can you do parallel installation of Office 2003 and Office 2007? I don't want to loose complete Office 2003 that Ihave installed on my only machine.

Bump! Good question, I would hate to have a conflict with with 2003.

 

[Merlyn3D]

The real question is will it be free in the future in its final release? Haha....hell no!

 

[Trikat]

Originally posted by: Merlyn3D
The real question is will it be free in the future in its final release? Haha....hell no!

Heh more like $150-$500 or whatever. 😀
D@mn ridiculous!!!

 

[Gunslinger08]

Activation is working for me now.

 

[mike2fix]

I had no trouble activating last night.

After removal of the 2007 Beta, you do have to re-install 2003 but it does not harm the 2003 data files, my Outlook 2003 works fine and has all the old data.

 

[kcreekmore]

Originally posted by: goofy4ever
Quid pro quo. what do I get for being a beta tester?

You get to use the product.

 

[imported_tripp]

activated fine for me today

 

[ericlp]

Originally posted by: GeneValgene

Originally posted by: rml
quote:
Expiration Date
All 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 software has an expiration date of February 1, 2007. After expiration, 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 will continue to work in a reduced functionality mode that limits your options and operations.

Does the reduced functionality implied "READ ONLY" version of Word, Excel after the expiration date?
If that is the case, I don't want to waste my time.

lol...you think they would let you keep the beta to a $500 piece of software for free?

You think they are letting use this for FREE?

This does WONDERS to your registry. Unless you Ghost your hard drives and want to see what 2007 looks like. IMO, It's not worth it to download and install a huge program just to uninstall 6 months down the road. M$ programs big and clunky never seem to uninstall correctly. I think youd risking hosing your machine to uninstall and install these programs.

Good Luck!

 

[codeyf]

Spare HD, Vista Beta 2, and Office 2007 Beta 2 FTW.

 

[katka]

I agree I will install on a spare hard drive and use them there.

 

[RideFree]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Activation is working for me now.

Thanks, just did for me, also.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Still won't activate for me. I'm going to uninstall right now and then re-install using a different CD Key.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
Still won't activate for me. I'm going to uninstall right now and then re-install using a different CD Key.

Re-installing it with a different CD Key did nothing. I've got 38 more times to use it before I run into problems 🙁

 

[russw]

Thanks for link

 

[CarpeDeo]

My activation wasn't working until just recently too. Keep trying. If you're on a laptop, try connecting to another internet connection.

 

[Rommels]

I never got my e-mail with the keys even though they said they sent it, yes the address was correct.

Guess I am 0-2 with M$ free crap, this and the USB that never was.

 

[russr]

Originally posted by: Rommels
I never got my e-mail with the keys even though they said they sent it, yes the address was correct.

Guess I am 0-2 with M$ free crap, this and the USB that never was.

You don't need the email. When you select the products you want to download, it presents you with a page that has the product keys and download links. I know it says it also emailed you the keys, but I never got that email either. In any case, the page presented to you has the keys.

 

[jpetermann]

Anyone having issues with the auto-preview reading pane? All new messages I am getting now do not show up in the preview pane at all, while all the old messages I had are still fine...

 

[SurgicalShark]

I think lot of people (like me) are still hesitant to install O 2007 because they might loose their present installation of Office!

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: SurgicalShark
I think lot of people (like me) are still hesitant to install O 2007 because they might loose their present installation of Office!

It's not an upgrade. It's a stand-alone app. I have several components of 2003 still installed along side 2007.

 

[RobertR1]

Originally posted by: pastorjay
Anyone having issues with the auto-preview reading pane? All new messages I am getting now do not show up in the preview pane at all, while all the old messages I had are still fine...

My outlook also had strange issues. I deleted my mail profile(s) and recreated them. Everything was fine afterwards.

 

[RideFree]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: SurgicalShark
I think lot of people (like me) are still hesitant to install O 2007 because they might loose their present installation of Office!

It's not an upgrade. It's a stand-alone app. I have several components of 2003 still installed along side 2007.

Also the way it worked out for me. Although I have yet to save a .doc file in '07 & try to edit in '03.:thumbsup::thumbsdown::thumbsup: