Whats the newest version of MS office???

[karma4jake]

I see that there's a 2003 version, Is there a newer one. Anyone know when say the 2005 version will be out. I wanna buy the student version for MBA school but don't wanna get the 2003 version like 2 months before the 2005 comes out.

 

[MrChad]

2003 is the most recent.

No clue about a new version.

 

[mzkhadir]

I would say next year is a possibility

 

[Traire]

I would suggest http://www.openoffice.org as a possible option.

Free suite of programs very very similar to MS Office. Its even free! It will open and save files as MS Office files (although, macros cant be cross converted) or it will save in its own xml format (MS themselves are switching to an xml format in their next version). Did I mention its free? It also works on Linux and Mac's. Version 2 is still in the beta phase, but the build I have been using is pretty solid, and you could always stick with the 1.4 until 2.0 is officially done. And you can download it without having to use a credit card or nothing, cause its free!

 

[n7]

2003.

If you'd rather not support MS though, yeah get Open Office like was suggested.

 

[KLin]

They're calling the next version office 12 is what I've heard.

 

[statik213]

Originally posted by: KLin
They're calling the next version office 12 is what I've heard.

come full circle?

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: n7
2003.

If you'd rather not support MS though, yeah get Open Office like was suggested.

 

[Aves]

According to partner sources who requested anonymity, Microsoft has established an internal Office 12 ship calendar that pegs Office Beta 1 availability for August 29, 2005. Beta 2 is slated for December 5, 2005. The internal release-to-manufacturing target is May 22, 2006. And the target for "street" availability for the Office 12 System is July 17, 2006, the sources said.

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1710821,00.asp

Here's the official site for MS Office 12 thought no real info is there:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx

 

[viperbri]

Originally posted by: Traire
I would suggest http://www.openoffice.org as a possible option.

Free suite of programs very very similar to MS Office. Its even free! It will open and save files as MS Office files (although, macros cant be cross converted) or it will save in its own xml format (MS themselves are switching to an xml format in their next version). Did I mention its free? It also works on Linux and Mac's. Version 2 is still in the beta phase, but the build I have been using is pretty solid, and you could always stick with the 1.4 until 2.0 is officially done. And you can download it without having to use a credit card or nothing, cause its free!

Hey another vote for Openoffice (even though I did buy MS Office since I needed Access)...and you forgot to mention Openoffice is FREE (oh...I see you did..heheh)

 

[Rottie]

How come no one mentioned about Corel WordPerfect? It costs cheaper than MS Office.