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The next version of Word
Hi everyone
I'm aware that there have been several versions of Word within the Office suite and each builds on the functionality of the previous one. I guess that there will be a further version coming to supersede Word 2003. What's the mechanism of "ordinary" users (rather than professionals or MVPs) coming to know the new or updated functions? I know that folks can check out newsgroups or ask questions, but someone *must* know the new functionality at the outset. I can't see anyone reading a manual from beginning to end, nor can I see anyone pressing each of the menus/toolbars in various combinations, almost at random, to see what's new. I suppose the ideal situation is for MS to publish a (relatively) short document stating what's new or updated from the immediate predecessor. Does that happen? Is it one large document which covers Office or are there separate documents which cover Word, Excel etc. separately? Thank you. |
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The next version of Word
Its generally covered in pc mags, once the product is finalised, otherwise
look on ms site "Popeye" wrote in message ... Hi everyone I'm aware that there have been several versions of Word within the Office suite and each builds on the functionality of the previous one. I guess that there will be a further version coming to supersede Word 2003. What's the mechanism of "ordinary" users (rather than professionals or MVPs) coming to know the new or updated functions? I know that folks can check out newsgroups or ask questions, but someone *must* know the new functionality at the outset. I can't see anyone reading a manual from beginning to end, nor can I see anyone pressing each of the menus/toolbars in various combinations, almost at random, to see what's new. I suppose the ideal situation is for MS to publish a (relatively) short document stating what's new or updated from the immediate predecessor. Does that happen? Is it one large document which covers Office or are there separate documents which cover Word, Excel etc. separately? Thank you. |
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The next version of Word
So MS provide a comprehensive list of new or updated functionality? That's
reassuring! I'm just completing some assessments in Office 2003 and want to make sure that I keep "up to speed" when the next version comes out. "DL" wrote: Its generally covered in pc mags, once the product is finalised, otherwise look on ms site |
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The next version of Word
Shauna Kelly has a page of links to information about Office 2007, including
where to find reasonably detailed information (bear in mind that it's still in Beta 1). http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/Office2007/index.html -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Popeye wrote: Hi everyone I'm aware that there have been several versions of Word within the Office suite and each builds on the functionality of the previous one. I guess that there will be a further version coming to supersede Word 2003. What's the mechanism of "ordinary" users (rather than professionals or MVPs) coming to know the new or updated functions? I know that folks can check out newsgroups or ask questions, but someone *must* know the new functionality at the outset. I can't see anyone reading a manual from beginning to end, nor can I see anyone pressing each of the menus/toolbars in various combinations, almost at random, to see what's new. I suppose the ideal situation is for MS to publish a (relatively) short document stating what's new or updated from the immediate predecessor. Does that happen? Is it one large document which covers Office or are there separate documents which cover Word, Excel etc. separately? Thank you. |
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The next version of Word
I suppose the ideal situation is for MS to publish a (relatively) short
document stating what's new or updated from the immediate predecessor. Does that happen? Increasingly, yes, online. Microsoft is seeing the need to become far more transparent about upgrading their products. Rather than just arriving in the marketplace with the next version ready to go, they're now allowing those who are interested (even those who are not official beta testers under NDAs) to follow their products in development. For example, see http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...ighlights.mspx for updates on Word 2007. -- Regards John Waller |
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The next version of Word
And since the new UI is the biggest news about what's new in Word 2007,
users should be aware of Jensen Harris's blog on this topic at http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/. He recently reprised his series of articles on "Why the New UI?" -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Shauna Kelly has a page of links to information about Office 2007, including where to find reasonably detailed information (bear in mind that it's still in Beta 1). http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/Office2007/index.html -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Popeye wrote: Hi everyone I'm aware that there have been several versions of Word within the Office suite and each builds on the functionality of the previous one. I guess that there will be a further version coming to supersede Word 2003. What's the mechanism of "ordinary" users (rather than professionals or MVPs) coming to know the new or updated functions? I know that folks can check out newsgroups or ask questions, but someone *must* know the new functionality at the outset. I can't see anyone reading a manual from beginning to end, nor can I see anyone pressing each of the menus/toolbars in various combinations, almost at random, to see what's new. I suppose the ideal situation is for MS to publish a (relatively) short document stating what's new or updated from the immediate predecessor. Does that happen? Is it one large document which covers Office or are there separate documents which cover Word, Excel etc. separately? Thank you. |
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