Posts Tagged PowerPoint

Office 2010 – Test it for yourself

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A lot of people tried the Tech Preview of Office 2010 and liked it.  However, you needed to be on a list to get the invite to the TP.  Well, I’m happy to announce – just like Windows 7 – the beta of Office 2010 is PUBLIC!! Even better yet, you get more tools than you did with the Tech Preview…So without further adieu here are some links that will be helpful in making you help us make Office 2010 just as good as Windows 7!

Office 2010’s Jumping Page – http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx

Office 2010 Professional Plus Download (64 bit) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=600c2142-abc3-4fea-9271-0c326c45dc8f 
*NOTE: There are 32 and 64 bit versions available to run on both architectures, however strangely enough on the website it says “we recommend 32-bit which runs great on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows”…?

Office 2010 Pro Plus (32 bit) – http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx

Visio 2010 Download (64 bit) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=90573fc9-25ab-42bb-a922-c2aca21ac094

Visio 2010 Download (32 bit) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c2163171-4172-4d0a-9f14-2e6da16c027f&displaylang=en

Visio 2010 Viewer (both x86 and x64) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f9ed50b0-c7df-4fb8-89f8-db2932e624f7

Project 2010 Beta Download (32 bit) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3b5f07ce-020a-4800-885e-cb621f21435b

Project 2010 Beta Download (64 bit) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c16b7d16-3fec-4cf4-b72e-18e317ca68a5

SharePoint Foundation Server 2010 (formerly known as WSS) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=906c9f5a-6505-4eba-bf24-95e423ac1703

SharePoint Enterprise Server 2010 – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=77c30c6c-47fc-416d-88e7-8122534b3f37

SharePoint Designer (64 bit) = http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=eeda9ab1-ac53-4870-9e1c-38940343d677

SharePoint Designer (32 bit) = http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=82df15bd-16a5-460e-a7c4-22599c669bb1&displaylang=en

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Happy 25th Birthday PowerPoint

PowerPointlogo One of the things that most of us in technology seem to hate – PowerPoint presentations…why?  They all put us to sleep and there is usually no dynamics aside of the slide transition as part of the presentation.  Well, albeit a Microsoft technology, for once big blue isn’t to blame for PowerPoint…It seems it was called Presentation 25 years ago and was the brain wave of Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin. 

Albeit, as boring as it may be, Gaskins and Austin got a hefty $14 million for it in August 1987 from Microsoft.  It began to be used publically on laptops (according to sources) February 25, 1992 and by 1993 it was the leader in presentation software and today is used by 95% of all presentations.  To date annual sales are on average $100 million, so not a bad purchase 22 years ago.

At any rate, happy 25th birthday PowerPoint!

For more information, see a complete article over on the Beeb’s website

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