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Well, as you can probably imagine, I've been up to my eyeballs in Office 2010 for some time now. I love the new features--very smart, very flexible, and they make your work look better faster than ever before. I was always a big fan of the Ribbon (love the open, artsy changes) but this Office puts it a little more under our control. Nice. Plus a number of the features bring some big-impact effects directly into my favorite apps, which is a great perk and timesaver. If you've been on the fence about upgrading from Office 2003, take a close look when the public beta becomes available--the features here are smart, flexible, and freeing. (No kidding--I'm all about working on the fly so I can have free time when I want it.) :)

In the meantime, be sure to visit these blogs from the in-house folks at Microsoft. There's lots of good info on new features, both background and how-to:

• Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering (not as boring as it sounds)
  
• Word team blog
  
• Excel team blog
  
• Powerpoint team blog
  
• Publisher team blog
  
• Outlook team blog
  
• OneNote blog from David Rasmussen (tired yet? lol!)
  
• SharePoint Workspace team blog
  
• Access team blog
  
• Office Web Apps (oh yes they are!)

Enjoy the links and get a glimpse at the beta as soon as you can. It's worth a good solid test drive and a few trips around the block.