Microsoft Announces Office 2010 Starter Starter to Replace Works; Available Free of Charge

One of the best software solutions ever to have been released by
Microsoft is the Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft is well aware of
that. With Windows 7 coming soon we re bound to also see Office 2010
emerge. And Redmond has decided to make available a Starter version of
Office 2010 which is supposed to replace Microsoft Works be available
totally free.

So what will the Starter version have to offer? According to Microsoft
the starter will come with limited features and you can expect it to
deal just with Excel and Word documents. If you think you can go ahead
and install Starter on your computer and immediately start working on
your spreadsheets and documents for free, then you d be a little wrong.
In fact, the Starter version will be part of the Office 2010 family and
it will be available only on new computers.

If you hated Works for various reasons then you ll be happy to know that
Office Starter edition is a totally redesigned piece of software. The
Starter edition has full file compatibility with Office documents and
comes with the �Ribbon � user interface. Furthermore Microsoft is
considering offering an ad-supported version, which would run in a web
browser window.

As you can see, Microsoft is trying to innovate and we, faithful Office
users, should really appreciate it. But wait, there s even more!
Microsoft will start selling Product Key Cards in various electronic
stores. These cards will be used to activate the Office 2010 copy
already pre-installed on new PCs.

One more interesting feature Microsoft is going to introduce is the
�Click to Run. � Basically you ll be able to stream and immediately use
Office 2010 just like you normally do with video downloads. The PC will
initially download the stuff needed to get you going while the bulk of
the download will be available later on as everything will be quietly
downloaded in the background. That way you ll be able to start your
Office 2010 trials almost immediately after initializing the download.
Whenever you will decide to keep using Office 2010 you ll have to get
one of those Key Cards to activate it.

What do you think? Anxious to try Office and Office Starter 2010 for
yourself?