Microsoft Office 2010 to feature lightweight web-apps

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Microsoft is announcing Office 2010 today, and while not officially on record yet, tech journos have been expecting Ballmer and co. to announce the software for the better part of a week. TechCrunch just posted a guide to Office 2010, noting the company is rolling out free, lighter weight web-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Taking a quick peek at the screen shots, web-based Word looks extremely similar to its desktop sibling.

UPDATE: CNET says the version being demoed today is an invitation only technical preview, and that we won't see pricing, nor a release date for the web versions anytime soon.

UPDATE 2: And now the invite-only preview is up on Bittorrent for interested parties.

Posted in News wire by Randall Bennett - Filed under: company: Microsoft, Microsoft Office 2010, milestone: Product announcement, office 2010.

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