Microsoft's Office 11 nears beta
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft is moving closer to the release of the first beta for Office 11, the next version of its Office XP productivity suite. Sources told eWEEK on Wednesday that the Redmond, Wash., software firm this week notified those testers who have been accepted into the Office 11 Individual Evaluation Program for the upcoming Office 11 beta. The testers were told that they would "be hearing more about the beta soon" and that the Microsoft Office team was "very excited about this next version of Office and think you will be also," sources said. He also said it would feature far greater use of XML and Web services for reporting, analyzing, importing and exporting information-particularly in Outlook and Excel.