Beta of Office more widely available
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft has announced general availability of an update to the latest trial version of its Office software. The software giant last week issued a "technical refresh" for the second beta version of Office 2003, the company's high-profile revamp of the market-leading package of productivity applications. The refresh initially was available only to a select group of 10,000 "technical" testers. The company on Monday made it available to all 600,000 beta testers.
As previously reported, the update is available only as a download from Microsoft's Office update site, even though most beta testers received their initial software on CDs. The download for the refresh can be as large as 400MB for testers trying out all the applications included in Microsoft's newly rebranded Office System.