Microsoft to unveil Office 2010 in N.O.

By Deon Roberts, Online Editor

In New Orleans today, Microsoft Corp. plans to give a peek at its newest version of Office and the latest versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.

The early peek at Office 2010 is being given at Microsoft’s World Wide Partner Conference, which is being held this week at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center.

Here’s an excerpt from a USA Today blog posting:

Only techies invited by Microsoft will get an up-close look at a “Technical Preview” of Office 2010. A beta or test version that’s open to the public isn’t likely until the Fall, still well ahead of the expected spring or summer release.•