Could Office 12 be "Office Mondo"

[Mr. Dee]

Well, I stumbled on this little bit of information on http://www.extended64.com/blogs/rafael/default.aspx

Just in case you don't have super vision like me, here's the text from image one/two:

Microsoft? Office Word 12 [pre-release](12.0.3224.20000) MSO (12.0.3224.2006) BETAPart of Microsoft Office Mondo 12>

Unpublished work. Copyright ? 1983-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Image three is the most blurry photo I've taken in my life. It's a shot of the new application settings window buried within' each Office suite application. Enjoy, if you can.

Check out the screenshots of Word Help About 12 here

Sorry if this has been posted already

[NeoXY]

probabely just another code name that will be droped like what MS did with Longhorn..

[amrinders87]

probabely just another code name that will be droped like what MS did with Longhorn..

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I hope so. cause Mondo just doesnt sound that good.

[GoogleNinja]

Mondo? Where does Microsoft get their codenames from?

[Commodore Max]

Mondo ?

...

Mondo ?

Good god that sucks ! :blink:

[soypowered]

Interesting. But Mondo is too lame. Even for Microsoft.

[Mr. Dee]

Very unique name I must say, couldn't find the meaning in the Encarta dictionary, so I googled. The name means either "World" or "Enormous". This could mean Office 12 is giving you a bigger view of your information to make sense of with new ways to manipulate, share it while at the same time have more control over it.

Also, "Office 12" is already the codename, and it has always been that way, as long as I can remember. I think Office 2000 was code name Office 99 though.

Edited September 28, 2005 by Mr. Dee

[stgeorge]

Geez, this is the same company who came up with the lame "Vista". "Mondo" is just as craptacular, so I fully expect it to be the final title.

[Angel Blue01]

Another office release to skip, bad name.

[BigCheese]

Another office release to skip, bad name.

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You're skipping it because of a name that may not even be the final name?

Strange person.

[dL]

Just call it Office 12. Sounds good. Microsoft Office Vista is not too bad either.

dL

[Crackler]

Just call it Office 12.  Sounds good.  Microsoft Office Vista is not too bad either.

dL

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:yes:

[amrinders87]

You're skipping it because of a name that may not even be the final name?

Strange person.

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LOL

I care more about the features, rather than the name.

[.Neo]

Another office release to skip, bad name.

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That's a bit drastic...

But you're right it is a really bad name! And wasn't there a level in Super Mario World called "Mondo"?

[+Peewee210 Subscriber¹]

Just call it Office 12.  Sounds good.  Microsoft Office Vista is not too bad either.

dL

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I agree. Keep it Simply

Office 2006

Office 12

Office Vista

All sound good To Me! :)

[Mr. Dee]

Another office release to skip, bad name.

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I guess you are one of those users who only use 10% of the features in Office anyway.

[Nexus-]

Very unique name I must say, couldn't find the meaning in the Encarta dictionary, so I googled. The name means either "World" or "Enormous". This could mean Office 12 is giving you a bigger view of your information to make sense of with new ways to manipulate, share it while at the same time have more control over it.

Also, "Office 12" is already the codename, and it has always been that way, as long as I can remember. I think Office 2000 was code name Office 99 though.

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and thus office 12 will be named office 2006 or maybe 07 but i doubt it. just like we know for a fact that longhorn server will be windows server 2007 even tho they havent said it yet ;)

[Angel Blue01]

I guess you are one of those users who only use 10% of the features in Office anyway.

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Actually I'm skipping because it doesn't offer anything I need, new name aside. I still use Office 2000 because its all I need.

[Koolslacker]

I like Windows Vista, but Mondo is not a name. I really hope this is either fake or just a codename.l

[benjeeeboy]

Well, this could be the second title in a series of spanish names.

Vista, Mondo, ....

[NienorGT]

They wanted to beat Vista in Bad names I guess...

And Mondo would be Italian not spanish...

http://www.answers.com/mondo

[Kr0z]

If they call it mondo, I'm switching to openoffice or corel office or something ungodly like that. :|

[TruckWEB]

Vista = Sight

Mondo = World

See the world with Microsoft! Enjoy Vista and Mondo and be productive!

[Mr. Dee]

and thus office 12 will be named office 2006 or maybe 07 but i doubt it. just like we know for a fact that longhorn server will be windows server 2007 even tho they havent said it yet  ;)

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What about Office 10? Everyone thought the suite was going to be christened Office 2002, but was named Office XP instead. Even Paul Thurrott thought it was going to be named Office 2001.

The recent release of Office 10 Beta 1 has unearthed a slew of new features, including a subscription software service, voice control, and numerous simplification improvements that will help shape this release into a compelling upgrade over Office 2000. Office 10 Beta 1, which Microsoft now says will be called Office 2001 or Office 2002 when it ships, includes the client software, an Office Web Server, the Office Resource Kit, two Language Packs CDs, and a ClipArt CD

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/office10_beta1.asp

[petroid]

What about Office 10? Everyone thought the suite was going to be christened Office 2002, but was named Office XP instead. Even Paul Thurrott thought it was going to be named Office 2001.

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/office10_beta1.asp

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Actually, a lot of the documentation for Office XP still refers to it as Office 2002 :).