Office 14

[WinNoobGEEK]

it seems that no one has been discussing about office 14, not much buzz compared to the previous release. perhaps news could be posted here.

[Crazysah]

What exactly is Office 14?

[Minimoose]

Microsoft Office 14 ("Office 14" for short) is the working title for the next version of the Microsoft Office System productivity suite for Microsoft Windows. It entered development during 2006 while Microsoft was finishing work on Microsoft Office 12, which was released as the 2007 Microsoft Office System. The major version number 13 has been skipped presumably due to triskaidekaphobia. As of February 14, 2007, it is expected that Office 14 will ship in the first half of 2009 though this date has neither been confirmed nor denied by Microsoft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_14

[CPressland]

Dude, not for another three years AT LEAST!

They should make an attempt to try and fix their current products first. Office 2008 for example

[Rudy]

Why did they skip Office 13? scared of the number 13?

[+John. Subscriber¹]

Why did they skip Office 13? scared of the number 13?

Exactly that.

14 won't even appear on the Radar for at least 18 months, give them time. 2007 is still relatively new, and they're still making good money off it.

[sanctified Veteran]

Wasnt Office 2008 (Mac) Office 13?

[+John. Subscriber¹]

Wasnt Office 2008 (Mac) Office 13?

Office 2008 is still v12, only it's on the Mac Development Ladder. The same type of features are developed in each release (ie Office 2007= Office 2008 on the Mac.)

[C_Guy]

Dude, not for another three years AT LEAST!

They should make an attempt to try and fix their current products first. Office 2008 for example

Already done. Get the update and stop complaining.

[what]

Why did they skip Office 13? scared of the number 13?

Yep. Some hotels don't have a room number 13, and some skyscrapers apparently don't even have a 13th floor :p

I'm personally not in any rush to see Office 14. I love 2007.

[Impact]

I don't see what's missing from 2007, that we should be so excited to see in office 14.

[Chris123NT]

Exactly that.

14 won't even appear on the Radar for at least 18 months, give them time. 2007 is still relatively new, and they're still making good money off it.

It will probably appear before that. I believe the current strategy is to RTM Office 14 around the same time they RTM Windows 7 so they can have a mega launch event for both products at the same time.

[XerXis]

what's there to discuss? afaik there is no information about it

[J400uk]

Nothing to discuss from what I can see, going to be a very boring release a bit like the huge step up from office 2002 to 2003 (wow colored tool bars!) and microsoft been silly skipping 13 becuase it means bad luck imo.

[Crazysah]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_14

Thanks for the info...

[1Frothy]

I think that nothing much is being said here on neowin, because the product isn't in beta yet.

For me Microsoft will have to do something amazing with Word and Powerpoint before I start caring.

Dude, not for another three years AT LEAST!

They should make an attempt to try and fix their current products first. Office 2008 for example

:laugh: Riiight. Actually I bet Office "14" will ship in about 12 to 18 months time.

Three years? LOL

Fix current office products? LOL

What's wrong with Office 2007?

[wikerman]

Microsoft 13 was released in January for MAC, now Office 14 is rumored to be released in 2009 early 2010

[Crazysah]

Where did you hear that wikerman?

[wikerman]

Microsoft Tech Beta Support .... I work w/ some guys that deal w/ beta testers.. when they get information they tell me.

[Master_X]

It'll be interesting what they do for a UI in Office 14. Me personally I hate the Ribbon style. It's big and it's not easy to find what your looking for, especially for complex items, at first until you get a idea of where everything is. I personally like the compactness of menus and feel it's easier to find things in menus.

I know many people will disagree with this, but oh well..

[+John. Subscriber¹]

Microsoft 13 was released in January for MAC, now Office 14 is rumored to be released in 2009 early 2010

Microsoft Tech Beta Support .... I work w/ some guys that deal w/ beta testers.. when they get information they tell me.

You might want to reconsider that source.

An update for Office 2008 just came out, v12.0.1.

Hence, Office 2008 is v12, exactly the same as Office 2007, only it's on the mac.

[Crazysah]

Thanks for that information John... Any updates for Office 2007?

[Rudy]

Microsoft 13 was released in January for MAC, now Office 14 is rumored to be released in 2009 early 2010

wrong, the mac version never bumped the Office version number, they skipped 13

[night_stalker_z]

Yep. Some hotels don't have a room number 13, and some skyscrapers apparently don't even have a 13th floor :p

I'm personally not in any rush to see Office 14. I love 2007.

So floors 12 and 14 are joined by some invisible force? :o

[Scirwode]

Microsoft 13 was released in January for MAC, now Office 14 is rumored to be released in 2009 early 2010

There is no Office 13 for both Windows and Mac as Microsoft skipped it for superstitious reasons. I'm not really in a hurry for a new Office as the current one is the best one there is. It will be pretty hard for Microsoft to top it but I'm confident with the Office team that they'll be able to do it.

Scirwode