Microsoft Offering Free Trial of Office XP
4/3/2001 -- Need some hands-on experience for those upcoming MOUS Office XP betas? Microsoft is currently offering U.S. customers a free "trial" version of Office XP.
Consumers must pay a $9.95 shipping and handling fee to receive the 30-day version of the upcoming Professional suite (see below). It can be ordered at http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/default.htm.
Microsoft also announced further details on the retail versions of Office XP, which will hit stores May 31:
| SUITE NAME |
CONTAINS |
UPGRADE PRICE (US) |
FULL PRICE (US) |
| Microsoft Office XP Standard |
Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint 2002 |
$239 |
$479 |
|
Microsoft Office XP Professional
|
All of above plus Access 2002 |
$329 |
$579 |
Microsoft Office XP Professional Special Edition
(special offer -- limited availability) |
All of the above plus FrontPage 2002, SharePoint Team Services, Publisher 2002, Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer.
|
n/a |
$479 |
| Microsoft Office XP Developer |
Everything in the Professional suite plus FrontPage 2002, SharePoint Team Services and other professional tools for developers. |
$549 |
$799 |
Hardware manufacturers pre-installing Office XP on new PCs will offer one of two suites:
| SUITE NAME |
CONTAINS |
| Microsoft Office XP Small Business |
Word, Excel, Outlook and Publisher 2002 |
|
Microsoft Office XP Professional with Publisher
|
Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access 2002 |
For more information on Microsoft Office XP, please click here.  -B.N.
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