Microsoft Office 12 Becomes Office 2007

By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Yesterday Microsoft unveiled details on its upcoming Office suite. Formerly named Office 12, it is now Office 2007. Pricing, based on a document by Microsoft, appears to be similar to current prices. Office 2007 Standard and Office 2007 Professional will be $399 and $499 retail, respectively.

New features will include a new user interface and new XML-based file formats. The Student and Teacher edition is gone and replaced with a $149 Home and Student edition. The Professional Plus and Enterprise editions can only be purchased by businesses through Microsoft’s volume-licensing program.

More details are available in a Microsoft Press Release here.

We Say: There was an initial beta released last year, and there’s one planned for the Spring. You can also register here for a chance to get into Beta 2. I also noticed: FrontPage is gone.