Some extracts from Randall's review of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft Office 2010.

Another neat feature, Quick Steps, allows you to stitch together a series of common actions and to assign them as a single button to a dedicated section of the primary Ribbon surface. It's a great way to streamline repetitive tasks, like moving all messages from "xyz@123.com" to a specific folder, without requiring that you define a custom rule or macro

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For the first time, Microsoft is offering a 64-bit version of Office. It's a clear nod to the success of the x64 edition of Windows Vista and tacit recognition of the fact that the 32-bit world's days are indeed numbered. And while I doubt that many casual users will feel a need to stretch Office's newfound 64-bit legs, I can think of a few Wall Street shops that will be thrilled to get their hands on an even beefier Excel for running those multigigabyte Monte Carlo simulations they just can't live without.