Via Tech News and Michael some interesting passages about the future of Office:
"Takeshi Numoto, a senior director of Microsoft Office System, said that the Office team is looking at how best to incorporate peer-to-peer collaboration capabilities from recently acquired Groove Networks Inc. into Office 12. The new version of Office will allow corporate users to securely connect with a trusted partner outside their companies` firewall to share documents."
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"In addition, Office`s Excel component will let users create real-time visual dashboards and score cards directly from the data in spreadsheets and then share that business intelligence in a central Microsoft Office SharePoint portal site or work space, Numoto said."
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"Office of the future
* Existing PowerPoint design templates to be increased and elevated and allow more customization
* Inclusion of peer-to-peer collaboration capabilities from recently acquired Groove Networks
* Excel will let users create real-time visual dashboards and score cards directly from the data within their spreadsheets
* An Office 12 deliverable will let central archival or expiration policies be created against certain document types"
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