With the 2007 Microsoft Office System scheduled for consumer availability on January 30 2007, the Redmond Company has stepped up the marketing efforts. Initially, Microsoft has offered a wide array of Office 2007 Suites for download together with free 60 days license trials and the adjacent product keys. If you are interested to find out more about the trial licenses of the 2007 Office System and to download the suites then follow this link.

However, the trial Office 2007 suites imply quite consistent downloads. And Microsoft is providing an alternative. Users ca now test drive Office 2007 online. In order to begin testing you have to access the Microsoft Office Online website and follow the instructions presented to you.

The result, as you can see from the adjacent images, is a webpage with a graphical user interface combined between the UI in Windows XP and the office 2007 product you decide to test. However, this is a test drive and therefore comes with limited functionality in a virtual space, unlike the full trial Office 2007 products.

Users will be able to test:

Microsoft Office Access 2007
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
Microsoft Office Visio 2007
Microsoft Office Word 2007