Try the new Microsoft Office Live!!!

Microsoft has launched an online preview of its new Office software,as part of efforts to drum up more interest in the future release.Microsoft plans to release its Office 2007-which includes new versions of applications such as Microsoft Word,Excel,Powerpoint-to consumers early next year. The goal of the onlin preview is to let people play around with the software without going through the trouble of downloading the large beta versions,which are less reliable then final products. Still,to use the online demonstrations,users may need to download a plug-in and must register with the company.A big challenge for Redmond-based Microsoft is convincing users to buy a new version of the Office software when many might just think that their current versions works just fine.

To download the new Office,visit www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/testdrive.mspx .