Microsoft has devised a way to introduce new PC buyers to its Office productivity suite through a "Starter" edition. The company has developed a "reduced functionality" version of Office called ...

Microsoft announced today that it will abandon its decades-old Works entry-level suite, and will instead offer a stripped-down, advertising-supported version of Office 2010 on new PCs next year.

Microsoft released a bunch of public betas of various Office 2010 products this week. But it also released another one under non-disclosure to a select group of testers: Office Starter 2010. Microsoft ...

Office Starter 2010 comprises Word Starter 2010 and Excel Starter 2010, stripped down versions of the major components of the suite. Exactly how stripped down has yet to be seen, but according to ...

More information is coming in from various testers regarding the Office Starter 2010 build that Microsoft released to a group of selected testers late last week. Office Starter 2010 is the ...

Microsoft today announced new ways for consumers to try and buy Office 2010, the next version of the company's productivity suite slated for release in the first half of next year. The company ...

Microsoft has announced that it will revamp the way in which it offers its Office productivity suite to consumers via the introduction of a free, ad-supported offering that will be pre-loaded by PC ...

Microsoft Works, which is frequently offered as part of new PCs, is about to meet its end. Instead, in an interesting move, Microsoft announced it will allow OEMs to install the entire Office 2010 ...