Re: Is it still possible to download the Office 2007 beta?

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No, the beta software has been withdrawn and probably destroyed since Office has been released to Volume/Enterprise and MSDN customers. Wait until the first of next month for trial editions to be made available.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Robert E asked:

| Having downloaded and signed up for the original Beta I have since
| lost one of my drives that contained the key and the file. Is there a
| way to get them both again?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| As the beta has ended, the beta 2 files are no longer generally
|| available.
||
|| --Â?
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, mps asked:
||
||| When I try to get it from Microsoft, after I choose the download
||| site, I get "This site is no longer available. Please click here
||| www.microsoft.com to be redirected to Microsoft." There is a note
||| that downloads are still available on a cost recovery basis (which
||| I'm happy to do).
|||
||| Any suggestions?
|||
||| Thanks,
|||
||| Mike
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