Microsoft Office 2007

March 20, 2007 on 7:15 am | In Web/Tech |

As most of you have probably seen, Microsoft recently released Office 2007. I was one of the beta testers…and found the new version to have its ups and downs. For “ups” I really like the changes to Outlook, for instance better integrating to-do lists into the email pane. For “downs” I found the new XML file format annoying (dreading file conversion nightmares, clients who can’t open files, etc.) and, probably most annoying, how the menus and tabs were rearranged (what a pain to have to hunt around to find the function you want). Neither are real deal killers…and I’ll be upgrading soon from Office 2003 to Office 2007.

I beta test software for fun…I’ll install and try anything. No rewards needed…I just enjoy trying new things.

Thus, you can imagine my surprise when I received a package from Microsoft yesterday. The letter in the package from Microsoft noted that:

…we appreciate all of the hard work that our Technology Adoption Program and technical Beta testers have contributed to the 2007 Office system technical Beta. We learned a great deal from all of you…

The Office product team wishes to express our sincere gratitude for the work you put into this effort and the bugs which were exposed through your testing. Enclosed, please find a small token of our appreciation for the time and effort you gave as a technical Beta tester. We hope you will display it proudly and realize how very much we appreciate you…

Any guesses as to what the “token” is?

Since they want me to “display it proudly”…why not do it here on my blog? I’ve created a PDF showing it off: Token of Our Appreciation [PDF]

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