Images: New looks for Vista, Office

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  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates

    The September 2005 edition of Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference gets under way with a keynote address by Bill Gates and a "live preview" of the next version of Office.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Office 12 Word

    Office 12 Word

    With the next version of Office--currently dubbed Office 12--Microsoft plans to change the user interface to better fit the task a person is performing. The new look will apply to Word (shown here), PowerPoint, Excel, Access and parts of Outlook.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Office 12 PowerPoint

    Office 12 PowerPoint

    In the Office 12 version of PowerPoint, Microsoft is promising that users will see contextual tabs that present specialized features as needed.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Office 12 Excel

    Office 12 Excel

    Excel screen shot. The first test version of Office 12 is due in fall 2005, and the finished product in the second half of 2006.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Office 12 Access

    Office 12 Access

    Screen shot of the Access program in Office 12.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Vista sidebar

    Vista sidebar

    At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft demonstrated an updated test version of Windows Vista, including its "sidebar" feature.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Sync Center

    Sync Center

    Sync Center APIs (application programming interfaces) are intended to make synchronization work more consistent and more centralized. Microsoft notes that the icons are not yet finalized.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Vista chess

    Vista chess

    The Vista release of Windows isn't all about work.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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Bill Gates kicks off Microsoft's developer confab in LA with updates on Windows Vista and Office 12.

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Bill Gates

The September 2005 edition of Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference gets under way with a keynote address by Bill Gates and a "live preview" of the next version of Office.

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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