Microsoft Office 2010 is the upcoming version of the popular Microsoft Office suite is in testing stage and the public beta is expected to be available some time later this year. Meanwhile Microsoft has posted some screenshots of the look and feel of the new version of Office. There are many changes to the new version when compared to Office 2007. Here are some of the screenshots of Outlook 2010.

Microsoft Office 2010 will also include a web based version of Office (like Google Docs) along with Visio 2010 and Project 2010 for project management. The online version of Office 2010 will include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.

Here's a quick visual guide to some of the new features of Microsoft Office 2010 that you're likely to find useful once you get access to the software.
1. Save Office Documents to the Cloud
With Microsoft Office 2010, you can directly upload documents to your Windows Live SkyDrive account and access them from any other computer.

SkyDrive provides 25 GB of free online storage and, since the service is integrated with Office Web Apps, you can view and edit these documents anywhere in the web browser without requiring Microsoft Office (even on a Mac).

2. Embed Web Videos in your Presentations
With Office 2010, you can easily embed video clips from the Internet into your PowerPoint presentations just the way you embed Flash videos in regular web pages. Just copy the embed code from YouTube (or any other video sharing site) and paste it anywhere on the slide.

3. Quick Steps in Outlook
Gmail includes a useful feature called Send and Archive that performs multiple tasks. When you click this button, it will first send the reply and then archives the thread with one click.

With the new Quick Steps feature in Outlook, you can create a sequence of commands (Send & Archive is just one example) and apply them to any Outlook item with a click. For instance, here's a quick step for "Send and Delete" which would delete the email from your inbox after you've replied.

4. Built-in PDF Writer
All Office 2010 programs include a built-in PDF writer to help you save documents into the PDF format with a click. Earlier, you had to download an add-on separately but now PDF support is native.

5. Document printing made simple!
With Office 2010, Microsoft has totally revamped the print dialog and it's a tremendous improvement. For instance, you can tweak printer settings (like page margins, etc.) and preview the changes side-by-side.

6. Broadcast Slideshows within PowerPoint
This is probably my favorite new feature of PowerPoint 2010. You can deliver live presentations over the web from within PowerPoint and anyone in the world can view your presentation using a web browser. It just works.

7. Video Editing meets PowerPoint
Do you want to trim some parts of a video clip before using it in your presentation? Or do you want to apply professional styles to a video (like reflection coupled with 3D rotation) so that your audience stay glued longer? Well, that's easy because PowerPoint 2010 now includes some very strong video editing features.

8. Distribute your slides as video
PowerPoint 2010 can convert your presentation into a video file that you may upload on to YouTube or distribute on a portable media player like the iPod. The video conversion happens in the background so you can continue using PowerPoint while the video is being created.

9. Built-in Screen Capture
All Office 2010 programs now include a screen clipping utility to help you quickly capture any area of the desktop screen. The tool will automatically take screenshots of all open applications on your desktop (that are not in minimized state) and you can insert them directly into your document or presentation.

10. Outlook gets social
When you open an email message inside Outlook 2010, it will show you related information such as email attachments, pictures, meeting requests and all previous email messages that you may have exchanged with that person (something like Xobni).

Important: Before installing Office 2010
1. If you are installing Office 2010 beta for the first time, the default settings will upgrade your existing copy of Microsoft Office. You can however customize this setting and install Office 2010 alongside an older version of Office.
2. If you already have Office 2010 Technical Preview on your computer, make sure you totally uninstall this edition before attempting to installing Office 14 beta. In case you still have trouble installing Office, use the cleanup utility to remove all traces of the previous version of Office from your system.

Limitations: 60 days trial

The license of this software is Free Trial Software, the price is $449, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of Microsoft Office, you can buy this office suite software software.