>Hmmmm, I may change my mind.
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>Do you know if it makes itself the "primary" Office system (as when installing Office 2000 or Office XP I told it to keep my old ones around but it completely removed them from Start-->Programs and I had to find them and make Shortcuts for them). I'd hope that a beta leaves the "production" versions alone and makes me make shortcuts for the beta version.

I've been using Office 11 Beta since it first came out and am really enjoying the new features in Outlook. As for stability, Outlook is a little buggy, but still usable, and there is a refresh version to be posted soon.

As for "production" versions, Office 11 will replace Office 10 as the default way to open files in Windows Explorer. You may have to modify the file extensions Open and Edit behaviors to restore the use of Office 10 applications. Alternatively, you can open the application itself and then File | Open to get to your DOC or XLS file.