Office 12 goodness: press release, Julie Larson video on Channel 9, screen shots, and more screen shots. I like the sound of "Office 12". Simple and to the point, although it will probably become "Office Vista" or something. If I send Chris Pratley a few pounds of notebook-shaped candy, can I get into the beta?

First thing that came to mind when I saw those new tabs and grouped functions was that there will be a lot more mouse - and wrist, and pen - travel to cover all the functions, as compared to the traditional menus, which usually generally span only one third to one half of the width of a screen. Interesting. How about left handed folks? Will the tabs invert?