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“It gave Android its face, its font, and finally one OS for phones and tablets alike.”
“Smart tags, task panes, and a decade of documents: rest easy, Office 10.”
Microsoft Office XP, codenamed Office 10, arrived for Windows in 2001 after development wrapped on March 2 — a date the team hit from the very start, a small miracle of project management in its own right. It brought smart tags that recognized text and suggested actions, a task pane that put popular commands within easy reach, and new collaboration support for MSN Groups and SharePoint. Microsoft also took reliabilit
After a long run that began with its release to manufacturing in March 2001 and retail availability that May, Office XP was discontinued in 2011. It even had a Mac cousin, Microsoft Office v. X, released that November for OS X. A decade of spreadsheets, memos, and last-minute term papers passed through its hands before it quietly stepped aside.
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“It gave Android its face, its font, and finally one OS for phones and tablets alike.”
“Sliced from the lineup in 2009, but the peel kept coming back.”
“The party ended, but we all remember whose set it was.”