MS Office 2010 Open Beta

Microsoft has announced that an open beta for Microsoft Office 10 is now available. The new beta requires the typical Microsoft rigmarole to download that includes getting a license key, registering for or signing into your Live or Passport account and then waiting the eternity it will take to get the 684MB download started and finished. There will be hoards of users vying to the downloads so expect significant delays in the download process.

What's Included:

Word
OneNote
InfoPath
PowerPoint
Access
SharePoint
Workspace
Outlook
Publisher
Communicator
Excel


Available here guys: http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx

Couldnt see anything about backward or forward compatibility between Old - New (visa versa)