Jeff Raikes, the senior vice president in charge of the Office division at Microsoft, said that the trial, or beta, version of Office 12 would be ready by the end of this year, followed by the full launch next year.

Microsoft is betting that its next releases of Windows, code-named Longhorn and Office will drive a new wave of personal computer upgrades.

Office, which began as a suite of word processing, spreadsheet, presentation as well as calendar and contacts programs, has expanded to include about a dozen programs for sending instant messages, exchanging Web-based data, holding virtual Web meetings and handling other business tasks.

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