Submitted by: kirkland on Monday November 06th, 2006 at 10:48 PM EST

Microsoft has wrapped up development of its forthcoming Office 2007 productivity suite and released the code to manufacturing.

The application is slated for release to businesses on 30 November, together with Windows Vista and Exchange 2007. The consumer launch is scheduled for early next year.

Office 2007 was originally scheduled for release by "late 2006" but the product's roll out was moved back to coincide with the forthcoming launch of Windows Vista.

The suite's main new feature is a user interface that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates unveiled last year at the Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles.

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