Sure, Microsoft is pushing Office 2013 and its subscription-only sibling Office 365 on consumers, but it hasn't totally dropped support for Microsoft Office 2010.
In fact, the Service Pack 2 public beta for Office 2010 is now live, and you can try it out.
"The Beta build of Service Pack 2 is dated April 8th of 2013 and comes in a 32bit flavor for Office 2010 (1,759.51 MB) as well as a 64bit flavor for Office 2010 (1,954.7 MB)," WinBeta writes.
But that's not all there is to it. Microsoft isn't revealing exactly what's changes in this version, except to say that they've improved performance and stability, as well as compatibility with Internet explorer 10 and Windows 8.
"This service pack beta includes previously unreleased fixes that were made specifically for this service pack. In addition to general product fixes, these fixes include improvements in stability, performance, and security as well as compatibility with Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Internet Explorer 10. The service pack beta also includes all the public updates and cumulative updates (hotfixes) that have been released since Service Pack 1. A full list of fixes will be available at the time of final release," Microsoft wrote in a release.
The date of that final release is still up in the air, though the public beta for SP2 expires Dec. 31 of this year, so it's likely it will be sometime before that.
"Service Pack 2 is valid for Office 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, Office 2010 Language Pack, and Office 2010 Filter Pack," says WinBeta.
Of course, since Microsoft seems to have stopped selling Office 2010 altogether, this is really just for people who don't plan on upgrading to Office 2013 or purchasing a monthly subscription to Office 365 anytime soon.
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