You might have been using or testing Office 2010 till now downloading from un verified sources or differnt sites.The public beta wasnt scheduled by Microsoft.But if you take a look at the Office 2010 beta page,  it has gone live with all kind of useful information for people interested in the beta of Office 2010.The Office 2010 Beta is hosted at http://officebeta.microsoft.com/ and provides links to download Office 2010 Beta or try the Office Web Apps.
The Office Web Apps, the web-based Office productivity suite which serves as free online companions to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and allows users the freedom to view, create, and edit documents from a supported Internet browser (Internet Explorer , Firefox, and Safari), is available and online for a while.

From the Office Beta site, three editions of Office 2010 will be available:

• Office Home and Business 2010 beta with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, and Office Web Apps
• Office Professional 2010 beta with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Publisher and Office Web Apps.
• Office Professional Plus 2010 beta (volume licensing only) with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Publisher, Infopath, Communicator, SharePoint Workspace, and Office Web Apps.

According to Office 2010 Beta FAQ, Office 2010 Beta is available in all of the following languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Chinese (Simplified) and Japanese, and users are allowed to either upgrade from existing previous version of Office apps (except Outlook 2010 or Office SharePoint Workspace 2010 which previously known as Office Groove 2007), or customize to install Office 2010 Beta to coexist the Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP. The beta version of Office 2010 will expire in October 2010, and no longer function after October 31, 2010.

Additionally, the Office 2010 Beta website is also set to become the new Office online companion website which will be hosted on office.com (currently been redirected to Office homepage on microsoft.com). Several contents such as free images and templates as well as getting started guide for new Office 2010 apps in new streamlined format have been posted online, and available for free download.

You can make your self  ready for testing the office 2010 Starter edition which is in Beta by filling out a survey form.This gives you a chance to try out Office 2010 if you haven’t done so.The survey asks what type of computers you use at home, what kind of internet connection you have, and whether you’ve used Office in the past six months. Intriguingly, it also asks if you’ve used Google Docs or OpenOffice in the same time period.Filling out the survey won’t guarantee a place in the 2010 Starter beta program, but it certainly won’t hurt, if you’re itching for a chance to give it a go.

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