anybody know if M$ are now accepting a betatester?

For which program? Office 11 beta 2 was accepting beta testers recently- use the search function and search for office 11 beta and you will probably find it. Also try a search on microsoft.com for beta tests, you will find some on there

I' ve signed for office one-note

h**t://register.microsoft.com/regsys/regsys.asp?wizid=6211&lcid=1033

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