Microsoft Office 2013 Preview
Is Office 2013 a next-generation leap forward or a stop-gap?
Microsoft's Office 2013 reaches its public Consumer Preview milestone yesterday, available for end users to test on Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs. Microsoft is calling its Office 2013 suite, codenamed Office 15, a "modern" version of the software that is used on a billion PCs worldwide. Cloud-connected and designed to work well on Windows 8 tablets, Office 2013 signals a shift to document collaboration and anywhere any device access. Notably, Microsoft is introducing an on-demand subscription version of Office 2013 that can be streamed from any Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC, with the ability to sync settings and documents.
Features Highlights
- Cloud-powered Office 2013
- Word 2013 - Full PDF support out of the box, embed web video in word documents
- Excel 2013 - Apps for Excel web integration
- PowerPoint 2013
- Outlook 2013
- OneNote 2013 - OneNote desktop and Metro style apps for Windows 8
Cloud-powered Office 2013
Perhaps the biggest change to Office 2013 isn't the way it looks or its features, but rather the way documents are delivered along with some important under-the-hood changes. Microsoft is really pushing the ability to create a Word document on a Windows PC and edit it on a Windows Phone, Windows 8 tablet, or any Windows 7- or Windows 8-based PC with an internet connection. Home users can store documents in Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage and businesses can use a range of the company's SharePoint offerings. Office 2013’s big innovation is its ability to let users stream a full-featured version of Office to a PC with personal settings intact — an on-demand Office suite whenever you require it.
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