The new Office 2013 includes numerous improvements that will positively impact your productivity. But if I were to resume that extensive list, I'd say that Office 2013 is about touch and sharing. Barely a month ago, Microsoft announced Windows 8, its Surface tablets and Windows Phone 8. All of them powered by the new Windows 8 Metro interface. It's only natural that the Office suite of applications follows the metro trend and that is exactly what Microsoft did with Office 2013. A touch friendly interface for Word, Outlook, Excel, Onenote and Powerpoint. The new interface will also work perfectly with the good old mouse and keyboard.
There will be two versions of the software available. There's the Office 2013 for desktop as we know it and Office 365. The latter lets you use Office 2013 on any machine and access your files anywhere provided you have an internet connection. By default your files will be saved to the cloud and Microsoft will be selling Skydrive storage along with it.
Three editions of Office 365 will be available:
Office 365 Home Premium — designed for families and consumers. This service also includes an additional 20 GB of SkyDrive storage and 60 minutes of Skype world minutes per month.
Office 365 Small Business Premium — designed for small businesses. This service also includes business-grade email, shared calendars, website tools and HD webconferencing.
Office 365 ProPlus — designed for enterprise customers who want advanced business capabilities and the flexibility to deploy and manage in the cloud.
Skype integration will also be included in the final release of the product sometime next year. No definite date was announced during yesterday's webcast.
Office Home and Student 2013 RT will be included in Windows RT. Therefore, ARM based devices will have Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. A strong selling point for Windows RT.
For more info about Office 2013, check out Microsoft Press release.
Customer preview available here.
Three editions of Office 365 will be available:
Office 365 Home Premium — designed for families and consumers. This service also includes an additional 20 GB of SkyDrive storage and 60 minutes of Skype world minutes per month.
Office 365 Small Business Premium — designed for small businesses. This service also includes business-grade email, shared calendars, website tools and HD webconferencing.
Office 365 ProPlus — designed for enterprise customers who want advanced business capabilities and the flexibility to deploy and manage in the cloud.
Skype integration will also be included in the final release of the product sometime next year. No definite date was announced during yesterday's webcast.
Office Home and Student 2013 RT will be included in Windows RT. Therefore, ARM based devices will have Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. A strong selling point for Windows RT.
For more info about Office 2013, check out Microsoft Press release.
Customer preview available here.
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