Office 2013, come in a variety of versions for home and business users, and you can get the current price and the distribution version here. Office 365 cloud service subscription is stepped: Home Premium (20 GB SkyDrive storage and 60 minutes from the world Skype minutes per month included) Premium Small Business (shared calendars, enterprise-class messaging, conferencing HD ) and ProPlus (company). Buy standalone versions of Office 2013 you can get updates only maintenance but still subscribed to Office 365 will give you great updates coming down the pike in the future. Sound confusing? Well, it's true.
There is also a version of Microsoft Office for RT ARM-based tablets included free devices such as RT RT tablet surface. Office Home and Student 2013 RT includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
How many devices are supported?
With the purchase of any version of Office 2013 standalone you will be able to install it on a PC. The subscription version of Office 365 can be installed on up to five computers. You can disable versions and install on other devices later. You'll need to register for a free account Microsoft to use to share documents via cloud-based SkyDrive.
How have things changed?
Jason Parker examination and video Microsoft Office 2013 has a complete overview in this regard, but essentially Bureau has been simplified visual style in his quest to be more touch and stylus-friendly Windows 8 tablets. The new social networking features and the integration of Skype add some new wrinkles collaboration, but to replicate what is already available via PC software and other services. OneNote and Lync add collaborative note-taking and video communications connected to the Office suite.
The added support for stylus in tablet mode ("ink") opens opportunities for sports pen based annotations of documents, or freehand note taking.Is there a free online component like Google Docs?
Microsoft already offers a free series of Google Docs as Web applications via SkyDrive. Cloud connectivity is offered by your Web browser, without buying software and no monthly fees. Web applications are not as rich as the full versions, but will certainly be useful for users of Office more casual or rapid changes to documents in a pinch. The available applications are Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. You'll need to register for an account using Microsoft Web applications.
There will be compatible iOS?
Office 365 supports access to certain web browser, which will work on an iPad or an iPhone. Apart from this, there is no version of Microsoft Office has announced iOS. However, OneNote is available not only on iOS but Android and Symbian phones, too.
Is there a Mac version?
No Mac version of Office 2013 has been announced, but Microsoft says the Mac version is on a different track version of Windows, and will be updated within 12 to 18 months. However, Office 365 subscription plan is compatible with Office for Mac. If you sign up for a subscription, you can install Office 2011 on five Mac computers and receive free updates as they become available.
What are the system requirements?
You will need a Windows 7 or Windows 8 Tablet PC or Windows RT.
How does it work on the shelves?
Office 2013 is specifically optimized for tablet use, and use the same smartphone. The provision has been simplified and touch-Friendly Button icons have been added. While the tape is in Word, you can choose to reduce the size of the interface for a more clean. Other additions focus on media use and consumption; Read mode optimizes playback of a paper tablet with booklike page-flipping and videos can be viewed in the documents. Images can be captured from a camera mounted shelf and resized right in the doc, finger movements may permit changes only. A clever system of radial button thumb controlled in OneNote provides a quick way to adjust fonts, colors and sizes.
Is it effective on phones?
Yes, Windows phones will support Office via SkyDrive seamlessly update changes made. It is still unclear how robust Bureau of phones will be.
What is Skype?
Skype is supported in Microsoft Lync for video chatting with others, and in the Office for document collaboration. The greatest impact would be in office meetings: demonstration on a 80 inch screen Perceptive Pixel created a giant interactive whiteboard meetup and collaboration.
So which version do I do?
Another good question. Which version of Microsoft Office that you choose depends on how much you use each of the tools in the suite. Standalone versions might be a good choice for people who only use a few programs and are not worried about future updates. For $ 139, you can get Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013, the low-end standalone option that comes with Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. If you want to add it to Outlook, you can get Office Home and Business 219 million. If you want all the tools, you can spend $ 399 for Office Professional, which includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access. It is important to note that if you take this route and avoid the subscription standalone versions only allow you to install the software on a single computer and not give you future updates of the software beyond the corrections bugs.
The other option is to sign up for Office 365 subscription, which gives you the same office downloadable applications that live on your hard drive, all future upgrades of the software as long as you keep your subscription, Office on request, 20 GB of space on SkyDrive (in addition to without you now get 7GB), and the right to install the suite on five computers. With this configuration, you can choose Home Premium Office 365 for $ 99 per year, which includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access. To add a couple of business tools, you can sign up for Office 365 Small Business Premium (available February 27) to $ 150 per year for five computers, which gives you all the software and version home and Lync InfoPath. With the release of small business, you also get added extras such as protection against email viruses (), shared calendars, high-definition videoconferencing, and the ability to create corporate websites and share documents online .
There will also packets with business functions for large companies, but all those details will not be announced until Feb. 27.
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