While Microsoft intended the major appeal of a Windows RT device (aside from its lowed price) to be the inclusion of Office 2013, that hasn’t seems to do much good so far. Windows RT devices are far from matching even most of the less popular Android tablets in the same price range. Although there are [...]
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One of the more common questions I’ve been getting lately involves the pricing for Microsoft Office 2013. Whether we’re talking about the emphasis on Office 365’s subscription model or the fact that an office suite with a price tag has a great deal of competition from free alternatives these days, there seems to be some [...]
Reports from a number of sources indicate that Microsoft is working on a version of Outlook made specifically for Windows RT. There are even some indications that they have working software already finished and that the major debate now is whether or not this should ever be released to the public. The possibility that Outlook [...]
Office RTM Rolling Out The preview of Microsoft Office 2013 has been going on for a couple months now, but the new version just hit its RTM milestone this month. As of yesterday, businesses with Enterprise licensing should be getting the final version of the updated software through the usual channels. This signals the beginning [...]
After far too long of a wait we are finally starting to see reviewers getting their hands on Windows RT devices for at least brief preview encounters. The reactions have been more or less predictable. We already know that Windows 8 and therefore Windows RT perform well on touchscreen devices when using the Modern UI. [...]
Whatever else we need to say about Excel 2013, the obvious changes brought about by Office 2013 hold true. The visual changes I mentioned previously in Word are maintained here, including the “Touch Mode” option in the default Quick Access toolbar. Coauthoring (though not simultaneous editing) is possible using SkyDrive and the built in Sharing [...]
We’ve been able to play with the Consumer Preview of Office 2013 for a bit now and overall it’s an excellent experience. OneNote MX, however, deserves special recognition. As the first Office application designed specifically for the Metro environment, it shows off how things work when they are done right. That isn’t to say that [...]
Now that the Preview has begun for Office 2013, it’s time to take a look at what has changed and why. The obvious starting point is Microsoft Word. For many people this can be the only truly vital part of their Office experience. Fortunately the newest changes will be incredibly simple to adapt to. On [...]
It’s been a while now since the last iteration of Microsoft Office was released. We’ve been waiting for some solid information about Office 15 (now known as Office 2013) for a while now. The closest thing to a preview that has been revealed was the briefest of glimpses at the new Excel interface on an [...]
Our first glimpse of what the next version of Microsoft Office is going to look like on Windows RT was finally revealed during the keynote presentation at TechEd North America. TechEd is Microsoft’s big IT conference, drawing in developers for the purpose of keeping them educated and up to date on all the most important [...]
