Microsoft have 1 billion Office users and is available in 88 markets in 32 languages no wonder Office has moved to the cloud.
Below are a list of new features and how the cloud and Windows 8 have helped to build in more features to improve the overall user experience.
New features for Windows 8 – Works with touch and pen
- New PowerPoint Viewer
- Contextual controls, Radial Menu
- Converts handwriting into text
Better via the Cloud
- Streaming of Office 2013 Applications – quicker to install, and can run side-by-side with other office applications
- Install Office 2013 on upto 5 devices
- Office 2013 Integrated into SkyDrive and SkyDrive Pro
- New App Marketplace for Office Web Applications and Office 2013 using the Office Store
Better Features and Interoperability
- Tighter Social Integration with Outlook, tasks based on Newsfeed, follow people and microblogging
- HD Video confrencing
- Skype and Lync Federation
- Improving Yammer Support
Security
- Data loss prevention – DLP integrated into Exchange 2013 On premise and O365 OOB policies include; credit card and social security
- Centrally Managed Policies
- Unified eDiscovery – across SharePoint, Lync, Exchange and file shares
Office 2013 Suite specific
- Excel Flash fill – recognises patterns without the use of formulas or Marcos and will auto complete fields – I have been using this and find it very useful
- Excel Recommended charts and PivotTables
- Word PDF reflow – open and edit PDFs directly in word – for me this is a great feature, no longer do I need to use a third-party web site or use adobe acrobat I can do it all from one tool that I use every day. You can then either save as another PDF or Word.
Office 2013 Click to Run, Roaming Apps, Office Web Apps, Subscription Service, 5 device install and version upgrades only applicable when procuring Office 365 ProPlus.
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