One of the new features of Microsoft Office 13 that caught my eye is used in Microsoft word. Endgaget wrote a beautiful review on this here [ http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/16/microsoft-office-15-preview/ ] Previously when utilizing microsoft word the average user could not easily add video to a microsoft word document. For example if you were writing an essay on the importance of something and wanted to cite the information you garnered from a lecture you would have to include the url. Now you can easily include the lecture itself within your document and the reader can just click play. Microsoft has made Office 13 more user friendly with these small improvements and not to mention new icons!
Chris Rodriguez
Microsoft Word is the program I use the most and as you mention on your post It will really become easier for the reader to access to any type of visual aid, especially videos. Also, the pictures can be zoom in/out by just clicking on them without having to save them or something like that.