Category Archives: Office 2013

There is an interesting theme of Microsoft Office 2013 and that is Cloud Syncing”. I found a brief description of how it runs:
“Cloud syncing is pretty much the cornerstone of Office 2013. All of your documents are automatically saved to the SkyDrive folder on your desktop meaning that you can then access them from any of your devices, whether they run a dedicated Office app or not. What’s more, you can send out links direct from SkyDrive while also setting the levels of editing privileges when you want share your documents with friends and colleagues. If the person you’re sending to doesn’t have Office 2013, it doesn’t matter. A click on the link will open up a browser version online for them to read instead.”

Elena Turcan

Why Microsoft Office 2013 is Special?

“Microsoft Office 2013 is so special because the Microsoft team is clever  enough to guess the keys of success for Apple and Google and follow them, yes  its true. Apple and Google provide the facility of cloud storage. Microsoft  guessed it and implemented it in Microsoft office 2013.”

“Now you can save your word documents, Powerpoint presentations and excel  spreadsheets online and you can easily access them from any where in the world.  Isn’t that awesome?”

MS Word 2013 New Features

“MS word is the most used software among other softwares in the office  package. People are loving the word since it was released. Almost all documents  you see are formed and edited using this word processor. The thing which makes  Microsoft Word 2013 so special are as follows:

The Full screen mode:

Are you disturbed by the task bar and notifications while reading the  document? Don’t worry they wont be visible now while using the new version.

Cloud Services:

Save your documents and access them from School, Office or anywhere. No need  to carry an extra hardware like USB or CD to transfer your documents.

Edit Pdf Files:

You can now edit your pdf files using Office 2013. No need to buy an extra  software like pdf editors

Video Feature:

I bet you won’t believe this can happen, Now you can embed videos in your  word documents. Yes make your documents more informative and attractive and more  presentable by embedding videos.

User interface:

The user interface of Office 2013 is almost the same as the previous version  to make it easier for users to use.”

Microsoft Excel 2013 New Features

“The best spreadsheet software. It is use in almost all schools and industries  where we need a spread sheet to process data. We can make graphs to represent  our data. In excel formulas are used to make our work easier and faster. Lets  see what is new in Excel 2013.

Quick Analysis Lens:

This feature enhance the look of the graphs and make it more attractive and  good to read.

Auto Completion:

Like Google search bar, Excel 2013 has the feature of auto-completion. It  guess the word you are typing and gives you option to auto complete it.  Resulting in less typing. Indeed a time saving feature.

Online features:

Excel 2013 comes with a mail merge facility making it easier to mail the  spreadsheets. You can save and present your spread sheets using Sky drive,

Enhanced Features:

Excel 2013 comes up with Graph and table’s enhanced features. More advance  tools and graphs for data representation.”

http://ezinearticles.com/?Microsoft-Office-2013:-What-Are-The-New-Features?&id=7191196

-Phil Loprete

In office 2013, we will be able to access the saved documents anywhere by having an internet connection. Microsoft creates a web-based server for people to save their documents(this actually reminds me of Apple’s iCloud). But there will be a monthly charge for using this function.

source: http://theweek.com/article/index/230654/microsofts-sophisticated-new-office-2013-whats-new

Jue Li

I wasn’t aware that this new system was coming out (so out of this world 🙁 ) but just looked into it, and one of the things that i am excited about is the fact that you will be able to edit PDF files…. Now that is something to smile about 🙂

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-office-gets-support-for-new-odf-and-open-xml-file-formats-7000002607/

-Bianca Moura

Word 2013  has a new Cloud Syncing feature. All of your documents are automatically saved to the SkyDrive folder and you can access them from any of your devices.

reference: Sung,Dan.”What’s new in Microsoft Office 2013?”. July 18, 2012. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/46571/microsoft-office-2013-whats-new.

Mai Moore