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What Microsoft has not shared yet is news of a tablet-friendly Office designed for touch-controlled Windows 8 tablets, let alone an edition for iPads. (The next Office for Mac has not been revealed either.) When I discussed the matter with Chris Pratley, the general manager of Microsoft’s Office Labs, he told me that it will take time for his team to work out how to best design for the finger interface, and that consumer and business subscribers to the 365 service would immediately benefit from any updates — especially if those updates are rolled out for multiple devices at once.

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/microsoft-unveils-office-2013-887433

Excel is perhaps the most important computer software program used in the  workplace. From the viewpoint of the employer, particularly those in the field of  information systems, the use of Excel as an end-user computing tool is  essential. Not only are many business professionals using Excel to perform  everyday functional tasks in the workplace, an increasing number of employers  rely on Excel for decision support.
Excel offers new data analysis and visualization tools that assist in analyzing  information, spotting trends and accessing information.

Hi,

My name is linda. I am a chinese. I am a student at baruch. My major is accounting.

I feel office 2013 is more of an update to aesthetics as opposed to functionality. The most noticable updates were the update to the GUI to match the upcoming windows 8 metro ui and bring excel into the cloud computing world by adding online storage. The most useful function i see is quick analysis which gives users a quick list of functions available using given information.

I used excel to come up with cost estimates for computer builds that people ask me for. Kind of like Dell, except with more options. The parts, along with prices, and links to that particular part are provided so the customer knows exactly what he/she is getting. The list gets archived such that in case a replacement is needed in the future, i can look up exactly which part is was.

-Ru

One of the new features on office 2013 is the user-friendly interface with tablets. For example, holding your finger on a misspelled word will bring about a list of corrections. It would be the equivalent clicking the right click on the mouse. Tablets are becoming very popular and making office 2013 user-friendly with tablets will help all those with tablets.

Source: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/259260/microsoft_office_2013_preview_hands_on.html

Rezwan Chowdhury

Its just amazing how there is always a constant update and changes in most programs.  Sometimes it seems like i just can’t keep up with all these technology updated versions of programs and electronics.  But I know for sure that Microsoft Office 2013 will be very convenient for myself and many users due to the fact that documents could be easily accessible from any device any where.  It will just make everyone’s life easier… Nice!!

I have been using Microsoft Outlook as my email application for about 5 years and it has worked great. Here are some new features in Microsoft Outlook 2013:

Look and feel
In its current incarnation, Outlook still looks like, well, Outlook, but you’ll notice that many of the options aren’t immediately visible. Much like there’s no fixed Start button in Windows 8, the flags in Outlook only appear if you hover next to a message with your mouse. Also new with this version: a weather bar stretching across the top of your calendar. You can manually change the location, but by default, Office shows only one set of weather forecasts at a time. Another, more miscellaneous change: if you’ve begun to respond to an email, but saved it as a draft, the word “Draft” will appear in red in your inbox, next to the message (yes, just like Gmail).

Peeks

With this version, the company is also introducing fly-over menus called Peeks, which show things like calendar appointments, to-do items and information about your contacts. To find these, look for the icons stacked on top of each other in the lower left corner of the screen. Mouse over the calendar icon, for instance, and you’ll see a live, pop-up window that allows you to glance at your agenda without having to toggle between tabs to check your schedule. If you’re wide open, you’ll see a message saying you have no appointments; if you are booked, it’ll tell you when.

source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/16/microsoft-office-15-preview/

-Yuriy Senyut

An exciting feature that I came across while reading about the new office 2013 edition is the ability of it to provide a “cloud” service along with its subsricption-fee based office 365. The service allows individuals and small establishments to have the capability to store documents in the cloud on Microsoft’s SkyDrive service and access them with ease.

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Source: forwardthinking.pcmag.com

My major is accounting. I think that excel is practically made for accountants. Especailly, it is very useful for bond investment. Excel makes easy to find carrying value of bond, present value, payment, and interest.  Excel has distinct charts and graphs comparing to calculators, so it help us compare and analyze each other easily.