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Microsoft to bundle Office 2013 in "small" Windows 8 tablets for free

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:35:05 +0100

Tami Reller has stated today at Computex 2013 that new 7- and 8-inch Windows 8 x86 tablets will come with the basic Microsoft Office 2013 apps Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote out of the box Read more...

War of words at Pearson between Microsoft Office and Google Apps

John Callaham — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:52:35 +0100

Many workers at the Pearson education company are claiming that a decision to switch from Microsoft Office to Google Apps was a mistake forced on them by upper management. Read more...

Japanese man creates stunning art in Excel

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:17:35 +0100

An elderly Japanese man has spent the last ten years of his life creating absolutely beautiful artwork in Microsoft Excel, saying that the spreadsheet tool is easy to use and perfectly capable. Read more...

OneNote Web App can now edit password protected sections

John Callaham — Wed, 15 May 2013 05:10:44 +0100

Microsoft has released an update for the OneNote Web App this week with a new feature that allows its users to view and edit any sections that are protected by passwords. Read more...

Google releases beta of Microsoft Office document viewer for Chrome 27 Beta

John Callaham — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:55:18 +0100

Google has launched a public beta of the Chrome Office Viewer, a new Chrome browser extension that lets users view Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files inside the beta version of Chrome. Read more...

New Windows 8 and WP8 apps offer Microsoft Office Webinar videos

John Callaham — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:42:59 +0100

Microsoft has released new apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 that offer quick access to the company's Office Webinar videos where people can learn more about Office 2013. Read more...

Rumor: Microsoft Office for iOS and Android not coming until October 2014

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:57:07 +0100

A new report, based on unnamed sources, claims that Microsoft does not plan to release version of its Office software for iOS and Android platforms until the October 2014. Read more...

Microsoft ends official Office for Mac 2008 support Tuesday

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:54:22 +0100

Microsoft has announced that it will end its official support for Office for Mac 2008 on Tuesday, Aprl 9th, although updates for the software can still be downloaded until April 19th, 2014. Read more...

‘Gemini' will bring a redesigned backend to Office365

Brad Sams — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:52:12 +0000

It was only yesterday that we first heard about the Office codename ‘Gemini' and now the first bits of information are starting to surface that were uncovered on Linked In. Read more...

OnLive is still alive; teases future plans for OnLive Desktop

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:37:41 +0000

OnLive's leader Gary Lauder broke the streaming game service's long silence today with a new blog post that offers some teases on the company's upcoming plans. Read more...

Microsoft: Over 7 million registered Yammer users

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:00:46 +0000

Microsoft announced today that its acquired Yammer division experienced major growth in 2012, with over seven million registered users now accessing the business themed social networking service Read more...

Microsoft sneakily increases Office 2011 for Mac price by $20

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:39:40 +0000

It has recently been discovered that Microsoft quietly raised the price for purchasing Office 2011 for Mac, despite not updating the software in any significant way since its launch Read more...

Microsoft Research and Office team up to predict the 2013 Oscar winners

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:57:17 +0000

David Rothschild of Microsoft Research is working on formulas to predict the winners of the 2013 Academy Awards and his teamed up with Office on an Excel Oscar prediction app. Read more...

Morgan Stanley analyst: Microsoft losing out on billions by not bringing Office to iPad

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:49:10 +0000

A Morgan Stanley analyst claims Microsoft may be losing out on up to $2.5 billion in revenue a year by not bringing a version of Office to Apple's iPad tablets. Read more...

Office 365, Outlook.com and SkyDrive experienced service disruptions Friday morning

Brad Sams — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:06:07 +0000

Talk about bad timing, on the heels of the launch of the new Office 365, there are widespread reports on twitter this morning of the service being unavailable; let us know if you are having issues too Read more...

Microsoft releases Office 365 Home Premium commercial

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:56:54 +0000

Microsoft has released a new 30-second commercial advertising its new Office 365 Home Premium service. The commercial touts the cloud storage and syncing capabilities of the service. Read more...

Office 2013 now in the Windows 8 Store as a desktop app

John Callaham — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:49:45 +0000

Microsoft has now quietly added the new version of Office 2013 to the Windows Store section of Windows 8 as a desktop app selection, a few hours after the launch of the software. Read more...

Office 365 training documents hints that iOS and Android support is 'coming soon'

Brad Sams — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:58:02 +0000

We've known for sometime that Office support for additional platforms is coming but *when* is still up for debate. But based on new information sent to Neowin, the wait might be nearly over. Read more...

Microsoft has released Office 365 Home Premium, has a video to show you

Brad Sams — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:14:39 +0000

Microsoft has finally released the refreshed variant Office 365 and has also created a video to help sell the new product. At $100 a year, this may be your best bet to get Office on your PC. Read more...

PSA: Google Docs support of older Microsoft Office formats ends Jan. 31st

John Callaham — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:35:37 +0000

Google is still planning to stop supporting some older Microsoft Office formats in Google Docs after January 31st, after giving those formats a few extra months of life. Read more...