Neowin News Feed for: Office 2013

Microsoft to Adobe: It's too early to dump stand-alone software

John Callaham — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:18:11 +0100

In a new blog post, Microsoft says that Adobe's decision this week to discontinue its stand alone Creative Suite software in favor of its Creative Cloud subscription service is coming too early. Read more...

Rumor: Next update to Office 365 coming in June-July

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:01:19 +0100

A new report claims that Microsoft will offer feature updates for its Office 365 subscription client and server products in June or July, with a major upgrade for Office 2013 coming this fall. 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...

Docstoc starts selling its document templates via Office 2013

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:00:04 +0100

Document template company Docstoc has announced it will begin to sell some of its templates directly to owners of Microsoft's Office 2013 via the software's applications store. Read more...

OneNote Windows 8 app gets updated with new features

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:30:00 +0000

Microsoft has launched a new update for the Windows 8 version of its OneNote app, adding in features such as support for notebooks on Office 365 and better pen customization. Read more...

Microsoft quietly ends Office 2010 sales

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:02:20 +0000

While Microsoft has quietly ended sales of its Office 2010 software suite, some retailers are selling their remaining inventory of Office 2010 box copies for much higher than their normal prices. Read more...

Some Office 2013 preview versions expire Wednesday

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:52:24 +0000

Some people who downloaded the preview version of Office 2013 back in June 2012 are getting messages that state they should get the final version of the software by Wednesday, March 20th. Read more...

Despite Microsoft's cloud push, some Office power users prefer offline software

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:03:24 +0000

Microsoft may want all of its Office users to move to the cloud-based Office 365 service, but there are still people who prefer to use Office applications as stand alone offline software. Read more...

Microsoft TechNet subscribers to get Office 365 free for a year

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:10:34 +0000

A new report claims that Microsoft TechNet subscribers will soon be able to get a free year of the company's new Office 365 service on top of their Office 2013 Professional software. Read more...

Microsoft to now allow Office 2013 PC license transfers once every 90 days

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:28:28 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will now allow owners of the stand alone Office 2013 software to transfer their client to a new PC once every 90 days, rather than the software be locked to one PC. Read more...

Rumor: Microsoft to cut Windows 8 touchscreen OEM price by 75 percent

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:20:54 +0000

A new rumor claims that Microsoft will cut the price that PC OEMs pay for installing Windows 8 on touchscreen devices to $30, compared to the previous price of $120, which is a 75 percent decrease. Read more...

Microsoft launches Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012

John Callaham — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:16:05 +0000

Microsoft's Visual Studio division has launched Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012, designed to help developers with the creation of apps for Microsoft's Office 365 and Office 2013 Read more...

Could we see Microsoft update Office 2013 every three months?

John Callaham — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:51:40 +0000

Kurt DelBene, the leader of Microsoft's Office division, hinted this week that we could see updates for both Office 365 and the client-based Office 2013 software every three months. Read more...

Microsoft: Office 2013 physical discs still sold in some countries

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:42:39 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed to Neowin that while retail copies of Office 2013 contain just a 25 digit code in the US, the company is still selling Office 2013 as a physical disc product in some countries. Read more...

Microsoft offers clarity on Office 2013 and Office 365 install rights

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:31:54 +0000

Microsoft has posted up an official statement where it offers some clarity on the install rights of the stand alone Office 2013 product compared to Office 2010 and the new Office 365. Read more...

Office 2013 EULA prevents users from moving software to another PC

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:14:14 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that the EULA for stand alone versions of Office 2013 tie the software license to just one PC and that the license can't be moved to another PC. Read more...

Microsoft launches Quick Start Guides for Office 2013

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:17:21 +0000

Following the release of their Office suite last week Microsoft has just launched a series of Quick Start Guides. These are designed to give users some help in navigating the new Office apps. Read more...

Microsoft's Bing team launches new series of Office 365 apps

John Callaham — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:02:57 +0000

Microsoft's Bing team has released five new and free apps for owners of Office 2013 and Office 365 Home Premium in the Office Store, much as they released apps for Windows 8. Read more...

Microsoft: We will ship a full Windows 8 'Modern' version of Office ... someday

John Callaham — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:48:58 +0000

Microsoft vice-president P.J. Hough said that the company does have plans to release a version of Office that will run natively in the "Modern" UI of Windows 8 at some point. Read more...

Ballmer calls Dropbox a "little startup"; won't comment on Office for iPad

John Callaham — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:56:54 +0000

In a new interview, Microsoft CEO calls the cloud-based file service Dropbox a "fine little startup" but also won't comment on any plans Microsoft might have to bring Office to the iPad. Read more...