Microsoft has made using Office a smoother experience all around, which is evident not just in the interface, but with tweaks to the apps that will make getting things done easier.
As an example, a new Read Mode in Word lets you flip through documents on a tablet as if turning pages in a book, and offers only the features that help you with common reading actions such as controls for defining words, translations, and searching the Web.
But flashier features that have been added in the new version of Word let you view video right within documents with an online connection , making Word documents much more useful as a presentation tool. There are also other time-savers like the option to collapse sections of a document to get them out of the way while reading, and a navigation pane that lets you know at a glance where you are in the document. Some of these options probably just seem like common sense, but what Microsoft has done has made many complex actions in earlier versions of the suite require only a couple of clicks or taps in Office Whether you're creating a newsletter, a brochure, or a birthday card, Publisher has a ton of templates to help you along.
The major theme is that the most useful features are only a click or tap away. In Excel, for example, you have the Quick Analysis Lens that lets you click a small tab to view several recommended ways of visualizing highlighted data in a spreadsheet. From here it only takes one more click to apply formatting, create a Sparkline, or add a chart or table.
Suppose you have been working on a presentation in one theme in PowerPoint, but want to give it a new look. With only a couple of clicks, you can change themes and flip through variants of themes and your content will move to fit the new style. PowerPoint also offers a new Presenter view that lets you interact with and look at your presentation with added notes, and perform actions like quickly switching slides, all behind the scenes.
Outlook has time-savers as well, with a new feature called Peeks that lets you peek at your schedule or a specific appointment without the interruption of leaving a message window. You also have social connectors that show things like Facebook status if you're connected to a contact through Facebook as well.
All of these quick features add convenience and cut out steps you would have had to perform in earlier versions of Microsoft Office. Along with the tweaks and improvements to the more well-known Office software, Office gives you a way to distribute your work in Publisher, and a way to create custom databases with little database experience in Access.
Publisher makes it easy to gather and lay out your content for use in brochures, fliers, calendars, and posters. You can quickly import images and click-and-drag to move them around to find the perfect look. The app comes with stylistic effects for text, and you can add soft shadows and reflections to give your project a more professional feel. When you're finished, Publisher also makes it easy to take your work to any print shop, with standards-compliant layouts and common image file formats that don't require special software on the part of the shop.
With Access, you get powerful database tools that you won't need extensive training to use. You can create complex customer contact lists, or use premade project management tools, and Access already has the templates ready so you almost never need to start from scratch.
Like all of the software in the Office Home Premium suite, Access provides you with several common starting points, leaving it up to you to fill in the blanks with your content and data.
By making the new Office ready for touch screens, Microsoft streamlined many of the most common tasks to require only a couple of clicks. One of the new features of Excel is the ability to highlight data, and have the software recommend the best chart or graph to represent that data.
Office in the clouds Though you can only use Office with a subscription on five machines, another new feature called Office on Demand will come in handy whenever you're away from your selected devices.
This feature lets you download a full copy of the software you need such as Word or Excel on any PC running Windows 7 or later, and shows you your recent documents just as you'd see them at home. When you're finished making changes or edits to a document, you can close the application and it is removed from the PC you're working on. Conclusions Office Home Premium tries to cover all the bases for personal productivity, and in my tests it did an admirable job.
With the focus on making the suite available on Windows 8 tablets, the company made many actions easier across the suite out of necessity, and so it's easier to use in general, regardless of the type of device you are working on.
The subscription-based service might be hard to swallow for some, but there's always the standalone Office download.
The only problem is, if you don't subscribe you won't get all the nifty cloud features like Office on Demand, and you'll miss out on major updates to the software as time goes on. Don't get me wrong, was fine, it just looks much more polished. All functionality is still there. The licensing is really screwed up though It ties it to a user which doesn't make sense in a business environment. When the employee leaves, what do you do? Great product though overall. I always look forward to the newest releases.
Using 32bit Office I have a user that has 6 or seven spreadsheets open at all times. This particular user has been using cut. I have many users that are experiencing issues connecting to their exchange mailbox from Outlook Windows 8. It's important to discuss these things in the context of design trends at the time of release. I am trying to piece together this puzzle and I am hoping someone here can help.
Here is my currently configured and functional. Browse by category. Microsoft Office Home and Business by Microsoft. Ratings Breakout. This product has been discontinued. Gregory for Microsoft. Check out the product website. Company Size S M L. Read all reviews. Pros: -F Zahid Majid This person is a verified professional. June however saw a whopper one with more than 50 updates yes 50 in one release cycle, albeit for all the various Office SKUs. The original review is below.
Office is the latest refresh of Microsoft's near ubiquitous business suite. The latest version sees it get the Windows 8 treatment, with a touch-friendly interface and a sparser look, as well as new features in every application. As part of the launch, Office has also reached a new landmark by going into the cloud with subscription pricing, on-demand installation and automatic syncing of settings and documents you save online rather than offline.
It's called Office That particular method of purchase ensures you're always up-to-date, even if the software changes - check out our Office review. While the main thing you'll notice with Office the new look, there are some really interesting features under the hood - though sadly not for Windows XP users, who are now excluded.
Office is strictly for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. As usual, there are multiple versions of Office , but this time around the different editions are not just about whether you're using them at home or in a business or which applications are included.
Even if you decide you want to buy a pay-for-it-once-and-keep-it copy of Office in a box, you won't find a DVD inside — just a product key to unlock the software you download. If you prefer to pay an annual subscription to get extra features, Office editions let you download the Office applications onto multiple PCs or share them with your family. For home users, there are four options.
Buy the boxed software and you can put it on one PC. Although Office Home Premium might also sound like a great deal for a small business, it's not licensed for commercial use Like the Windows RT versions of Office unless you already have an Office business licence. Instead, you need one of the Office business subscriptions.
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