This version makes it easy to create and organize documents quickly with time saving features. It has a new updated look but with the same great functionality of Office you have come to expect. The OneDrive cloud service lets you save your documents in the cloud so you can access them anywhere.
Office Home & Business 2013 includes:
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote plus Outlook on one PC.
- Office on one PC for household use.
- One time purchase for the life of your PC; non-transferrable.
- 7 GB of online storage in OneDrive.
- Free Office Web Apps for accessing, editing, and sharing documents.
- An improved user interface optimized for touch, pen, and keyboard.
Office Home & Business 2013 is designed to help you create and organize faster with time saving features. In addition, you can save your documents in the cloud on OneDrive and access them from multiple devices and when you are not at home.
What's new in this release of Office?
The 2013 versions of well-known Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint include new features that help you create, communicate and work efficiently where ever you may be even if you are away from home. In addition to updating the traditional Office suites, Microsoft has developed brand new subscription versions of Office, specifically designed around the way customers use Office. Each new subscription offer will include the 2013 versions of the Office applications, for example Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus cloud services such as Skype world minutes and online storage with OneDrive.
Difference between the Office 2013 suites and Office 365 plans
Office 365 products are paid for on a subscription basis, annually. Active subscribers will receive future rights to version upgrades as a benefit of their subscription. Entitlements vary by product. Office 365 is for products that include cloud services, such as additional OneDrive online storage, Skype minutes for home use, Lync web conferencing or Exchange Online hosted email for businesses. Cloud services are features that are enabled over the Internet. Most Office 365 plans also include the full-featured Office 2013 applications, which users can install across multiple computers and devices. All
Office suites have traditionally included applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. All Office 2013 suites include the latest versions of the applications, for use on a single PC.
System Requirements
- Computer and Processor: 1 GHz or faster x86 or 64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set
- Memory: 1 GB RAM (32 Bit) /2 GB RAM (64 Bit) recommended for graphics features and certain advanced functionality2
- Hard Disk: 3.0 GB of available disk space
- Display: 1366 x 768 resolution
- Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 2008 R2 with .NET 3.5 or greater
- Graphics: Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX10 graphics card
- Note: Will not work with Exchange servers prior to 2008
- Note: Will not work with Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook
Additional Requirements
- Internet connection. Fees may apply.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or later. Mozilla Firefox 12 or later, Apple Safari 5 or later, Google Chrome 18 or later.
- Microsoft and Skype accounts.
- A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. However, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. New touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8.
- Information Right Management features require access to a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
- Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.
Make ideas stand out
Presentation counts. Use the templates from Word or Excel or a new wide-screen PowerPoint template to turn those ideas into impactful presentations.
Keep Organized
Outlook email, shared calendars, and task-list tools, makes managing hectic home life and work schedules together.
Install full Office applications
Install the 2013 version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, and capture your ideas however you work best—using a keyboard, pen, or touchscreen.
Office Outlook
Email, calendar, people and tasks. Communicate more effectively, easily manage your tasks and schedule, and find information faster than ever.
Integrate multiple contacts into a single view with all of that person's contact information (including social network updates) with the People Card. Take a peek at your schedule, an appointment, without having to rearrange windows.