Office suite for Microsoft in 2011 contributed a profit of $ 22.2 billion, beyond the Windows system, becoming the largest source of profit for all Microsoft products. With the increasingly fierce competition in the office software market, a growing number of similar products is price advantage eroded the market share of Office. Today, the trend of office software to the cloud more and more obvious that Microsoft's dominance is being subjected to unprecedented challenges. In this case, the latest release of the two Office Microsoft supporters into a booster.
Office 2013 and Office 365
The office365 the online edition of the Office suite, and the current Office 365, the new Office 365 cloud computing office suite allows users to simultaneously order the Office 2013 desktop applications, for the average consumer of Office 365 Home Premium allows users to Office 2013 customers side Download to five computers, a buyout users only software installed on a computer. In addition to the payment of a buyout, Microsoft also the new version of Office 365 provides a monthly subscription payment. It is worth mentioning that the Office suite will be free upgrades for subscribers.
"The new Office will no longer be relying on a particular computer, it is now followed their clients." Office design, general manager Chris Pleasant Terry (Chris Pratley) said in an interview with Wired site, "as long as the user login to a Windows Live account , his file will go hand in hand '. users to use the phone or computer or other electronic devices, as long as there is network connectivity, file synchronization will not be affected. "
Open Office 2013, you can find out a login screen in the upper right corner of the home page. After landing, the software will use a file synchronization to SkyDrive on the server, the user will be able to inter-terminal cross-platform synchronization office.
In the new version of Word, you can visit the Microsoft account through the login button at the top right corner of synchronous types of documents
In today's mobile phones and tablet PCs is becoming more and more important, Microsoft's cloud sync office concept is very with the times. Future, Office documents in the cloud storage help easily circulation among different devices, eliminating the need for a data transmission line troubles. Microsoft also stressed the Office 365 cloud service for Windows Phone mobile phone compatible, showing that they still want to increase market acceptance of Windows Phone mobile phone.
On the price of Office 2013 and Office 365, Microsoft has not disclosed specific data. Google Drive and iCloud has created a precedent for the "free lunch", if Microsoft wants to gain a firm foothold in this market want necessary to give consumers enough concessions on price.
Metro of the new appearance
In today's mobile phones and tablet PCs is becoming more and more important, Microsoft's cloud sync office concept is very with the times. Future, Office documents in the cloud storage help easily circulation among different devices, eliminating the need for a data transmission line troubles. Microsoft also stressed the Office 365 cloud service for Windows Phone mobile phone compatible, showing that they still want to increase market acceptance of Windows Phone mobile phone.
On the price of Office 2013 and Office 365, Microsoft has not disclosed specific data. Google Drive and iCloud has created a precedent for the "free lunch", if Microsoft wants to gain a firm foothold in this market want necessary to give consumers enough concessions on price.
Metro of the new appearance
New version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Metro style redesigned the look and feel. Even with the new look of Metro, but they are still running in the traditional Windows desktop (the same) on the Tablet PC. Windows 8 Metro startup screen can show the icon in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, but the system will automatically switch the user clicks on a traditional desktop.
Switch the system sounds a bit annoying, but the new interface of Office does have a very significantly improved. Word on the page layout before a bit messy, the new version of Word has become more concise and more fresh. In order to better meet the overall style of the Metro page, the Office suite are removed at the bottom of the task window. Pleasant Terry's explanation: "We design philosophy and the Metro style firmly tied together, trying to create one of the most simple, most suitable for touch-screen control of the Office interface so we removed the traditional Window page the bottom of the task window. "
Office 2013 also provides a tool called the "Touch Mode". When the tool is activated, the Office on the menu bar and tool bar will be larger, user-friendly for touch manipulation. The size change is not an exaggeration, will not be pushed to the off-screen, it will not significantly reduce the area of the document area, but greatly facilitate the users to accurately click on the target.
Third-party applications
The new Office will fully support third-party applications, together with its support for third-party applications as well as Microsoft's corporate information-sharing platform SharePoint. Other third-party applications within Windows 8, users need to download the application store to buy before we can use.
Through third-party applications, the ability of Office will be expanded and strengthened. "We are looking for cooperation with third parties, and allows Office to become more powerful, you are our partner." Pleasant said Terry. Now users have been able to use within Outlook will be the map in the mail marked specific address, you can also use third-party software to display the computer task in the mail.
Integration of social features
In the social network become a necessity for many people today, the Office will also be part of the entire social network. Implantation of a social function in the new Office suite, users can easily upload files to the social networking site to share and co-operation office fingertips. For example, you are using Excel spreadsheets, you can click on the "Share" button to any of the contents of the chart share to friends or colleagues. Linkedln, Facebook or Twitter, all no problem. Even if that person did not use the Office, he will still receive a link to open the link will be able to download the shared files, and Microsoft in this respect show a fairly inclusive.
Word
A full-screen reading function is new in Word 2013, and began to support gestures to zoom in order to meet the needs of the Tablet PC users. The new version of Word also supports file directly into the pictures and videos on the network, such as Flickr and Facebook photos or video clips on Youtube. When the file containing network information to be shared, the recipient can directly within Word Browse pictures and video from the network.
Additionally, Word sharing support for the new Office add "View comments" feature. The sharing of files will appear on the right side of a small icon, the user can click on it to expand the review content, and can also respond to comments within the window. It is worth mentioning that the new version of the Word began to support open PDF files directly, and be free to edit and save.
Excel
New automatic identification function within Excel, to a certain extent, to detect the user's ongoing tabulation work, automatically give you the perfect auxiliary. Suppose you have a lot of English names is made in accordance with the first and last name and first letter of the abbreviation of three Excel spreadsheet. Completion of the surname, name two, and then enter the first of several acronym column, Excel will be able to identify to which is a kind of work, and automatically help you to complete the remaining content.
The new version of Excel also offers a fast data analysis tools. The tool will provide some suggestions in the user input data to better analyze the comb format and present the data. This feature not only for users not familiar with Excel to provide entry-assisted those experienced Excel users can get a lot of convenience. At the same time, Excel is also implanted in many commonly used forms include household expenses table and inventory table. The combination of fast data analysis tools, users can easily pile of figures into a simple and beautiful, clear data reporting files.
PowerPoint
PowerPoint now a lot of visual design, Eyedropper allows users to visually select the color you want to use, there are many similar changes. The most praise was undoubtedly the Presenter View feature, when users connect the computer on the projector, Presenter View allows the projector slide show on the computer display is the information of users of the slide notes, there is no doubt, this will make the report greatly reduce the pressure of the back draft.
Market reaction
Office 2013 and Office 365 in all aspects of gratifying the page more beautiful, more powerful, Microsoft is already open for customers to preview the download, you can click here first to experience the new version of Office. Office suite has long since accumulated a user base and touch improvements for Windows 8, I believe that Microsoft will become the leader in the field by virtue of the new version of Office. Of course, the intensity of competition in the market because of the performance of any party to reduce, Microsoft must also be the formal launch of the software to take advantage of pricing this. Office 2013 what can to produce a kind of report card, have to wait to give us the answer.
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