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Office 2013 and Office 365 now available, subscriptions start at $9.99

Office 2013 and Office 365 now available, subscriptions start at $9.99
  • Posted January 29, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft
  • Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365 are now available for purchase in retail stores in 162 different countries as well as online at Office.com. Redmond is making a bold decision by moving to a subscription model with Office 365 but…

Outlook 2013 drops .XLS and .DOC from import, export features

Outlook 2013 drops .XLS and .DOC from import, export features
  • Posted December 21, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • On its Office blog, Microsoft announced several aging features to be whacked by the deprecation hammer in Outlook 2013. Amongst these imminent changes is the elimination of importing (and exporting) legacy Microsoft Office formats, namely 97-2003 .XLS and .DOC files.

Microsoft launches 60-day trial for Office Professional Plus 2013

Microsoft launches 60-day trial for Office Professional Plus 2013
  • Posted November 16, 2012, 12:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Microsoft signed off on the release to manufacturing build of Office 2013 last month, meaning the coding and testing phase ahead of the productivity suite’s launch is over. Although general availability is slated for the first quarter of 2013, those…

Microsoft talks mobile Office for Windows Phone 8

Microsoft talks mobile Office for Windows Phone 8
  • Posted October 30, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Microsoft has introduced a mobile version of Office for Windows Phone 8 that will come pre-installed on every new handset. Bert Van Hoof from Microsoft’s Office engineering group outlined five clear objectives they wanted to accomplish with the new software…

Google Docs gains 450 new fonts, reviews April as a big month

Google Docs gains 450 new fonts, reviews April as a big month
  • Posted May 4, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Google's cloud-based office suite, Google Docs, has gained a whopping 450 choices to its once scarce selection of font types. The new fonts include Ubuntu, Android's Ice Cream Sandwich "Droid" font and a wide variety of others ranging from monospaced…

Microsoft Office 15 UI and touch-friendly features detailed

Microsoft Office 15 UI and touch-friendly features detailed
  • Posted March 7, 2012, 10:11 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Microsoft disclosed the existence of the Office 15 technical preview in January, and a subsequent leak in February gave us a first glimpse a its fresh Metro look. But up until now there has been little details available about the…

Microsoft developing Office suite for iPad

Microsoft developing Office suite for iPad
  • Posted November 30, 2011, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft, Apple Breaking News
  • Microsoft is developing a version of their Office suite for use on Apple’s iPad that could rival Cupertino’s own productivity apps. Applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint could sell for as low as $10 each, according to sources that spoke…

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