Office 2013: To upgrade or not to upgrade

[cliffordcooley]

I'm happy with Office 2010 H&S (64-bit). I don't have a need in getting a new version or larger edition.

 

[DJ_Rothenberg]

There is another free option 100% compatible with Microsoft Office: OneDrive (the rebranded SkyDrive) has a free lite version of Office available for use from within your browser. There is nothing as compatible as the original

 

[Kathrine]

For one thing the inability to set a local PST to download mail in outlook is a major negative for me. If I'm required to use office 2013 I probably will keep on using Outlook 2010 alongside the new word, excel etc.

I have been using a local .pst for years to download my mail to on ALL versions of Office and just recently bought a new laptop and bought Office 2013 and am still using a .pst for mail delivery. You just create the pst file and then set it as your default in your data files. I am a System Admin so I like all the new stuff. If you don't know how to do it, google it!!

 

[Kathrine]

This is all just a scheme to push folks further and further from desktop apps..."the cloud" too many folks have their heads in the cloud to understand we are all going to paying lots more....

I bought a WDMyCloud and have set it up and can connect anywhere to it at NO additional charge. I have my own cloud for under 200.00. You have to set it up correctly and update the firmware and software when it comes out to fix issues but now everything is saved on it and I use a MyDrive to back it up in case it should ever crash. Been looking for years for this type of reliable setup and technology is only going to get better.

 

[Guest]

The office 2013 is best office suits ever, you need to upgrade to the latest version, it is great , and I only spent 39.99 USD on xxxxxx.com ,amazing

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[Guest]

Well, I am sill using office 2007 and I am pretty satisfied with it

 

[IvanK]

Sorry, I stopped reading at the end of the lede when you claimed that hunting through a confusing, rearranged and uninformative maze of Ribbon icons in order to arrive _at the very same dialog box used pre-Word 2007_ was, and I quote, ``an exciting new way to interact with word processing.'' What are you drinking? May I have a glass?