Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013 is the full version of the popular productivity suite which includes all the of the components currently available in Office plus some bonus license, cloud and
Includes the entire Office suite and more
Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013 includes the standard packages Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote but also includes Outlook, Publisher and Access. It also entitles you to install Office 2013 on up-to five devices, and allows Windows 7 or 8 to temporarily download Word, Excel, or the other Office apps for use on other machines.
Of course, Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013 includes everything you get in the Home and Student version of Office, plus 20 GB of free online storage with Microsoft
Known uses, new features
With the new touch-optimized reading mode in Word 2013, you can skim through documents using a finger swipe. Making changes to documents has had a huge overhaul, and expanded to make editing documents easier. Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013 also edits PDFs without the need for additional software, which makes it a direct competitor of
In Excel 2013, the new Flash Fill function automatically fills out a range of selected cells. Excel analyzes the entire table, detects relations between cells, and suggests a value or text. Excel also makes it easier to create pivot tables and graphics by generating suggestions in a similar fashion. The new Quick Analysis feature in Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013 lets you preview certain formatting options in the spreadsheet itself.
PowerPoint 2013 splits the presenter mode into two different views for the audience and the presenter. Besides the presentation itself, you can also see a bullet list and more details on the presenter screen. On Tablets, you can switch between slides using finger gestures, paint with a stylus for a lecture on film, or use a virtual laser pointer.
Touch-optimized use and minimalist design à la Windows 8
When you use Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013, you'll realize that there have been some changes. The famous ribbon bar is expanded only when necessary and it's optimized for finger operation on touch screens. In addition to images, you can embed videos via HTML code in Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013. All of the applications come with new touch-optimized viewing modes.
Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013 uses the same minimalist tile design as Windows 8, and everything seems to mold together well. Large, cleanly arranged icons are there for the most important functions, while new templates provide visually appealing spreadsheets and presentations.
Conclusion: improved all-round Office Suite
Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013 comes with many useful functions, which lets it be selectively used on touch screen devices. Unfortunately, the Office Suite is anything but tablet-friendly. Many selection elements and options are too small for untrained fingers.
Other features of Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013 are, however, far more convincing: the PDF editor offers greatly improved options for collaborative editing, there is cloud integration with Skydrive, and extras such as embedding YouTube videos, are great innovations.
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