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Okay, that's pretty, but is there one new functionality, or is this the same as Office 2003 with some shiny buttons, for $119.95?

by hk__2 14y ago

sp332 14y ago
There are some new features. Since Office already does everything people need it to do, most of the new features streamline common workflows. Outlook should be a lot nicer to use, even though Office 2010 already has more features than most people will ever use. Excel: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-look-excel-2013/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-... Outlook: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-look-outlook-2013/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-... Word: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-look-word-2013/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-...
- Spearchucker 14y ago
  Waiting quite eagerly for this. I've used Windows and Office since both came out (and DOS before that). I started a new job recently, and this new gig gives me a MacBook Air, an iPhone and a Gmail account. Talk about a culture shock. Anyway, I use my Windows 8 tablet rather than the MacBook, so it's all good. Except that when I accept a meeting invite from Gmail using the Metro Mail app, it puts the meeting into Outlook. WTF?!? I get that cloud is cool and all, and that everything talks to everything else. I just really hope that Outlook 2013 cleans the accounts confusion up because I'm missing meetings. That aside I'm looking forward to trying it out.
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glhaynes 14y ago
Why not just write tl;dr? Do you want the whole 4 page article summarized for you?
- hk__2 14y ago
  Oh yes, you're right, there is a lot of new functionalities, like pretty colors, shiny buttons, M$ Cloud and… oh, that's all. Just a M$ Cloud, like Google and Amazon ones, except that for using M$ Cloud, you must use M$ products. Great, I can't wait to see that. Btw, with Google Drive, I have same functionalities, but I can use it on every OS with every browser, and it's almost free.
  - dnlhoust 14y ago
    While I'm not Microsoft sympathizer; A side note, using "M$" really doesn't your argument. It looks childish

Okay, that's pretty, but is there one new functionality, or is this the same as Office 2003 with some shiny buttons, for $119.95?

by hk__2 14y ago

Okay, that's pretty, but is there one new functionality, or is this the same as Office 2003 with some shiny buttons, for $119.95?

sp332 14y ago

There are some new features. Since Office already does everything people need it to do, most of the new features streamline common workflows. Outlook should be a lot nicer to use, even though Office 2010 already has more features than most people will ever use. Excel: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-look-excel-2013/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-... Outlook: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-look-outlook-2013/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-... Word: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-look-word-2013/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-...

Spearchucker 14y ago
Waiting quite eagerly for this. I've used Windows and Office since both came out (and DOS before that). I started a new job recently, and this new gig gives me a MacBook Air, an iPhone and a Gmail account. Talk about a culture shock. Anyway, I use my Windows 8 tablet rather than the MacBook, so it's all good. Except that when I accept a meeting invite from Gmail using the Metro Mail app, it puts the meeting into Outlook. WTF?!? I get that cloud is cool and all, and that everything talks to everything else. I just really hope that Outlook 2013 cleans the accounts confusion up because I'm missing meetings. That aside I'm looking forward to trying it out.
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glhaynes 14y ago

Why not just write tl;dr? Do you want the whole 4 page article summarized for you?

hk__2 14y ago
Oh yes, you're right, there is a lot of new functionalities, like pretty colors, shiny buttons, M$ Cloud and… oh, that's all. Just a M$ Cloud, like Google and Amazon ones, except that for using M$ Cloud, you must use M$ products. Great, I can't wait to see that. Btw, with Google Drive, I have same functionalities, but I can use it on every OS with every browser, and it's almost free.
- dnlhoust 14y ago
  While I'm not Microsoft sympathizer; A side note, using "M$" really doesn't your argument. It looks childish