From my searching I can't find any practical reasons for it other than eye candy. It seems the only way to disable it is via a regedit http://www.winsupersite.

From my searching I can't find any practical reasons for it other than eye candy. It seems the only way to disable it is via a regedit http://www.winsupersite.com/article/office-2013-beta2/office-2013-tip-disable-animations-143779 http://www.winsupersite.com/article/office-2013-beta2/office...