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| Thread ID: 125757 | 2012-07-17 02:03:00 | Microsoft Office 2013 - Customer Preview 15 available. | wainuitech (129) | PC World Chat |
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| 1289044 | 2012-07-17 08:32:00 | I'm really looking forward to trying out Outlook's native support for non-microsoft activesync services such as Google Apps | Greven (91) | ||
| 1289045 | 2012-07-17 08:40:00 | So they've given up on getting the older versions of offish working right? ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1289046 | 2012-07-18 10:18:00 | Is the release version of office 2013 going to be subscription only, or have they only imposed that limit for the preview? | Greven (91) | ||
| 1289047 | 2012-07-18 12:03:00 | according to this www.microsoft.com you can install it alongside another version of office, be it office 03, 07 or 10 |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1289048 | 2012-07-18 15:02:00 | Its cloud based options allow you to connect to a Live account, so you can have access to your data if its stored there. So who can get access to your data? :xmouth: I got access to my data just fine, without having to hand it over to someone in another jurisdiction thanks. :) |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1289049 | 2012-07-18 22:24:00 | So who can get access to your data? :xmouth: I got access to my data just fine, without having to hand it over to someone in another jurisdiction thanks. :) With the New office it wants to save all the documents etc to MS's SkyDrive, basically an online storage. To Quote MS: The advantage of saving to SkyDrive is that it lets you access your documents from almost anywhere or from any device – no syncing or cables needed. It works just like your hard drive in the cloud. You'll never be without the documents, notes, photos and videos that matter to you. It works similar to Google Doc's and other such cloud based storage/document places. As to "who" has access, anyone who knows the account details, or anyone you care to share the documents with, you can select only certain files to share, and give full permissions to do only certain things edit, delete, read only. Personally I feel the same way Fred - All my data is local either on the PC or on servers in the workshop. I've only uploaded a couple of important documents as backups. I can see the advantage if people travel and several need access to documents all being stored in one place, but it's not for everyone. If the Internet goes down where you are, you're screwed lol. the version I got from Technet is called Office Professional Plus 2013 Preview Not the 365, may or may not be the same thing, the one I have here gives the option of skydrive so it can run/store locally. Might have to download the 365 and see. Being 365 it will be a paid subscription www.microsoft.com Guess there will be a standalone version. ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1289050 | 2012-07-18 22:39:00 | Well I only use office at work and our company doesn't adopt anything quickly so it will likely be many years before I have to worry about it. We still run XP (to the point were 7 is removed from new PCs and XP installed) and only just got office 2010 this year, with quite a few staff yet to update because they prefer to keep office 2003 and the rest including myself having to relearn common tasks on 2010. At home I just use open office for the very occasionl times I need access to office type documents. I didn't like windows 8 when I tried it, but if they go ahead with the cheap upgrade options I've read about I'll still be tempted if it adds features missing from home premium (such as network backups). |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1289051 | 2012-07-18 23:37:00 | If the Internet goes down where you are, you're screwed lol. On Windows Vista, Windows 7 and OS X you can install the SkyDrive app, which syncs your SkyDrive to a folder on your computer. That way you can still carry on working without internet access :) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1289052 | 2012-07-18 23:53:00 | Well I only use office at work and our company doesn't adopt anything quickly so it will likely be many years before I have to worry about it. We still run XP (to the point were 7 is removed from new PCs and XP installed) and only just got office 2010 this year, with quite a few staff yet to update because they prefer to keep office 2003 and the rest including myself having to relearn common tasks on 2010. At home I just use open office for the very occasionl times I need access to office type documents. I didn't like windows 8 when I tried it, but if they go ahead with the cheap upgrade options I've read about I'll still be tempted if it adds features missing from home premium (such as network backups). Hey Dugi, we were like that but we have had massive compatibility issues between excel 2003/07/10 to the point where excel files would even disappear entirely, currently we only have 2007 and 2010 now but it was quite a headache EDIT: even the lookup in excel is not right between excel 07 and 10 today where if the lookup tables were created in 2010 if it was opened in 07 they were broken |
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