“The most ambitious release in productivity software’s history”
This is how Steve Ballmer the Microsoft CEO described the new office 2013.
MS Office 2013 was designed to take
leverage of the new Windows 8 operating system. It is compatible with touch
screens used in tablets. It can be noted that Microsoft unveiled the new
surface computer tablets which aims to compete against Apple iPad. Surface is
expected to be available this coming October.
MS office 2013 also incorporates the cloud
Skype which Microsoft bought for $8.5 billion in 2011. Microsoft Office has the
lion share for the company’s total profit. In 2011, Microsoft Office was worth $14
billion that’s according to Michael Silver, a researcher analyst at Gartner. For the first time, Microsoft Office
applications are now responsive to touch-screen control – taps, swipes and
pinch-and-zoom.
Mr Ballmer said that the
user-experience is designed to be more “immersive”, “visceral” and
multimedia-rich when compared to earlier versions of the MS Office. It is
estimated that MS office has more than 1 billion users worldwide. Microsoft hopes that the new office
when paired with the surface tablets shall win business customers over time.
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