Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ 08055 Microsoft Office 2013 David F. Soll Chief Technology Officer Omicron Development LLC [email protected].

Omicron Development16 Union StreetMedford, NJ 08055

Microsoft Office 2013David F. Soll

Chief Technology OfficerOmicron Development LLC

[email protected]


Agenda

IntroductionEditionsLicensingSystem RequirementsOffice 2013 OverviewConclusions


IntroductionPresenter: David F. Soll

President and Chief Technology Officer, Omicron DevelopmentTreasurer, PCJS IEEEVice Chair, Princeton/Central NJ IEEE Computer Society

Senior Member of the IEEERecipient of the IEEE Region 1 Award

Past Chair, Princeton Chapter of the ACMSenior Member of the ACM

Chair, TCF IT Professional ConferenceOver 30 years in computing


Office 2013 Editions

Office Home and Student 2013 Office Home and Business 2013Office Professional 2013 Office Professional Plus 2013 Office 365 Home PremiumOffice 365 UniversityOffice 365 Small Business PremiumOffice 365 ProPlus Office 365 Enterprise


Office 2013 Editions


What About Windows RT

Office 2013 for Windows RT is only available in Home & Student EditionThe RT edition does NOT support:

MacrosAdd-insSend-As (i.e.: Attachment)Mail MergeAutomatic Synchronization with SkyDriveEquation EditorActiveXAudio and Video OneNote Recording


Licensing

Office 2013Home & Student

Home & Business Standard ProfessionalProfessional

PlusAvailability Retail, OEM Retail Volume licensing Retail Volume licensingMaximum users 1 1 As licensed 1 As licensedDevices per user 1 1 As licensed 1 As licensed

Office 365 Home Premium UniversitySmall Business

PremiumProPlus Enterprise

AvailabilitySoftware as a

serviceSoftware as a




service

Maximum usersall users in one

household 1 10 25 Unlimited

Devices per user5 shared among all

users2 computers and

2 mobiles 5 5 5


Licensing (cont’d.)


Office 2013 Requirements

Processor 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set

Memory (RAM) 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit); 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM (64-bit)

Hard Disk 3.0 gigabytes (GB) available

Display

Graphics hardware acceleration requires a

DirectX10 graphics card and a 1024 x 576 or higher resolution monitor

BrowserInternet Explorer 8, 9, or 10; Mozilla Firefox 10.x or a later version; Apple Safari 5; or Google Chrome 17.x.


Office 2013 Requirements

Operating System

Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit)

.NET version 3.5, 4.0, or 4.5

Multi-touch

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that new touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8.


New to Office 2013

Modern InterfaceLess 3DLess shadingSimpler lookFlatClean


New to Office 2013 (cont’d.)

Start Screens



SkyDrive IntegrationSave account info and default to SkyDrive

SkyDrive Storage7 GB storage for free (without buying Office)

Additional 20 GB for $10 per yearAdditional 50 GB for $25 per yearAdditional 100 GB for $50 per year

Additional 25 GB with Office 365 Home Premium



Syncing Across DevicesReally just a benefit of saving to SkyDrive or other Cloud locationDoesn’t actually “sync”

If saves to a location available to other devices instead of the local hard driveThere is a module that will synchronize a SkyDrive cache (folder) with SkyDrive

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=40mbPEANPXcEDM&tbnid=EYnHO78aHZd1PM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.redmondpie.com%2Fthis-is-what-microsoft-should-do-next-with-skydrive%2F&ei=x5NAUbzmGaT90gGcyYCgAw&bvm=bv.43287494,d.dmQ&psig=AFQjCNFTmF1ahjpQFlvg3i9hM4k8le-HNQ&ust=1363273022141417



TouchscreenOffice 2013 has been designed to be used with a touchscreenWhen in “Read” mode, swiping moves through pagesHas a “Touch” mode specifically for touchscreens

This means larger “landing” spots (thus eating screen real estate)



PDF EditingCan open PDF files directlyThen save as PDF or as DOC or DOCX



Formatting Task Panes in PowerPointFormatting images, shapes, and other objects in PowerPoint is now more intuitive



Easier ChartingNew “Recommended Charts” feature



More Graphics OptionsNew icons on the Insert tab of the ribbon Insert from online sources, including Bing, SkyDrive, and Flickr



New Account Login capabilityAllows you to store credentials for cloud storage



Outlook now had built-in support for Exchange ActiveSync

It can support Hotmail accounts directly without needing a plugin



PowerPivot is built into Excel 2013PowerPivot is disabled by default and must manually be enabled

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=u7pSo_AkvKykkM&tbnid=jnSKEEKFCHFPkM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thechickentest.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fthe-making-of-the-powerpivot-icon%2F&ei=ZZNAUZWDGO6P0QHHnIDwBg&bvm=bv.43287494,d.dmQ&psig=AFQjCNGqNkYTQzWaW00hdChv703A4-5Bbg&ust=1363272926755615


ConclusionsThe biggest change to the Office suite is the push towards a subscription model of licensingOffice 2013 has improved cloud based accessOffice has continued to become easier to use


Microsoft Office 2013David F. Soll

Chief Technology OfficerOmicron Development LLC

[email protected]

This presentation is available at:http://home.comcast.net/~soll/

Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ 08055 Microsoft Office 2013 David F. Soll Chief Technology Officer Omicron Development LLC [email protected].

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