Earlier today, Microsoft announced their next version of their famed productivity suite with Office 2013. With the latest version of Office 2013, Microsoft makes it Windows 8-ready adding touch, stylus, mouse or keyboard navigation for Windows tablets & PCs along with additional cloud storage. Expect the Metro theme to run throughout the newest version of Office.

The new features include video embedding and the ability to edit PDF content in Word, an enhanced auto-fill feature within Excel, an improved Presenter View within PowerPoint, better syncing/push services for email within Outlook, Yammer built-in to share docs on a social level within Office, Skype built-in to conference with your contacts, and OneNote offers digital note-taking all with cloud support.

It is worth noting that Office 2013 will not support Windows XP or Vista so in order to use it, you will have to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8. Arriving next year in the forms of Home Premium, Small Business Pro, and ProPlus.  Interested users on Windows 7 can download the preview version of the newest Office at the link below.

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