Love it or hate it, PowerPoint is an essential tool in the business user’s arsenal. As with Word and Excel, PowerPoint is a large application. The focus with PowerPoint 2013 has been on streamlining ...

Microsoft today announced the next generation of its Office suite: Microsoft Office 2013, the desktop version, and Office 365, a subscription-based version of the same product that comes with more ...

This is a heady time for Microsoft as it rolls out an ambitious OS and polishes off its productivity suite, billed as “the new Office.” At the suite’s core is Office 2013—the desktop applications.

Office 2013 introduces design refinements and usability improvements for connected users, but the price of upgrading may put off Office 2010 users who can get similar cloud functionality with free ...

While Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Office 2013 would be offered as a traditional “perpetual license” product, he also said that the next version of Office has been “built from the get-go as a ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. You don’t need to buy all of Microsoft Office 2013 if you ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. PowerPoint is a powerhouse among presentation apps. With ...

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Microsoft followed up on a "customer preview" launch of its next-generation Office 365 services this week by announcing the availability of preview trials of other 2013-branded products. Those ...

After teasing its launch for many months, Microsoft has finally released several consumer-focused versions of Office 365 and Office 2013 to 162 markets. After Windows, Office is arguably Microsoft’s ...