All new facts about Microsoft Office 2013.

Microsoft has finalized its latest Office suite "Office 2013" which was codenamed as Office 15 and the final RTM version of Office 2013 is available for download to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Other people will be able to purchase and download it in first quarter of 201.for more detail click

 Trial version of Office 2013 Professional Plus RTM version is available absolutely free for 60 days to public.

Microsoft is providing Office 2013 Professional Plus version for download which comes with following Office programs:

• Microsoft Word 2013
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
• Microsoft Excel 2013
• Microsoft Access 2013
• Microsoft Outlook 2013
• Microsoft OneNote 2013
• Microsoft Publisher 2013
• Microsoft Lync 2013

Download Free Microsoft Office 2013 Professional Plus Trial Version

Both 32-bit and 64-bit editions are available for download and its available in many languages such as Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and Spanish.

  System requirements:

• Processor: 1 Ghz or faster 32-bit or 64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set
• Memory (RAM): 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• Hard Disk space: 3.0 GB available
• Display: Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX10 graphics card and 1024x576 resolution
• Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012

                               

                                           Office 2013 Start Screen

Microsoft office 2013 has got a very fresh look other than its cousin office 2012,2010 etc.
Microsoft has added Windows 8 style Start screen to Office 2013 programs.The new Start Screen in Office 2013 helps you in creating new documents quickly and easily using built-in templates. It also allows you to open recently opened documents.

 You can click on any entry to directly open it. If you want to remove any particular file from the history, right-click on it and select "Remove from list" option. You can also pin a document so that it doesn't get lost in future. If you want to clear the history, just right-click on any entry and select "Clear unpinned Documents" option.

                                           Office 2013 Ribbon UI:

Microsoft introduced the ribbon UI first in Office 2007 version and since then its present in all newer versions of Office such as Office 2010 and Office 2013. But Microsoft has tried to make the ribbon UI in Office 2013 minimal and clean. All the Aero glass effects such as blur, transparency, reflection, gradients have been removed and you get a clean UI.

                                
If you don't like the ribbon and want to disable it, you can't but Microsoft has added a new button in Office titlebar to customize ribbon appearance.There are three option available in the customize botton.

• Auto-hide Ribbon
• Show Tabs
• Show Tabs and Commands

                              Office 2013 Themes and Backgrounds

When Office 2013 was under development and Microsoft released a free Customer Preview version of Office 2013 to public, lots of people complained about the use of too much white color in the UI. Microsoft listened those complaints and introduced 2 new themes in Office 2013 final version which are Light Gray and Dark Gray. So now you have a total of 3 themes in Office 2013 to choose from:

• White (default)
• Light Gray
• Dark Gray

Office 2013 also comes with many backgrounds which are shown in right-side of Office titlebar and ribbon. You can choose a background only if you are signed in using a Windows Live account as mentioned in next point.

                              Windows Live Integration in Office 2013

Similar to Windows 8, Microsoft has integrated its Windows Live service in Office 2013. Now you can sign in using your Windows Live account and all your customized settings such as themes, backgrounds will be saved in your Windows Live account settings. Now if you sign in using the same account in any other computer, all your customize settings will be restored in Office 2013.

You can sign in using Windows Live account by clicking on "Sign in" link given in Office titlebar below the titlebar buttons. Once you sign in, you can change Office theme and backgrounds using account settings which can be accessed by clicking on the account name or picture showing below titlebar buttons.

You can also access the same settings page by clicking on "File" menu present in the ribbon and then click on "Account" tab given in left-sidebar.
In account settings page, you can change the theme and backgrounds. The page also shows status of Office 2013 activation. If you are using the trial version of Office 2013, you can convert it into full version from here. The same page also allows you to sign out from the account if you want.