Microsoft has announced the preview of the next version of Office, Office 2016, completely renewed compared to the past, adapted to the new graphic style that characterizes Windows 10. The news is important above all because today you can try the new Office 365 for free, by downloading it from the Microsoft site and installing it on your PC Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Windows 10 .
Sorry for those who still use Windows XP and Vista, Microsoft will not make Office 2013 compatible with these operating systems.
Office 365 includes revamped versions of the Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher and Word programs .
A Mac version will be available when the final release occurs.
Office 365 will be available in 4 versions:
Office 365 Home Premium can be installed on 5 computers.
Office 365 Small Business Premium which includes Lync and can be used on 10 computers.
Office 365 ProPlus suitable for larger companies
Office 365 Enterprise with Sharepoint services.
For final prices refer to this blog post Office.
Office 365 Home is installed for free on Windows 10 tablets.
The home version can be downloaded for free for the 30-day free trial from the Microsoft Office 365 site by registering with your Windows Live or Hotmail account.
Installation requires internet connection and entry of payment data.
You must therefore unsubscribe before the 30 day deadline in order not to pay.
To uninstall Office Home Premium 365, you will first have to log in to your account on the Office website and deactivate it before uninstalling the program from your PC.
Disabling Office allows you to use Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook in read-only mode, so documents can be viewed but not edited, created or saved.
Those who are already subscribers can download and install Office 365 programs from their account page, by logging in with the email linked to the license.
The three main innovations that Microsoft introduces in Office 365 are Windows 10, the Cloud and social integration.
Microsoft has optimized Office 365 for Windows 10 and the use of writing programs even from tablet without keyboard and with touchscreen.
In addition, by installing Office 2013 on Windows 8 you will be able to appreciate the integration of the Word, Excel, Powerpoint programs and, above all, OneNote, in the Metro interface.
You can also write by hand on the screen and see Office how it converts the text into text.
The tight integration with Onedrive, on the other hand, can also be seen in Office 365 installed on Windows 7, which allows you to save documents on the internet to be able to access them from any computer that is connected to your Onedrive account.
In addition, all customized settings, including the most recent files, are stored online on your account so, from any PC, you can log in to Office and use it as if you were at home or in the office.
With a subscription, it will also be possible to access Office even when you are away from your PC, through web applications.
Subscribers will be able to install Office on multiple computers (depending on the version chosen) and on tablets or smartphones.
The new Office will then have integrated Skype .
Among the main innovations, speaking specifically of Office programs, we have:
- In Word you can open PDF files and turn them into Word documents.
You can embed videos in documents and the layout is easier to use, with a simpler system of positioning the elements on the sheet.
- Excel is smarter at filling repeated information such as lists and sorting copied and pasted data into a table from a web page.
A quick analysis system suggests the best chart to use and automatically creates pivot tables to analyze the data.
- PowerPoint has a new presentation view for use on tablets so you can swipe your finger across the screen to switch slides.
- Outlook becomes more social with the sharing of calendars and appointments with contacts in the address book.
The minimum system requirements to install Office 365 are a 1 Ghz x86 / x64 processor, 1 GB RAM (32 bit) / 2 GB RAM (64 Bit), Free space on Hard disk 3.5 GB, Windows 7 operating system, Windows 8 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or newer with Framework .Net 3.5 or higher.
Office 365 cannot be installed on a PC with Windows XP or Vista.
The preview will expire after 60 days of the next version of Office being released and users will receive an alert when this date is near.
After the expiration of Office Preview, the programs will be usable for reading only.
Office 365 is different from Office 2013 in real because you pay with a subscription and not with a license valid forever.
In another article the link to download Office 2013 Professional in Italian .
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