(They remain available, although Microsoft has done away with previous versions that entitled you to install the suite on more than one computer.) It wants subscription Office to be the default Office. And as you’ll see if you visit, it’s emphasizing this new Office-as-a-service over the conventional versions. Microsoft is now offering a consumer version of its Office 365 service, which turns the suite from a shrinkwrapped product you pay for in one lump sum into a subscription service. As usual with a new version of Office, there are little tweaks all over the place, many of which have to do with making the software more webby (you can easily save documents to SkyDrive online storage, so they’re available from any computer, phone or tablet) and touch-friendly (the interface has been slightly rejiggered to work better with touchscreen PCs, such as many Windows 8 machines).īut one of the biggest new twists in Office 2013 involves how you might end up paying for it.
Follow Microsoft formally launched the consumer version of its Office 2013 suite, which it first revealed last July.
