Images can be captured from a tablet's onboard camera and resized right into the doc finger gestures can enable layout changes. Other additions focus on media use and consumption Read mode optimizes a document for tablet reading with booklike page-flipping, and videos can be viewed within documents. While the Ribbon still remains in Word, you can opt to remove interface clutter for a cleaner view. The layout has been simplified and more touch-friendly button-icons have been added. Office 2013 is specifically optimized for tablet use, and even smartphone use. You'll need to sign up for a free Microsoft account to use cloud-based document sharing via SkyDrive. You can deactivate versions and install them on other devices after that.

The Office 365 subscription versions can be installed on up to five computers. With a purchase of any of the Office 2013 standalone versions you will only be able to install it on one PC. Office Home and Student 2013 RT includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. There's also the Microsoft RT version of Office for ARM-based tablets, included for free on RT devices such as the Surface RT tablet. Buying the standalone versions of Office 2013 will get you maintenance updates only, but staying subscribed to Office 365 will give you big updates coming down the pike in the future as well. Office 365's subscription-based cloud service comes in tiers: Home Premium (20GB of SkyDrive storage and 60 minutes of Skype world minutes a month included), Small Business Premium (shared calendars, business-class mail, HD conferencing), and ProPlus (enterprise). Office 2013 will come in a variety of versions for home and business users, and you can get the current pricing and version breakdown here. Redesigning bloat: How Microsoft Office got a makeover.How and where to buy Office 365 and Office 2013.

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