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thermite

Brisbane, Queensland

9896 posts

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en

Microsoft launched the new software today as a Consumer Preview users can download and test from office.com/preview, though its official launch is not expected until Windows 8 is released in October.

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Office 15 was an “ambitious” redesign that changed Microsoft Office from programs in a box to net-savvy software using the cloud.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/forget-clippy-microsoft-office-15-is-on-a-cloud/story-e6frfro0-1226427688967#ixzz20qGnJOPS

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Spook

Brisbane, Queensland

34001 posts

what happened to office 11 through 14?

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03:58pm 17/07/12 Permalink

mental

Brisbane, Queensland

3344 posts

7 was Office 95
8 was Office 97
9 was Office 2000
10 was Office XP
11 was Office 2003
12 was Office 2007
13 was skipped because evil number 13 superstition
14 is Office 2010
15 is going to be called office 2013

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04:13pm 17/07/12 Permalink

Dazhel

Gold Coast, Queensland

5082 posts

Office 2003 was Office 11
Office 2007 was Office 12
Office 13 was skipped (Microsoft is triskaidekaphobic according to wikipedia)
Office 2010 was Office 14

edit: oh snap!

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04:13pm 17/07/12 Permalink

Spook

Brisbane, Queensland

34002 posts

oh

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04:17pm 17/07/12 Permalink

mental

Brisbane, Queensland

3345 posts

I like it. Very minimalist, and fast. Works nicely with Metro.

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04:20pm 17/07/12 Permalink

eski

Perth, Western Australia

980 posts

The focus on metro support and cloud features scare me. I hope they dont keep fucking up the usability like they did in every release since 2003.

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04:55pm 17/07/12 Permalink

BoDGie

Brisbane, Queensland

583 posts

Wait - so you *have* to use Office 365 if you want Office 2013 now?

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04:57pm 17/07/12 Permalink

Zakson

Gold Coast, Queensland

244 posts

I'll stick to Office 2007! The best Office.

Side note: What's with the photo of the 2 women? One's looking at the camera she's holding, the other is looking at the camera used to take the actual photo.

It's freaking me out.

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05:01pm 17/07/12 Permalink

Dazhel

Gold Coast, Queensland

5083 posts

I hope they've given admins enough control the cloud stuff in a corporate setting.
Confidential documents whizzing about the interwebs sounds like a compliance nightmare.

I'll stick to Office 2007! The best Office.

Office 2010 is just like 2007 but better. I liken it to the difference between Windows 7 and Vista.

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05:03pm 17/07/12 Permalink

eXemplar

Brisbane, Queensland

2774 posts

What's the go with the laptop at one minute, looks like a mac heh.

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05:08pm 17/07/12 Permalink

tspec

Melbourne, Victoria

3608 posts

Wait - so you *have* to use Office 365 if you want Office 2013 now?

It's separate. Office365 is subscription based, there's still Office Professional Plus 2013 you can download and install as a standalone though they don't make it easy to find, it's burried in small text under all the Office365 stuff.

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05:18pm 17/07/12 Permalink

infi

Brisbane, Queensland

18989 posts

they should have done this years ago

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05:35pm 17/07/12 Permalink

reload!

Brisbane, Queensland

6905 posts

notepad ftw

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05:44pm 17/07/12 Permalink

IVY_MiKe

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

1145 posts

rofl at all the 'PC's on that ad.
They ALL look like Mac's.

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05:50pm 17/07/12 Permalink

thermite

Brisbane, Queensland

9898 posts

A mac is a brand of pc, and you can install microsoft software onto it

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06:10pm 17/07/12 Permalink

paveway

Brisbane, Queensland

16969 posts

I'll stick to Office 2007! The best Office.

thanks trog

oh you early adopters and your windows 7

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06:13pm 17/07/12 Permalink

Whoop

Brisbane, Queensland

20253 posts

I haven't used office in over 15 years.

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07:02pm 17/07/12 Permalink

andrewus

Brisbane, Queensland

2792 posts

That's impressive whoop.
What alternative?

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11:35am 18/07/12 Permalink

greazy

Brisbane, Queensland

5489 posts

Latex.

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12:10pm 18/07/12 Permalink

kos

Germany

2083 posts

My guess is Microsoft Works 1.0 for Mac OS.

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07:47pm 18/07/12 Permalink

maryusdemetry

Sydney, New South Wales

18 posts

Good news

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07:41am 19/07/12 Permalink

HurricaneJim

Brisbane, Queensland

1200 posts

Open Office is still better.....because it's free.

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08:22am 19/07/12 Permalink

Spook

Brisbane, Queensland

34007 posts

Open Office is still better.....because it's free.

rofls

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10:42am 19/07/12 Permalink

3dee

Brisbane, Queensland

7083 posts

Man, Microsoft are killing desktop UI design with Metro. I like Metro, but it only really works on tablets and phones.

They've caused a huge uproar for totally ruining the Visual Studio UI with it in particular. Menu items in caps? It looks disgusting. Flat UI with no separation between major panels. Glyph (not objects) icons which are hard to distinguish do even more damage than the Ribbon did back in the day. I tried coding some stuff in VS 2012 and I got sick of it. The UI was horrible.

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03:48pm 19/07/12 Permalink

maryusdemetry

Sydney, New South Wales

19 posts

Man, Microsoft are killing desktop UI design with Metro. I like Metro, but it only really works on tablets and phones.

They've caused a huge uproar for totally ruining the Visual Studio UI with it in particular. Menu items in caps? It looks disgusting. Flat UI with no separation between major panels. Glyph (not objects) icons which are hard to distinguish do even more damage than the Ribbon did back in the day. I tried coding some stuff in VS 2012 and I got sick of it. The UI was horrible.

Trying the Office 15 beta on Windows 8 atm, if Windows is losing Aero and will be like Office then I quite like it. Simple, minimalist but easy to find everything you need.

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