The evolution of office: Cloud services, touch, social

Cloud services, touch-control operations, Metro style design Microsoft has put some thought into the new office. In the case of cloud services, Microsoft provides the ability to store documents in the SkyDrive and file sharing buttons SharePoint, and the Automatic Updates feature is the performance of the "collaborative office" concept in the context of cloud services.

Cloud services, touch-control operations, Metro style design Microsoft has put some thought into the new office.

Following last month's release of the next-generation operating system, Windows 8 and Tablet PC surface, Microsoft unveiled a new generation of Office suite Office 2013. July 16, San Francisco, CEO Steve Ballmer personally presided over the release. The product, which brought 22.2 billion of billions of dollars in profits to Microsoft in 2011, is no doubt the star of Microsoft's eyes.

Consolidating cloud services is one of the highlights of this new office. You can create and edit documents regardless of the Windows computer (support Win 7 and win 8), Windows Phone, or Windows 8 tablet. This is what office Design general manager Chris Pratley said to the media, "the new office will no longer be based on a computer, it is now Chris Pletrey with the customer." As long as you log on to a Windows Live account, the "roaming" feature can even help you remember where you last stopped.
In the case of cloud services, Microsoft provides the ability to store documents in the SkyDrive and file sharing buttons SharePoint, and the Automatic Updates feature is the performance of the "collaborative office" concept in the context of cloud services.

Office 365 is a web version of Office suite, and the new Office 365 Cloud Office suite allows users to order Office 2013 desktop applications simultaneously, including home Premium, Sgt Business Premium A combination of four versions (Small business), ProPlus (Enhanced) and Enterprise (Enterprise) and compatible with Apple's Mac system.

Another manifestation of "collaborative office" is the inclusion of social elements. In addition to opening up LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, users can share the contents of the chart with their friends through the "share" key, and the corporate social platform Yammer, which Microsoft announced last month, is also starting to work, and users can register and use them for free. There is also a previous acquisition of Skype, if it is subscribers, Microsoft provides 60 minutes per month of global call time.

It is easy to think of Google's office software Google docs-in Gmail registered users run the Google Docs itself is seen in the cloud services in collaboration with the representative products, coupled with gtalk social and telephone functions, in fact, Google Docs can almost replace office.

Microsoft certainly does not want to see this happen. So the new office added another big selling point-touch function. New office supports multi-touch and creating content with a stylus. Take notes and so on, like Windows 7 with some touch changes, in fact, touch operation for Microsoft just released Tablet PC surface, mainly want to take into account the traditional desktop and mobile office, and, If you can use this as a bright spot for surface, it is certainly a good thing for Microsoft.

It is also worth mentioning that Microsoft has improved the reading experience of the document in the new edition of Office, not only can the user adjust the text through "read mode", but also convert the locally opened PDF document into Word format, and also provide note-taking function. In addition, Microsoft has removed all the bottom task Windows from the Office suite to match the Metro style redesign of office.

Microsoft has now released its Office 2013 preview, which users can test on Win 7 or win 8 computers. Microsoft has announced that Office 2013 can be installed on up to five PCs, but the time and price of the specific listing has not been announced.
Compared with Google, which offers free Google Docs, and Apple, which also has cloud services icloud and iwork Office suites, Microsoft's new version of Office can be said to coincide with the fall market for Windows 8 and to grab back the SME user base that Google has diverted. But we all know Google's Google Docs is free, Microsoft to set a price to increase competitiveness, or a very troubling question.

It is also important to add that Office 2013 will not support Windows XP and Vista systems, which will be formally discontinued in April 2014. In other words, if you want to experience the new features of Office 2013, upgrade your computer first.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)