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System requirements for Office 2013 Preview You are itching to give the new Office a spin and we don’t blame you! It’s everything you’ve grown fond of plus many cool new features all rolled up in a beautiful package of apps that play so well together. Before you jump in, take a minute to make sure your system will be able to showcase everything you want to preview. The system requirements are worth reviewing. Standard system requirements for Office 2013 Preview are: Component Requirement Computer and Processor 1 gigahertz or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set Memory (RAM) 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32 bit); 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM (64 bit) Hard disk 3.0 gigabytes (GB) available Display Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX10 graphics card and 1024 x 576 resolution Operating System Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, or 10; Mozilla Firefox 10.x or a later version; Apple Safari 5; or Goo...

Outlook 2013 Preview Outlook helps you manage your busy life more easily and efficiently. You get new and improved ways to find information quickly, handle email, coordinate schedules, keep current with contacts and social networks, and tame your unruly to-do lists. Communicate Quickly connect and share files with the people and groups that matter most to you. Exchange ActiveSync Support Connect Outlook with Exchange ActiveSync, and you’ll receive push-based email, appointments, and contacts via the most popular email servers and services. Navigation Bar Continue to enjoy quick and convenient ways to open your email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. Social Connectors Get the very latest updates automatically from people in the social networks you rely on most—LinkedIn, Facebook, and others. Manage Organize and control your email flow and meeting schedules with new Outlook tools that help you pull it all together effortlessly. Peeks Grab a quick glance at your schedule, an app...

OneNote 2013 Preview OneNote is a digital notebook for creating and storing all your notes. Your notes are automatically saved and searchable so you have them when you need them. And when you’re on the go, they travel with you on your favorite devices or nearly any browser. Go Your notes move seamlessly with you to OneNote apps on your favorite devices—Windows Phone, Windows 7 or 8, iOS, and Android. Or you can open the notes in your browser via Office Web Apps. The New OneNote Draw, type, click, or swipe—OneNote has been reimagined for Windows 8. Your notes are saved, searchable, and synced to OneNote apps on your other devices. The OneNote app is available through the Windows Store to customers participating in the Windows 8 Release Preview.  On Your Devices You can use OneNote Mobile apps on Windows Phone, iOS, and Android phones. And if you’re using a browser, just open the OneNote Web App. In Sync OneNote syncs with SkyDrive and SharePoint, * so your notes are always...

Access 2013 Preview Access provides a simple way to build SharePoint apps. Easy-to-use tools help app developers get started fast and quickly share their app, improving end-users productivity from virtually anywhere. In this release, IT can also be confident Access apps are under the control and manageability of SharePoint and SQL Azure or Server Create Build and share custom apps that run on the web and help run your business or department. No software development knowledge needed! Welcome screen lift-off: Start creating a custom app from the Welcome screen, or get inspired by one of the new and professionally-designed app templates. Table templates: Simply type what you need to track and Access will use table templates to deliver an app that does the job. Access handles the complexities of fields, relationships, and rules so you can concentrate on your project. You’ll have a new app with a natural UI up-and-running before you know it. Create & run legacy databases: Enjoy suppo...

PowerPoint 2013 Preview Ready to create more striking presentations? Select a theme, add a design variant, align text and pictures, and more. Work on the same version with others at the same time, and present with more confidence and control. Design Use new wide-screen themes and variants, add videos, pictures, and shapes, and create customized icons using powerful tools. Start Screen: The new Start experience helps you jump-start the creative process with a collection of new themes. Theme Variants: Choose from alternative color schemes and then apply the look you like with a single click. Alignment Guides: Exhibit a designer’s touch by aligning shapes, text boxes, and other graphics with text. Merge Shapes: Use the Union, Combine, Fragment, Intersect, and Subtract tools to merge two or more shapes into the shape you want. Impress An improved Presenter View helps you to stay organized, focused on your presentation, and keep your audience engaged. Slide Zoom  Direct your...

Excel 2013 Preview Enjoy new ways to explore your data more intuitively. Visualize, analyze, and display results with a single click. And when you’re ready, it’s easy to share your freshly discovered insights. Discover Reveal the insights hidden in your data. Easily extract what you need from imported information with Flash Fill, and perform complex analyses quickly with Recommended Pivot Table. Recommended Pivot Table: Excel summarizes your data with previews of various pivot-table options, letting you select the option that tells your story best. Flash Fill: Here’s the easy way to reformat and rearrange your data. Excel learns and recognizes your pattern and auto-completes the remaining data, with no formulas or macros required. Visualize New analysis tools help make it easy to visualize data with a click of the mouse. Recommended Charts: Let Excel recommend the charts that best illustrate your data’s patterns. Quickly preview your chart and graph options, and then pick the ...

Word 2013 Preview Word is cleaner, sleeker, easier on the eyes. New templates and design tools help you put the finishing touch on documents, and you’ll find new and updated ways to share and work with others.  Enjoy  With the new Word, enjoy greater focus and less distraction, with an improved screen-reading experience.   New Read Mode: Text reflows automatically in columns to make it easier to read.  Object Zoom: When you view tables, charts, images, or online videos, a finger tap or mouse click lets you see the detail. When you’re done, another tap or click returns them to their original size. Resume Reading: Word automatically bookmarks your last-visited spot. Enjoy your reading, take a breather, and then pick up where you left off—even on a different PC or tablet.  Work together  Sharing documents with reviewers and others is even simpler and more efficient. Reply Comment: Place comments next to the text you’re discussing so it’s easy to track the ...