Upgrade office home and student 2013 to 2016
- #UPGRADE OFFICE HOME AND STUDENT 2013 TO 2016 FULL VERSION#
- #UPGRADE OFFICE HOME AND STUDENT 2013 TO 2016 FULL#
- #UPGRADE OFFICE HOME AND STUDENT 2013 TO 2016 PRO#
- #UPGRADE OFFICE HOME AND STUDENT 2013 TO 2016 TRIAL#
Personally however, I find myself using Outlook Web App (which is included with Microsoft Exchange or with an Office 365 subscription) rather than using the built-in apps. The People Hub, Calendar, and Mail apps provide much of the basic Outlook functionality. While I will be the first to admit that I wish Surface included Outlook, Microsoft has included much of the Outlook functionality in Windows RT. More alarmingly, Surface tablets do not include Microsoft Outlook. However, there are some Office products that are missing.īecause Surface tablets do not include the Professional edition of Office 2013, it lacks Office products such as Visio and Publisher. While I admit that I spend a lot more time working with Office on my desktop than I do on my Surface tablet, I have not noticed any major features missing in Office RT. The Surface tablet includes 2013 versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
#UPGRADE OFFICE HOME AND STUDENT 2013 TO 2016 FULL#
Home and student versions of Microsoft Office have never been as full featured as professional editions, but they have historically covered the basics. Surface tablets include a version of Microsoft Office called Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 RT. This rumor is partially true, depending on how you look at things. After Office 2013 was officially released, Microsoft made the full-blown Office suite available for Surface tablets via an update.Īnother somewhat common rumor about the Surface tablet is that it comes with a sub-par version of Microsoft Office and that a lot of major features are missing.
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I think that many people mistook the preview release for a trial version. Consequently, Surface tablets shipped with an Office 2013 preview release. The Surface tablet was released before Office 2013 was released. I think that the reason why this rumor has been so rampant has to do with the way that Microsoft released Office 2013. When you purchase a Surface tablet running Windows RT, you get a fully licensed copy of Office 2013.
Instead, the Surface tablet comes with a trial version of Office preloaded.
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In some ways this is really counter intuitive since the Surface Pro is a higher-cost tablet, but for whatever reason, Microsoft chose not to include Office with the Surface Proĭo You Get a Full Copy of Office, or Just a Trial Version?Īnother misconception that I have heard several times is that Surface tablets don't actually include an Office 2013 license. The Windows RT-based Surface tablet includes Microsoft Office 2013. Whether or not Microsoft Office is included depends on which version of the Surface tablet you purchase. Like most good rumors though, this one has a degree of truth. Perhaps the biggest misconception that I have read regarding the Surface tablet is that it does not actually include Microsoft Office. That being the case, I thought that I would try to clear up some of the confusion by addressing a few of these issues.ĭoes Surface Actually Include Microsoft Office? I have encountered a number of articles on the Web containing inaccurate information about running Microsoft Office on the Surface tablet. Lately I have noticed a lot of confusion around the Microsoft Surface tablet's support for Microsoft Office. With so many new products thrown into the mix, it seems only natural for there to be a bit of confusion. We have recently seen the release of Windows 8, Microsoft Surface, Surface Pro, Office 2013 and a number of new server products to boot.
#UPGRADE OFFICE HOME AND STUDENT 2013 TO 2016 FULL VERSION#
Is it true you don't receive the full version of Office on your Surface tablet? Can you not upgrade to a different version? Brien Posey takes some time to clear the air on these and many other questions.Īs you probably know, Microsoft has had a tremendous number of new products released over the last few months. Posey's Tips & Tricks Clearing Up Microsoft Office/Surface Rumors