Ellen - 2012-07-26

July 16, 2012, San Francisco - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced the launch of a new generation of Microsoft Office customers Preview Office.com / preview. The new version of Office with a new user friendly design, the perfect support for Windows device including Tablet PC, including the use of touch, stylus, mouse or keyboard to operate. The new version of Office in support of social networks at the same time, including reading, notes, meetings and communication scenarios can be delivered to the user through the latest cloud service model.

In San Francisco held a press conference, Ballmer cheap abercrombie said: "Microsoft has taken a solid step forward. New generation of Office will also provide unmatched productivity and flexibility for consumers and business customers. This cloud services with Windows 8 when used in combination, will be fully rejuvenated. "

Office on Windows 8 show the best

• touch everywhere. As natural support of the Office of touch, such as keyboard and mouse support. Can swipe a finger on the screen, or zoom through the fingers to read your document or presentation; or to write new content and to use various functions by finger touch.

• digital ink. Use the stylus to create the content, take notes, or manipulate the various functions. Handwritten reply e-mail and automatically converted to text. Presentations can be the stylus as a laser pointer to mark the color of your document content and easily erase the error.

• a new Windows application. OneNote and Lync is the first flip flops sandals application software to use Windows 8 style, so the design is in the Tablet PC touch the preferred experience. OneNote radiation style menu lets you easily through the fingers will be able to use the various functions.

• will be built on Windows RT. Office Home Student 2013RT version that contains the new Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and OneNote applications will be built on the ARM architecture Windows 8 devices, including Microsoft Surface Tablet PC.

Office in the cloud

• SkyDrive. Office will be the default file save it to SkyDrive, so that the user will always be able to use the Tablet PC, PC and mobile. The user's files can be used offline, synchronize and reconnect to the network.

• roaming. Once logged in the Office of your personalized settings - including the most recently used documents, templates, and even your custom dictionary - will work with you on all devices to synchronize roaming. The Office will even remember that you left it when editing the location with a single click can return to the position at that time.

• demand. By subscription, the user can flow deployment models will be fully functional Office applications deployed to any networked Windows PC.

• The new subscription service. The new version of Office to provide cloud subscription service. Subscribers can automatically receive future upgrades, but also automatically enjoy Skype's global talk time and additional SkyDrive storage, including selling services. Subscribe to the service user can be installed multiple times for multiple members of the home and on multiple devices.

Office set of social technology in one

• Yammer. Yammer for enterprises to provide a safe, private social network. The user is free to register and start using social networking. Yammer Integration Services for SharePoint and Dynamics.

• to maintain the connection. Concerned about the people in SharePoint team, documents and sites. View and embed images, video and Office content in your event information and notify colleagues of the latest state to keep abreast of.

• contact card. In any place in the Office has integrated view of the contact. Contact card contains the contact's complete status information, including pictures, status updates, and contact information as well as from Facebook and LinkedIn account aggregation.

• Skype. The new version of Office with Skype. If subscribers monthly, then will automatically get 60 minutes of global talk time. The same time, Skype contacts abercrombie tee can be integrated to Lync, so call or send instant messages.

Office open new usage scenarios

• Digital notes. OneNote, on various devices in the cloud, and handy to take notes. Feel the most natural way to take notes - through touch, a digital pen or keyboard, or with using these tools, and easily switch back and forth.

• read and mark. Reading Mode in Word provides modern, easy-to-navigate the reading experience, and can automatically adjust the screen size. Enlarge or shrink the video content, transfer files, view revision marks and use the touch feature to flip.

• the meeting. PowerPoint latest Presenter View (speaker view), you can glance He is playing (and confidentially) shows and upcoming play slides, presentation time, and the Speaker Notes. The presentation can touch and stylus, zoom, mark and switch slides. Lync including multi-Fang Gaoqing video, with the presentations, a shared OneNote notebook and a virtual whiteboard for brainstorming.

• 82-inch touch screen. Support multi-touch screen and stylus Perceptive Pixel, whether it is face to face or virtual meetings, meetings, presentations and learning can be more interactive.

Although the full range of products and pricing programs will be announced in the fall, Ballmer introduced three new Office 365 subscription service. Offered for sale, each new subscription will include the new 2013 version of Office applications - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access. In addition, users will get permission to upgrade privileges and up to use on PC or Mac and mobile devices. The following three new versions:

Office 365 families - Designed for family and consumer design. The service also includes an additional 20GB of SkyDrive storage and 60 minutes a month of Skype's global talk time.

• Office 365 small businesses Premium Edition - is designed specifically for small business. The service also includes enterprise-class email, shared calendars, websites, tools and high-definition web conferencing.

• Office 365 ProPlus (Professional Plus version) - designed for those who need advanced operational capacity and flexibility, and in the cloud deployment and management of enterprise customers.