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Planning To Run Office 2013 On Your Windows XP System? Think Again

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News Posted: Tue, Jul 17 2012 2:22 PM
If you haven't yet retired your old Windows XP or Vista operating system, Microsoft would like to encourage you to do so now. The Customer Preview of Microsoft Office 2013 is designed for Windows 7 and 8 operating systems and won't install on anything older, including Windows XP and Vista. Office 2013 isn't expected to be available until - you guessed it - 2013, but Microsoft is already beating the promotional drums and made a preview of the consumer version available today. You can sign up for it at Microsoft's site.

Microsoft Office 2013 Word Preview


If you are running WinXP or Vista and you're willing to upgrade, there's some good news: Microsoft announced earlier this month that it wil make the Windows 8 upgrade $39.99 when Windows 8 is officially released. The Windows 8 upgrade (not Office) supports operating systems as old as Windows XP. You'll just need to find a friend with a newer OS if you want to check out the preview of Office.

Microsoft's Office Customer Preview FAQ has some worthwhile information for anyone planning to take Office for a spin. A couple things to keep in mind: you can install the preview alongside your current Office without affecting it, and you'll need to be at Release Preview or higher if you are testing Windows 8.
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RTietjens replied on Tue, Jul 17 2012 5:28 PM

How about, "No. Not planning to run Office 2010. Ever." Kingsoft Office 2012 is freeware (for the basic 3-app package) and it's MS Office 2007-compatible, so why would I pay for Microsoft's latest travesty of an interface?

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realneil replied on Tue, Jul 17 2012 6:48 PM

Office 2013 will have to just wait for me to catch up. I'll buy it in 2023.

Office 2003 still works for me and my wife uses Office 2010 in her studies.

I just found a copy of Office 2007 on the shelf and put it back. I don't need it.

BTW: Open Source Office programs are becoming pretty easy to use these days. (and they're free as has been mentioned already)

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engineerchange replied on Tue, Jul 17 2012 7:23 PM

Any word on how long Office 2013 Preview is going to last?

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