As part of the launch, Office has also reached a new landmark by going into the cloud with subscription pricing, on-demand installation and automatic syncing of settings and documents you save online rather than offline. It's called Office 365.
That particular method of purchase ensures you're always up-to-date, even if the software changes - check out our Office 365 review.
While the main thing you'll notice with Office 2013 the new look, there are some really interesting features under the hood - though sadly not for Windows XPusers, who are now excluded. Office 2013 is strictly for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users.
As usual, there are multiple versions of Office 2013, but this time around the different editions are not just about whether you're using them at home or in a business or which applications are included.
Computer and processor
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1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set
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Memory (RAM)
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1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit); 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM (64-bit)
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Hard Disk
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3.0 gigabytes (GB) available
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Display
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Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX10 graphics card and a 1024 x 576 or higher resolution monitor
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Operating System
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Office 2013 runs on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. When you run Office 2013 32-bit on a 64-bit version of a Windows operating system, the program runs in the 32-bit layer of the Windows operating system. For more information, see 64-bit editions of Office 2013. Here are supported Windows operating systems on which you can run Office 2013 32-bit and 64-bit programs.
Office 2013 32-bit products are supported on the following Windows operating systems:
Office 2013 64-bit products are only supported on the following Windows operating systems:
*Windows Server 2008 R2 is available only in 64-bit architecture
**Windows Server 2012 is available only in 64-bit architecture
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Browser
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Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10, or 11; Mozilla Firefox 10.x or a later version; Apple Safari 5; or Google Chrome 17.x.
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.NET version
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3.5, 4.0, or 4.5
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Multi-touch
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A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that new touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8.
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Additional requirements and considerations
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Some functionality may vary, based on the system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.
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Note: