The Best Microsoft Office 2015

With Windows 10 Home, you’ll always have the latest features and security. Experience faster start-ups, a familiar yet expanded Start menu, and great new ways to get stuff done.

*Windows Mixed Reality requires a compatible Windows 10 PC and headset; PC requirements may vary for available apps and content.

**PC hardware requirements may vary for games on Windows 10. Games sold separately. 4K functionality available with supported games, monitors, and graphics chips. DirectX 12 only available with supported games and graphics chips. Check PC to determine graphics chip compatibility.

***Windows Hello biometrics require specialized hardware, including fingerprint reader, illuminated IR sensor or other biometric sensors and capable devices.

With Windows 10 home, you’ll always have the latest features and security. Experience faster start ups, a familiar yet expanded start menu, and great new ways to get stuff done. Windows mixed reality requires a compatible Windows 10 PC and headset; PC Requirements may vary for available apps and content. Pc hardware Requirements may vary for games on Windows 10. Games sold separately. 4K functionality available with supported games, monitors, and graphics chips. Director 12 only available with supported games and graphics chips. Check PC to determine graphics chip compatibility. Windows hello biometrics require specialized hardware, including fingerprint reader, illuminated ir sensor or other biometric sensors and capable devices.

Depending on how you got your copy of Windows 10, you’ll need either a 25 character product key or a digital license to activate it. A digital license (called a digital entitlement in Windows 10, Version 1511) is a method of activation in Windows 10 that doesn’t require you to enter a product key. Without one of these, you won’t be able to activate your device.

Product Description

Office Home & Student 2013 is designed to help you create and organize faster with new, time saving features and a clean, modern look.

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Office Home & Student 2013

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote on one PC.

Office Home & Student 2013 is designed to help you create and organize faster with time saving features and a clean, modern look. Plus, you can save your documents in the cloud on SkyDrive and access them when you are not at home.

What’s new in this release of Office?

The 2013 versions of familiar Office applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint include new features that help you create, communicate and work efficiently from virtually anywhere. In addition to updating the traditional Office suites, Microsoft has developed brand new subscription versions of Office, specifically designed around the way customers use Office. Each new subscription offer will include the 2013 versions of the Office applications, for example Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus cloud services such as Skype world minutes and online storage with SkyDrive.

Subscribers will also receive future rights to version upgrades as well as per-use rights across multiple PCs or Macs and select mobile devices.¹ Note: The Office applications you can use across PCs, Macs and other devices vary by platform.

¹Visit www.office.com/information for a current list of devices. Internet connection required. Internet and mobile telephone usage charges may apply.

What is the difference between the Office 2013 suites and Office 365 plans?

Microsoft Office is still the name Microsoft uses for its familiar productivity software. Office suites have traditionally included applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. All Office 2013 suites include the latest versions of the applications, for use on a single PC.

Microsoft uses the name “Office 365” for products that include cloud services, such as additional SkyDrive online storage, Skype minutes for home use, Lync web conferencing or Exchange Online hosted email for businesses. Cloud services are features that are enabled over the Internet. Most Office 365 plans also include the full-featured Office 2013 applications, which users can install across multiple computers and devices. All Office 365 products, such as Office 365 Home Premium, are paid for on a subscription basis, annually. Active subscribers will receive future rights to version upgrades as a benefit of their subscription. Entitlements vary by product.

What it includes:

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
• Office on one PC for household use.
• One time purchase for the life of your PC; non-transferrable.
• 7 GB of online storage in SkyDrive.
• Free Office Web Apps for accessing, editing, and sharing documents.
• An improved user interface optimized for touch, pen, and keyboard.

How do I download Office?

Please note: This item requires a download directly from Microsoft. Below are instructions on what to expect when you purchase an Office download from Amazon.com:

1. Once you have completed your software download purchase at Amazon.com, you must click the “Continue to Office.com” button to get your software. The “Continue to Office.com” button can be found in your confirmation email, Your Games and Software Library, and on the Thank You page once you’ve completed your purchase.
2. You will be directed to a custom Microsoft Office site to register or sign-in with a Microsoft account.
3. Select your preferred country and language.
4. From your “My Account” page with Microsoft, select the item that you want to install.
5. Click the “Install” button to begin your download.

What’s new with Office?

Complete Tasks

• Experience Office on Windows 8 devices, with an improved user interface optimized for touch, pen, and keyboard.
• An improved look and feel reduces distractions for a better reading experience.
• The new Start screen gives you a selection of recent documents and templates.

Simple Sharing

• Use OneNote to capture and share notes, pictures, web pages, voice memos, and more.
• Allow others to scroll through your Word docs in a browser, even if they don’t have Word.
• Focus on your audience with PowerPoint tools that let you zoom in or skip to any slide without seeing the slides in between.

Microsoft Office Applications

• Incorporate content from PDFs into Word documents.
• Add pictures, videos, or online media to a Word doc with a simple drag and drop.
• Recommended Charts helps you visualize data in Excel.

System Requirements

• 1 GHz or faster x86 or 64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set
• 1 GB RAM (32 Bit) /2 GB RAM (64 Bit) recommended for graphics features and certain advanced functionality⁵
• 3.0 GB of available disk space
• 1366 x 768 resolution
• Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 2008 R2 with .NET 3.5 or greater.
  Windows XP, Vista or older NOT supported.
• Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX10 graphics card

Additional Requirements

• Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10; Firefox 10.x or later; Safari 5 (Mac) and Chrome 17.x
• Internet functionality requires an Internet connection. Fees may apply.
• Microsoft and Skype accounts
• A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. However, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. New touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8.
• Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.
• Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.

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Which version is right for you?

Office Home & Student 2013 is for households who want Office on one PC. But if you’re still not sure which version is right for you, check out our comparison chart.

	Office 365 Personal8,12	Office 365 Home8,12	Office 365 University8,12,14	Office Home & Business 2013	Office Home & Student 20138
Installs	1 PC/Mac2 + 1 iPad/Windows tablet11	Up to 5 PCs/Macs2 + 5 iPads/Windows tablets1	Up to 2 PCs/Macs/iPads/Windows tablets7	1 PC	1 PC
Core Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote8	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Email, calendars, and tasks: Outlook	✓	✓	✓	✓
Desktop publishing & databases: Publisher, Access8	✓	✓	✓
Easy smartphone access: View and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on the fly9	✓	✓	✓
Skype: 60 minutes of Skype calls each month to phones in 60+ countries5	✓	✓	✓
OneDrive online storage (20 GB/user): Save documents for easy access and sharing virtually anywhere	1 user	Up to 5 users	✓
Easy subscription: Renewal required	1 year	1 year	4 years
Ongoing updates: Always have the latest Office applications7	✓	✓	✓

1. Windows 7, Windows 8 OS, Windows Phone 7.5, Mac OS X version 10.5.8 required. Visit www.office.com/mobile for applicable devices. Windows RT devices come preinstalled with Office Home & Student 2013 RT Preview. Internet connection required. Internet and mobile telephone usage charges may apply.
2. Access and Publisher available on PC only. OneNote not available on Mac OS.
3. Internet and/or carrier network connection required; charges may apply.
4. You may transfer the software to another computer that belongs to you, but not more than one time every 90 days (except due to hardware failure, in which case you may transfer sooner). If you transfer the software to another computer, that other computer becomes the “licensed computer.”
5. Skype account required. Excludes special, premium, and non-geographic numbers. Calls to mobile phones are for select countries only. Skype available only in select countries.
6. For non-commercial use.
7. Current Office application versions for Office 365 are Office 2013 for Windows and Office 2011 for Mac. Customers with an active subscription will be entitled to the newest versions when available.
8. Application availability and features vary by platform and device. OneNote, Publisher, and Access available for PC only.
9. Office Mobile comes pre-installed on Windows Phones and is also available on Android phones and iPhones. See www.office.com/information.
10. Compatible only with Windows 7, Windows 8, and Max OS X 10.6 and later.
11. Compatible devices only. Learn more at www.office.com/information.
12. Eligibility verification required. Only full and part-time enrolled higher education students, faculty, and staff in accredited institutions are eligible. Alumni of these institutions are ineligible.

Windows 10 Pro includes all the features of Windows 10 Home, plus business functionality for encryption, remote log-in, creating virtual machines, and more. With Windows 10 Pro, you’ll always have the latest features and security. Experience faster start-ups, a familiar yet expanded Start menu, and great new ways to get stuff done.

Windows Ink
    Windows Ink lets you draw on pictures and videos in the Photos app to make them your own. With Windows Ink, you can draw on a 2D or 3D map in the Maps app and make it yours by creating routes with turn-by-turn directions, measuring the distance between any two points, adding notes, and marking places to visit.

Groove
    With Groove, you can upload music from your PC to OneDrive to play your own tunes and make a playlist once for all your devices.

360° Immersion
    With the Movies & TV app, you can explore immersive 360° video content from partners like GoPro, Baobab Studios, SLIVER.tv, LIFE VR, and NextVR.

Mini View
    The mini view feature lets you keep an ever-present small window on top of what you’re doing. This means you can do things like binge watch your favorite show, carry on a Skype conversation or control your music, regardless of what else you’re working on.

Night Light
    You can now lower the amount of blue light emitted from your PC at night with Night light.

Support
    The Creators Update enables immersive experiences that blur the lines between the physical and digital worlds. It enables developers to create exciting Windows Mixed Reality apps and experiences with Windows Mixed Reality dev kits.

Security
    The Windows Defender Security Center offers a single dashboard display, so you can control your security options from one place—everything from anti-virus, network, and firewall protection; to assessing your device performance and health; to security controls for your apps and browser; and to family safety options. For enterprise customers using the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service, the centralized portal first delivered in the Anniversary Update called the Windows Security Center will link to Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, via the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph, to allow IT administrators to easily follow an attack across endpoints and email in a seamless and integrated way.

Dynamic Lock
    Windows Hello can use any paired iPhone, Android, or Windows Phone to detect when you step away from your PC or tablet, automatically locking it behind you for an extra measure of security and privacy. This feature works with smartphones, fitness bands, or any device that’s paired to your PC or tablet.

Windows Defender ATP
    New actions and insights have been added in Windows Defender ATP to investigate and respond to network attacks, including sensors in memory, enriched intelligence, and new remediation actions.

Privacy Dashboard
    Microsoft’s privacy dashboard will let you see and manage your activity data across multiple services, as well as changes to how Windows 10 privacy settings will be designed and featured for customers.

New Setup Experience
    The Creators Update introduces a new setup experience for you to choose the settings that are right for you, simplifies Diagnostic data collection from three levels to two (Basic and Full), and further reduces the data collected at the Basic level.

Skype for Windows 10
    Skype was built for Windows 10 and includes exclusive features such as mini view, SMS relay for Windows Phone, and Skype Translator for calls to mobile phones and landlines. It is easy to use with keyboard shortcuts, conversation search, and a redesigned group video calling view that brings everyone even closer together. Be more productive on your PC and collaborate over Skype – share screens, photos, videos, documents, and files (up to 300MB). Say “hello” with an instant message, voice or video call, all for free, no matter what device you use Skype on.

Windows 10 Pro Features

Start Menu
    After its hiatus in Windows 8, the Start Menu has returned. Utilizing a combination of the traditional menu system and Windows 8’s Live Tiles, the improved Start Menu gives you more information at a glance, showing notification information alongside your applications and other pinned items.

Cortana
    Microsoft’s digital personal assistant, Cortana can answer your questions with information gleaned from both your device and the internet at large. You can type or even talk with her, if your system has a microphone. Using her Notebook, Cortana keeps track of your needs and wants, and she learns over time to improve her information gathering skills.

Microsoft Edge
    After nearly 20 years, Microsoft has finally replaced its Internet Explorer web browser. With Microsoft Edge, users can write directly on web pages and share notes with friends and colleagues. It also improves the online reading experience by adding a distraction-free mode and read-it-later functionality. Edge also has built-in Cortana integration; you can have her help you find a restaurant, make a reservation, and pull up directions without leaving your browser.

Windows Store
    For Windows 10, Microsoft has unified the Windows Store. Now, apps for PCs, tablets, and phones will all be accessible from one place. And with support for Universal Apps, one version of an app can work across all your compatible devices automatically.

Windows Continuum
    Windows 10 was designed for a variety of screen sizes and input styles, and with its Continuum feature, it automatically adapts to fit your needs. A Windows 10 tablet on its own requires a touch-centric approach, but attaching a mouse and keyboard will shift everything to a more traditional interface. You can even attach an external monitor to your Windows 10 phone for a near-desktop experience. But it’s not just the operating system; Windows Universal Apps take advantage of Continuum as well.

Xbox on Windows 10
    Gaming is a big focus of Windows 10. Xbox integration allows for PC players to match up against Xbox One players on supported games, and if you have an Xbox One, you can even stream compatible titles to your PC. Native support for recording with the new Game DVR feature makes it easy to capture and share your gameplay. The new DirectX12 takes better advantage of multi-core processors, giving games a performance boost, even on older hardware. Windows 10 also features native support for virtual reality headsets, such as the Oculus Rift.

Libre Office suite software, compatible with Microsoft office programs.

Create, edit, and modify office suite files. This software will allow you to create your own documents and save them in popular Microsoft file formats so you can share them with your contacts.  Can also work as a PDF creator, Writer will allow you to export your document as a PDF file. Great for home, students and business use. Email support provided.

The alternative to Microsoft Office

• Writer: Word Processing similar to Word

• Calc: Spreadsheet program similar to Excel

• Draw: Drawing program similar to Visio

• Impress: Multi-media presentation, similar to PowerPoint

• Base: Database program similar to Access

• Math: Mathematic formulas editor

• Computer Guide by ewholesaledirect located on the CD in PDF digital format

• Software guides included

Email Support included

Software runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP