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's Included

• 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 Apps¹ for accessing, editing, and sharing documents.
• An improved user interface optimised for touch, pen, and keyboard.

What's new with Office?

Complete Tasks

• Experience Office on Windows 8 devices, with an improved user interface optimised 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 visualise data in Excel.

System Requirements

• Computer and Processor: 1 GHz or faster x86 or 64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set
• Memory: 1 GB RAM (32 Bit) /2 GB RAM (64 Bit) recommended for graphics features and certain advanced functionality²
• Hard Disk: 3.0 GB of available disk space
• Display: 1366 x 768 resolution
• Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 2008 R2 with .NET 3.5 or greater
• Graphics: 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.