Microsoft Office 2013 releases to manufacturing, reaches most of us early next year

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Break out the party streamers and balloons — if only in an orderly fashion, because this is the day Office 2013 has been released to manufacturing. The completion swings Microsoft’s attention towards a rollout staggered over the next few months. Wider availability will have to wait until the first quarter of 2013 — such synchronicity with your branding, Microsoft — but companies who’ve sprung for volume licensing will get access as early as mid-November to December 1st, depending on whether or not they’re embracing a Software Assurance plan. In the meantime, Microsoft is offering an easy path for anxious workers by promising a free copy of Office 2013 to everyone who buys Office 2010 from October 19th onwards. The upgraded software might not be cheap for those who aren’t already buying a Windows RT tablet, but it’s likely to be an important piece of the puzzle for anyone hunting down a touchscreen Windows 8 PC.

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Zoho’s Office suite gets Google Drive integration, keeps its freemium status

Zoho's Office suite gets Google Drive integration, keeps its freemium status

Zoho’s been offering its handy Office suite for quite some time on the web, but now the company’s making it even better by integrating its productivity applications with Google’s cloudy Drive. Naturally, this includes the full set of internet-based apps, such as Zoho Writer for word processing, Zoho Sheet to take care of spreads and Zoho Show for when you need to knock out some presentations. Best of all, you won’t have to shell out any cash on the app trio, and you can grab ’em all from the Chrome Web Store link below.

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Zoho’s Office suite gets Google Drive integration, keeps its freemium status originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Jul 2012 06:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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