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Microsoft Office 2013 - time2buy


Posted: Feb 27, 2013

It's time for a new PC, and I found a great deal on a brand new one that comes loaded with MS-Office 2013.  It took forever to get used to 2010.  Anyone here had experience with 2013?  Pros and cons, please.  Undecided

I like it better! - hypotypo

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I don't think there's a lot of changes - not so many that you can't pick them up quickly anyway. The thing I like best is the way the cursor and words just glide on the page (don't know how to explain it; you'll know what I mean when you type in it). Overall, just as good, if not better than 2010. I haven't played with it in depth but, from what I've learned so far, it's great!

MS-Office 2013 - time2buy

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Thank you, hypotypo! I've just learned some fabulous news, that as a full time employee at our local university, I get to buy Office 2013 for $9.95 for home use! Otherwise, it would be $160 in the stores and online. Now that I've heard that you like it, I'm definitely ordering it.


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