Microsoft Announced New Office 2013 and Office 365: Device-based, but

On Monday, Microsoft announced the public version of its new cloud-focused, device-based Office: Office 2013 with Office 365.

Office 2013 will be installed locally on devices, while the cloud-based edition, Office 365, will from now on be the main focus of development, said CEO Steve Ballmer during a webcast press conference earlier this week. The new release is one of Microsoft’s biggest and encompasses updates for every product with the Office brand.

While still PC-centric, the new Office is Microsoft’s response to 3 consumer trends: mobile, social and cloud.

MOBILE:

Touch everywhere. This new version of Office will work best with Microsoft’s new Windows 8’s Metro interface meant for touch interfaces. Office responds to touch as naturally as it does to keyboard and mouse. Swipe your finger across the screen or pinch and zoom to read your documents and presentations. Author new content and access features with the touch of a finger.
Inking. Use a stylus to create content, take notes and access features. Handwrite email responses and convert them automatically to text. Use your stylus as a laser pointer when presenting. Color your content and erase your mistakes with ease.
New Windows 8 applications. OneNote and Lync represent the first new Windows 8 style applications for Office. These applications are designed to deliver touch-first experiences on a tablet. A new radial menu in OneNote makes it easy to access features with your finger.
Included in Windows RT. Office Home and Student 2013 RT, which contains new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote applications, will be included on ARM-based Windows 8 devices, including Microsoft Surface.

SOCIAL:

SharePoint. Stay connected & follow people, teams, documents and sites in SharePoint. View and embed pictures, videos and Office content in your activity feeds to stay current and update your colleagues.
Yammer, a secure, private social network for businesses. With Jammer can sign up for free and begin using social networking instantly. Yammer offers integration with SharePoint and Microsoft Dynamics.
People Card. Have an integrated view of your contacts everywhere in Office. The People Card includes presence information complete with pictures, status updates, contact information and activity feeds from Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.
Skype. The new Office comes with Skype. When you subscribe, you get 60 minutes of Skype world minutes every month. Integrate Skype contacts into Lync and call or instant message anyone on Skype.

CLOUD:

SkyDrive. Office saves documents to SkyDrive by default, so your content is always available across your tablet, PC and phone. Your documents are also available offline and sync when you reconnect.
Roaming. Once signed in to Office, your personalized settings, including your most recently used files, templates and even your custom dictionary, roam with you across virtually all of your devices. Office even remembers where you last left off and brings you right back to that spot in a single click.
Office on Demand. With a subscription, you can access Office even when you are away from your PC by streaming full-featured applications to an Internet-connected Windows-based PC.
New subscription services. The new Office is available as a cloud-based subscription service. As subscribers, consumers automatically get future upgrades in addition to exciting cloud services including Skype world minutes and extra SkyDrive storage. Subscribers receive multiple installs for everyone in the family and across their devices.

preview: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en.