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Office 2013: Easier File Sharing

It’s easy to see why Office 365 is now the most popular MS suite to date. With over 1 million subscribers during its 2013 launch, it’s packed with all the great features that we know and love about Office, with the added bonus of online storage, file sharing and collaboration.

With new save and share functionality across Microsoft Office 2013 applications you can now share work instantly via a number of channels, both on and offline. This makes collaboration a whole lot simpler and echoes the sentiments of Office 365.

 

Share page in Word 2013Save directly to the cloud, a blog, email and more, the changes may not be revolutionary, but they will save you considerable time and effort compared to dated methods.

Integration with SkyDrive, Lync and other applications is helping offices across the globe run smoother. With the ability to save an offline document into your shared SkyDrive account, the possibilities for Office productivity are endless.

Both Office 2013 & Office 365 are revolutionising the way that businesses work. Starting with sharing, we see this as the first steps to a 100% online productivity suite.

How to: File > Share

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MS Project 2013: View visual reports instantly in Excel or Visio

what's new in office 2013Visual reports are another fantastic way to share figures with stakeholders in way that’s digestible and easy to break down. In Project 2013, you can view specific project data in a visual report in Excel or Visio, if you have those programs installed.

How to: Select ReportsVisual Reports, select an Excel or Visio report for your project data, and click View.

Excel builds a local Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cube file and shows your data in an Excel PivotChart or Visio PivotDiagram. Once in Excel or Visio, you’ll be able to get the most from your data thanks to a host of new tools including recommended charts and quick analysis techniques. Reporting has never been so easy.

If you’re feeling adventurous, why not customise your data even further with three new tools for Excel 2013.

visual reports in ms project

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