Microsoft Offering 60-Day Trial of Office Pro Plus 2013

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By Kevin Parrish
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Microsoft has released a full version of Office Professional Plus 2013 as a 60-day trial.

Microsoft announced last month that Office 2013 had hit released to manufacturing, meaning the latest version of the popular suite is fully baked and has been sent off for packaging to be served up to consumers and businesses. The company claims it's the most ambitious release yet, spanning the full family of Office services, servers and cloud services.

"The new Office has a fresh, touch friendly design that works beautifully on Windows 8 and unlocks modern scenarios in social, reading, note-taking, meetings and communications," the company said. "We are proud to achieve this milestone and are eager to deliver this exciting release to our customers."

But don't expect to see the new Office anytime soon, as the retail version isn't slated to hit store shelves until sometime in 1Q13. However that doesn't mean consumers can't purchase Office now – the new Office 2013 will be provided as a free upgrade for anyone who purchases Office 2010 after October 19.

Before Friday, Microsoft only offered the Office 2013 Customer Preview, available here. Launched back in July, it provides working (yet limited) versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and Outlook focused on touch and fitting within Microsoft's Modern UI platform.

But for those who want to see everything that Office 2013 has to offer, Microsoft has released a 60-day trial of Office Professional Plus 2013 on TechNet. It's provided as a 785 MB IMG file that can either be burned as a physical disc, or mounted in Windows 8 as a virtual drive (Windows 7 users will need 3rd-party software for mounting).

This build, reportedly the RTM version with merely a time limitation, includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, and Lync. To get started, simply hit the big green button, log in with a Microsoft account, fill out the form, choose either the 64-bit or 32-bit version, and you'll receive a product key and a link to download the file.

For consumers still using Windows XP and Windows Vista, Office 2013 will not install on your platform. Compatible operating systems include Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012. Additional hardware requirements can be accessed here.

To get your 60-day trial of Office Professional Plus 2013, head here.

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13 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Azn Cracker
    damn it seems like they are updating office too much. i just got the 2010 version...
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  • gerchokas
    I write my essays in wordpad, draw the charts and graphs in paint and then glue them all together. Seamless
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  • jhansonxi
    LibreOffice doesn't have time limits. Good enough for most users but anyone who hasn't progressed past whitespace formatting of documents could just as easily use Notepad.
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  • dextermat
    D'oh,

    I already hear clients telephone me:

    Client: My office doesn't work anymore, why, it's asking me a key..
    Me: Ok, what version of office did you installed
    Client: I don't know, it was already installed on my laptop.
    Me:... (roll-eyes) Well you where using the trial version of office 2013, if you want to continue using it you have to buy it.
    Client: What, the clerk told me windows came with my laptop.
    Me: That's windows that is installed, office is a program you have to install. It doesn't come with windows. Windows is the program that make the computer run while office is a program to type text and so forth. It's made by the same company but two totally different usage.
    Client:...... (probably all confused)
    Me:If you had an older version of office we could still reinstall if it's not used on other computer.
    Client: Yeah I guess we can do that...

    Every time a new office come out that what happens ....
    LOL btw i'll stick with office 2003 :P

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  • nbelote
    Azn Crackerdamn it seems like they are updating office too much. i just got the 2010 version...
    If you literally just got Office 2010, you get a free upgrade to 2013: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/offer/
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  • matter37
    I will stick with google docs
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  • It would be nice if they came out with a version of office that had reasonable HTML/CSS, as well as the ability to view in source mode.
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  • bystander
    Azn Crackerdamn it seems like they are updating office too much. i just got the 2010 version...I wouldn't worry about it, unless it had some special features you need. Heck, I was using Office 2003 until 2010. It got the job done.
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  • livebriand
    rachelsomer22I'm making $86 an hour working from home. I was shocked when my neighbour told me she was averaging $95 but I see how it works now. I feel so much freedom now that I'm my own boss. This is what I do, http://nyan.catOh, you'll be shocked all right. **pulls out high voltage leads**
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  • kellybean
    Thanks but no thanks, I will stick with the Ubuntu default, LibreOffice, free and available for all 3 platforms, Linux. OS X and Windows.
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