Microsoft launches Office 2013 Later Today

According to Microsoft Office Twitter account, it is all set to launch its latest Office suite today. It had been rumoured since quite some time that the launch was around the corner. The tweet also indicates that the unveiling will happen at New York's Bryant Park. Additionally, there is also a new landing page on the Office 365 website that mentions "More time to do the things you want", along with the hash tag #timeto365.

Microsoft Office 2013 is known to be more cloud-based, as even the default save location for a document is SkyDrive for a user logged in to one's account. It will be available in boxed retail editions as Home & Student, Home & Business, Professional, and Professional Plus.

New features include a new read mode in Microsoft Word, a presentation mode in Microsoft PowerPoint and improved touch and inking in all of the Office programs. Microsoft Word can also insert video and audio from online sources as well as the capability to broadcast documents on the Web. Word and PowerPoint also have bookmark-like features which sync the position of the document between different computers.