
Yesterday, Microsoft released the Office 2013 Public Preview. Now for the first time, the average consumer (ie us) will be able to test out a pre-release version of the Office suites to come.
I downloaded the Office Professional Plus 2013 Public Preview (x86) version throught Technet, and will provide some screenshots from some of the applications to give you an impression of what’s coming.

Installation process
After executing the installation file, you are given the choice of upgrade or fresh install. I chose to upgrade my existing Office 2010 suite. When the installation was finished I was greeted with this box;

In this box I of course selected to Sign in;

Here I was given the choice between a personal or organizational account

Up came this not so very pretty dialogue which mixes new Metro style, with the old-fashioned Windows Live ID sign on UI.

I was then greeted by Office 2013 Public Preview, and was asked how I would like Office to look. I chose Calligraphy, which aligns with the corresponding theme in Windows 8 Release Preview

Then I was given some information on the direct link between the new Office suites and the Microsoft Skydrive cloud-service

After that bit of info, you are given the choice of taking a look into what is new in Office 2013 Public Preview

The information on what is new is given as a PowerPoint 2013 presentation

First some information on the link between your Microsoft account (former Windows Live ID) and Office

Then some more of the same information on the link between Skydrive and Office

According to this brief intro by Microsoft that is pretty much it. Or is it really? Lets see!

Outlook 2013
I started up Outlook 2013 as the first application, since it is this one, alongside Word that I use the most.

As is easily seen, Outlook has also gotten the Metro style look and feel. Although still fairly easy to recognize from the previous version

The Account information view

The Office Account view from where you can activate your account, as well as view connected accounts.


After entering the product key, my desktop computer was added to my account

The Outlook options dialogue revealed an old-fashioned IU-style dialogue box – I presume this will be changed before the final release.

The Ribbon; Home tab view in Outlook 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Send/receive tab view in Outlook 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Folder tab view in Outlook 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; The View tab view in Outlook 2013 Public Preview

The Calendar, monthly view

The People view (formerly Contacts, now named People, aligning it with Windows 8 and Windows Phone)

The Task view

The Notes view

And finally the Folder view
Word 2013

When you open Word you will see this screen

The Info screen in Word 2013 Public Preview

The New screen in Word 2013 Public Preview

And this is what a blank document looks like in Word 2013 Public Preview.

The Ribbon; Home tab view in Word 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Insert tab view in Word 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Design tab view in Word 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Page layout tab view in Word 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; References tab view in Word 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Mailings tab view in Word 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Review tab view in Word 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; View tab view in Word 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Format picture tab view in Word 2013 Public Preview
PowerPoint 2013

When you open PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview you are greeted with this dialogue

The standard layout with the Home tab Ribbon view in PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Home tab view in PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Insert tab view in PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Design tab view in PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Transitions tab view in PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Animations tab view in PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Slide show tab view in PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Review tab view in PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; View tab view in PowerPoint 2013 Public Preview
Excel 2013

When you open Excel 2013 Public Preview you are greeted with this dialogue

The standard layout with the Home tab Ribbon view in Excel 2013 Public Preview

When selecting File – Open you are presented with this view. The Skydrive integration is easily seen

The same goes for the File – Save as screen.

And this is how the File – Print screen now looks

The File – Share screen looks like this

And the File – Export screen gives you these options. As promised you are now able to create .pdf documents directly within the Office 2013 suite of applications

The Ribbon; Home tab view in Excel 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Insert tab view in Excel 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Page layout tab view in Excel 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Formulas tab view in Excel 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Data tab view in Excel 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; Review tab view in Excel 2013 Public Preview

The Ribbon; View tab view in Excel 2013 Public Preview
OneNote 2013

When you open OneNote 2013 Public Preview you are greeted with this dialogue

When selecting File – Info you are presented with this view

When selecting File – New you are presented with this view.

In the standard layout view the ribbon is by default hidden

But once you click on for instance, the Home tab, the Home Ribbon slides down

The OneNote 2013 Public Preview Ribbon; Insert tab.

The OneNote 2013 Public Preview Ribbon; Draw tab.

The OneNote 2013 Public Preview Ribbon; History tab.

The OneNote 2013 Public Preview Ribbon; Review tab.

The OneNote 2013 Public Preview Ribbon; View tab.
Microsoft Publisher 2013

When you open Microsoft Publisher 2013 Public Preview File – New you are greeted with this dialogue

The Standard layout of the Microsoft Publisher 2013 Public Preview.
That was a quick look through some of the applications in the Office 2013 Public Preview. In the Professional Plus suite that I downloaded these additional applications can be found;
Access 2013,
InfoPath Designer 2013,
InfoPath Filler 2013,
Lync 2013
I will be using the Office 2013 Public Preview going forward, and will keep you posted on my impressions and views on it. Want to give it a try yourself? You can download the Public Preview from here. Good luck, and please tell me what you think in the comments below.
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