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Does "MS Office 2013" work only with windows 8?

Is microsoft office 2013 compatible with previous versions of windows like windows 7, windows Vista, and others ? or only compatible with windows 8 as I hear.

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Question added by Ali Mahdi Jawad , Head of Information Technology , Falcon Cement Co
Date Posted: 2013/04/24
Mohammed Yaseen MBA  PMP®
by Mohammed Yaseen MBA PMP® , Commercial Officer , Hayat Communications

 

No,

 

only Windows XP Service Pack3 compatible fo r2013,

XP service pack2 is not compatible for Office2013

and Windows vista,7 &8 (32-bit or64-bit) are MS Office2013 Compatible OS

Lubna Al-Sharif
by Lubna Al-Sharif , Medical Laboratory Technician , Nablus Specailized Hospital

Microsoft Office 2013 (formerly Office 15) is a version of Microsoft Office, and the successor of Microsoft Office 2010, which includes extended file format support, user interface updates and support for touch among its new features.

1- Office 2013 is suitable for IA-32and x64 systems and requires Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or later version of either (as Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012).

2- A version of Office 2013 called office RT comes included on Windows RT devices, Office RT is a special version of Office 2013 known as Office 2013 Home & Student RT and it is shipped with all Windows RT devices, consisting of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote
3- Alongside Office RT, free versions of OneNote and the Lync client were made available as Windows Store apps upon the release of Windows 8 and RT.
The OneNote app contains a limited feature set in comparison to its desktop version, but is also optimized for use on tablets and a Microsoft Lync client.

4- In mobiles, Windows Phone 8 ships with an updated version of the Office Mobile suite, consisting of mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
Also, they are provided with improved Office Hub interface that can sync recently opened and modified documents (including changes to documents stored via Office 365 and SkyDrive).

5- SAS Add-In and AMO : According to: http://support.sas.com/kb/38/120.html, and SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office; a- SAS Add-In 5.1 for Microsoft Office supports 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Office 2013, but support for SAS Add-In 5.1 for Microsoft Office on Office 2013 is available only with the latest SAS Add-In 5.1 for Microsoft Office hot fix applied.
b- If you have AMO, then you are reaching to SAS data from inside AMO.
AMO 5.1 works with Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007, and should work with the latest hotfixes only.

hussein khatib
by hussein khatib , Information Management Officer , Save the Children International

NO- MS Office 2013 Compatible with : Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)* Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)** Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Jaweed Hatem Nazir
by Jaweed Hatem Nazir , Data entry / Field supervisor , the EST. of motawfs for pelgrams from african non arabs contries

No, It's working with

Vista - Se7en & Win8

Mahmoud Amin
by Mahmoud Amin , مدير عمليات , EMS

Its compatible with previous versions of windows like windows7, windows Vista, and others

Jayson Aglubat
by Jayson Aglubat , Creative Artist , Sadeem International Co.Ltd.

It works on my windows7 only32 bit.. I got issues on64bit... ouch..

Alaa Abou-Elmagd
by Alaa Abou-Elmagd , Implementation & Training - Payments and Cash Management(GTS), Corporate Banking , Ahli United Bank

NO- MS Office2013 Compatible with : Windows Server2008 R2 (64-bit)* Windows7 (32-bit or64-bit) Windows Server2012 (64-bit)** Windows8 (32-bit or64-bit)

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Yes it is compatible version with older version.
Use Compatibility mode before installing Office 2013

Azharuddin Mohammed Khaja
by Azharuddin Mohammed Khaja , FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE , AIN CORPORATION SECURITY SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT LTD

Windows XP Service Pack3, Windows vista,7 and8 (let it be32bit or64bit) are compatible for the use of "MS Office2013".

sajid hassan
by sajid hassan , Assistant Accountant , Soft Fixing Building Material L.L.C

no works in win xp

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