Is Office 2013 Worth it Over 2010?

[NewYorksFinest]

I am buying a Pro version of office. The Pro 2013 costs $399.99. However, the 2010 Pro costs $299.99. Is the extra $100 worth it?

 

[blurredvision]

In my opinion, no. There are some articles out there that highlight the differences between the two packages and these articles are very short (i.e. there's not many differences). Save the $100.

 

[G73S]

the only good thing about Office 2013 is Outlook 2013 is way better

everything else, I prefer Office 2010 personally

 

[Mushkins]

I personally like Office 2013, the Outlook improvements are small but noticeable to anyone who spends a lot of time in Outlook. I'm also a big fan of the templates and onedrive integration in Word.

Would I pay $100 extra for it? Probably not, but it's a solid suite. If it were bundled with a new PC I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to roll back to 2010.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Would I pay $100 extra for it? Probably not, but it's a solid suite. If it were bundled with a new PC I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to roll back to 2010.

This^^

I don't see any reason to upgrade to '13 if you've already got '10. Certainly not if it's $100 more. If I used Outlook heavily, I might consider it, otherwise no.

(you can of course buy Outlook 2013 as a separate product, if you really need it)

 

[corkyg]

I have Office 2007 on one machine, and Office 2010 on another. Either one serves everything I need from Office. I don't use Outlook at all, and I actually prefer WordPerfect Office X series to the Microsoft product. In summary, my answer is no.

 

[Virgorising]

This^^

I don't see any reason to upgrade to '13 if you've already got '10. Certainly not if it's $100 more. If I used Outlook heavily, I might consider it, otherwise no.

(you can of course buy Outlook 2013 as a separate product, if you really need it)

Agree.

 

[Virgorising]

I have Office 2007 on one machine, and Office 2010 on another. Either one serves everything I need from Office. I don't use Outlook at all, and I actually prefer WordPerfect Office X series to the Microsoft product. In summary, my answer is no.

While I upgraded to Office 2010 when I learned HERE about the vulnerabilities in Office 2007, I am now happy I did. I don't use Outlook, so see no reason to upgrade to Office 2013.

But just having read comments about a better WORD in 2013, I might like to check that out.

 

[Ketchup]

I haven't found anything in 2013 that I LOVE over 2010 (I only use Word, Excel, and Outlook on a daily basis).

I am sure that if someone pointed them out to me, I would go "O, yeah", but to me, if an "improvement" has to be pointed out, who cares.

 

[RedFiveSW]

The updates to Power Pivot make office 2013 with it over 2010.

 

[pauldun170]

I run 2007 (Work), 2010 (Home - Wife's laptop) and 2013 (My stuff)

2010 was a solid release.
Unless there is something specific in 2013 you need, you should fine with 2010.

 

[nickbits]

I have been tempted to uninstall 2013 and reinstall 2010. Too much skydrive crap (even if you change the defaults).
But I don't use any parts of office enough to bother.

 

[gmaster456]

I personally would save the $100 if there is nothing you need in 2013. That being said there is nothing wrong with 2013 and should suit your needs just fine. I use 2007, 2010 and 2013 regularly and the difference between the latter two are relatively negligible. Although I will say outlook has been vastly improved. 2007 it was a mess, 2010 smoothed things out and now 2013 is great. The onedrive integration in 2013 is nice as well.

 

[gizbug]

Skip 2013, and get an office 365 subscription

 

[Ketchup]

One thing I dislike about Outlook 2013 is the search feature. 2010 would search the folder you were in, expanding the search to other folders only if you tell it too.

2013 searches every single folder back to a seemingly-arbitrary date, no matter what folder you start in. Telling it to expand your search just tells it to go further back.

Dumb.

I have categorized my mail for a reason. It used to make it easier to find my messages. Now I don't know why I bother.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

That is crazy. Have you found any workaround for this yet?!

One thing I dislike about Outlook 2013 is the search feature. 2010 would search the folder you were in, expanding the search to other folders only if you tell it too.

2013 searches every single folder back to a seemingly-arbitrary date, no matter what folder you start in. Telling it to expand your search just tells it to go further back.

Dumb.

I have categorized my mail for a reason. It used to make it easier to find my messages. Now I don't know why I bother.

 

[Ketchup]

I have been wondering if this is just a stupid default setting rather than a permanent settings change. I honestly haven't taking the time to look that far into it.

 

[saratoga172]

Use 2013 at home and 2010 for work. Much prefer 2013 now that I've gotten used to it. SkyDrive integration is nice as are the improvements to Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Also like the templates in 2013 and for documentation the table of contents seems a bit better and easier to use.

I'll have to double check but thought my outlook only searched the folder it was in. Sure there is a way to change that.

 

[zerogear]

Use 2013 at home and 2010 for work. Much prefer 2013 now that I've gotten used to it. SkyDrive integration is nice as are the improvements to Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Also like the templates in 2013 and for documentation the table of contents seems a bit better and easier to use.

I'll have to double check but thought my outlook only searched the folder it was in. Sure there is a way to change that.

One Drive integration is definitely nice if you work more than one computers. Loving 2013

 

[thedosbox]

Having Excel open each workbook in its own window (without needing a workaround) is a big improvement.

 

[Ketchup]

Having Excel open each workbook in its own window (without needing a workaround) is a big improvement.

Agreed. 2010 was so annoying about that. But 2012 didn't leave us wanting. If I open a workbook that needs edit permissions, that prompt always opens in the background, so I have to manually select it from the taskbar.

 

[saratoga172]

Agreed. 2010 was so annoying about that. But 2012 didn't leave us wanting. If I open a workbook that needs edit permissions, that prompt always opens in the background, so I have to manually select it from the taskbar.

You can actually turn that off so it always opens in editable form. It's under file -> options, security I think. Don't recall specifically where I'll have to dig it up.

 

[akugami]

Having Excel open each workbook in its own window (without needing a workaround) is a big improvement.

Other than this, I find 2007 is the same as 2013 (never used 2010) for me.

If you work with many spreadsheets, this is invaluable. There was a work-around for 2007 and 2010 to get spreadsheets to open in different windows but it was clunky and copy/paste didn't work right between spreadsheet windows.

 

[CSMR]

For me 2013 is worse than 2010 overall. (Based on use of 2010 and reading about 2013.)

These were the main changes that would affect me:

Cons:
- Cleartype largely not used in 2013. This should result in much worse text display.
- Interface elements less clear (adapted to look more metro-like)
Pros:
- Easier to work with online documents?
- Outlook supports activesync for connecting to MS consumer email.

 

[Ketchup]

That is crazy. Have you found any workaround for this yet?!

I haven't noticed the issue this week, so either SP1 fixed it (just got SP1 last week) or it was all in my head.

One feature I do like about 2013 is the 'continue where you left off' option when I reopen a doc the next day. Very useful to me.