Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 (1PC/1User) [Download] by Microsoft

Office Home & Student 2013

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote on one PC.

Office Home & Student 2013 is designed to help you create and organize faster with time saving features and a clean, modern look. Plus, you can save your documents in the cloud on SkyDrive and access them when you are not at home.

What it includes:

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
• Office on one PC for household use.
• One time purchase for the life of your PC; non-transferrable.
• 7 GB of online storage in SkyDrive.
• Free Office Web Apps¹ for accessing, editing, and sharing documents.
• An improved user interface optimized for touch, pen, and keyboard.

How do I download Office?

Please note: This item requires a download directly from Microsoft. Below are instructions on what to expect when you purchase an Office download from Amazon.com:

1. Once you have completed your software download purchase at Amazon.com, you must click the “Continue to Office.com” button to get your software. The “Continue to Office.com” button can be found in your confirmation email, Your Games and Software Library, and on the Thank You page once you've completed your purchase.
2. You will be directed to a custom Microsoft Office site to register or sign-in with a Microsoft account.
3. Select your preferred country and language.
4. From your “My Account” page with Microsoft, select the item that you want to install.
5. Click the “Install” button to begin your download.

What's new with Office?

Complete Tasks

• Experience Office on Windows 8 devices, with an improved user interface optimized for touch, pen, and keyboard.
• An improved look and feel reduces distractions for a better reading experience.
• The new Start screen gives you a selection of recent documents and templates.

Simple Sharing

• Use OneNote to capture and share notes, pictures, web pages, voice memos, and more.
• Allow others to scroll through your Word docs in a browser, even if they don’t have Word.
• Focus on your audience with PowerPoint tools that let you zoom in or skip to any slide without seeing the slides in between.

Microsoft Office Applications

• Incorporate content from PDFs into Word documents.
• Add pictures, videos, or online media to a Word doc with a simple drag and drop.
• Recommended Charts helps you visualize data in Excel.

See More: Office Frequently Asked Questions

Which version is right for you?

Office Home & Student 2013 is for households who want Office on one PC. But if you're still not sure which version is right for you, check out our comparison chart.

	Home & Student 2013	Home & Business 2013	Professional 2013	Office 365 Home Premium
Licenses	1 PC	1 PC	1 PC	5 PCs or Macs plus select mobile devices1
Licenses Duration	One-time purchase for life of PC4	One-time purchase for life of PC4	One-time purchase for life of PC4	Annual subscription with access to version upgrades
SkyDrive +20 GB storage: Save documents online to your SkyDrive for access and sharing virtually anywhere3	7 GB	7 GB	7 GB	27 GB
Core Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint	X	X	X	X
Digital notebook: OneNote2	X	X	X	X
Email, calendars, and tasks: Outlook		X	X	X
Publishing & databases: Publisher2, Access2			X	X

1. Windows 7, Windows 8 OS, Windows Phone 7.5, Mac OS X version 10.5.8 required. Visit www.office.com/mobile for applicable devices. Windows RT devices come preinstalled with Office Home & Student 2013 RT Preview. Internet connection required. Internet and mobile telephone usage charges may apply.
2. Access and Publisher available on PC only. OneNote not available on Mac OS.
3. Internet and/or carrier network connection required; charges may apply.
4. Non-transferrable

System Requirements

Computer and Processor

1 GHz or faster x86 or 64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set

Memory

1 GB RAM (32 Bit) /2 GB RAM (64 Bit) recommended for graphics features and certain advanced functionality²

Hard Disk

3.0 GB of available disk space

Display

1366 x 768 resolution

Operating System

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 2008 R2 with .NET 3.5 or greater

Graphics

Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX10 graphics card

Additional Requirements

Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10; Firefox 10.x or later; Safari 5 (Mac) and Chrome 17.x

Internet functionality requires an Internet connection. Fees may apply.

Microsoft and Skype accounts.

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. However, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. New touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8.

Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity.

1. An appropriate device, Internet connection and Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari browser are required.
2. 2 GHz processor or faster and 1 GB RAM or more recommended for OneNote Audio Search. Close-talking microphone required. Audio Search not available in all languages.