

The version offers a feature to sink Comments within a document so that numerous users can view comments and collaborate with them. Microsoft focused on improving the collaborative capabilities of Word with this version. Another great feature this Word version offers is the ability to use Creative Commons to pull up pictures that can be conveniently placed into a document that is being worked on. This version of Word makes it possible to put images into a Word document that have been taken straight from social media accounts like Facebook or Flickr. Also, the welcome screen provides an overview of the various templates that can be selected for a new documents. This screen includes a visual that shows what the most recently opened documents were. The touch screens makes it so that buttons are bigger and more easy to select during use. Of course, you can only use the touch mode of Word 2013 if you are using a device that is equipped with a touch screen.

This makes it easier to use the program on touch-screen devices. With the 2013 version, there has been a new 'Touch Mode' added. Alterations are meant to improve general aesthetics and make it easier for users to distinguish different tools from one another.


The design and appearance of menu items was altered in this version. This has been done in an effort to make the most commonly used Word tools more accessible and easier to located for users. With this version of Word, Microsoft has moved around some of the items that are on the menu. Word 2013 is available for use not only with Windows operating systems, but also on iPhone and Android devices as well. Though the program of course is very similar to previous versions of Word, there are also many performance advancements that were made by Microsoft in making this 2013 version available. It is part of the entire Office Suite that was put out as the 2013 version. Word 2013 is a word processing program produced by Microsoft.
