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    News - How is Microsoft Word 2013 being optimised for Windows RT?

    Microsoft answers the question on the Word blog.
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    Re: News - How is Microsoft Word 2013 being optimised for Windows RT?

    Included with and priced accordingly, cheers for jacking up the price via software MS for something a lot of users wont even use.

    "will be more useful than many competitor devices", If it was free then I would say yes, as it stands, its a big no.
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    Re: News - How is Microsoft Word 2013 being optimised for Windows RT?

    I would hope that a word processor would respond instantly to keystrokes and could scroll smoothly in 2012.

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    Re: News - How is Microsoft Word 2013 being optimised for Windows RT?

    Quote Originally Posted by Platinum View Post
    Included with and priced accordingly, cheers for jacking up the price via software MS for something a lot of users wont even use.

    "will be more useful than many competitor devices", If it was free then I would say yes, as it stands, its a big no.
    Buy a cheaper Android then? I would personally pay the extra for a device with proper functions beyond watching/browsing.

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    Re: News - How is Microsoft Word 2013 being optimised for Windows RT?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Platinum View Post
    Included with and priced accordingly, cheers for jacking up the price via software MS for something a lot of users wont even use.

    "will be more useful than many competitor devices", If it was free then I would say yes, as it stands, its a big no.
    Buy a cheaper Android then? I would personally pay the extra for a device with proper functions beyond watching/browsing.
    Buy a Laptop then?
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    Re: News - How is Microsoft Word 2013 being optimised for Windows RT?

    Quote Originally Posted by Platinum View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Platinum View Post
    Included with and priced accordingly, cheers for jacking up the price via software MS for something a lot of users wont even use.

    "will be more useful than many competitor devices", If it was free then I would say yes, as it stands, its a big no.
    Buy a cheaper Android then? I would personally pay the extra for a device with proper functions beyond watching/browsing.
    Buy a Laptop then?
    *facedesk*

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    Re: News - How is Microsoft Word 2013 being optimised for Windows RT?

    I just always say: "It's just a text editor, for dog's sake". They're talking of memory optimisations and whatnot for that? Then give me xxxxpad any day instead.

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