<p>Microsoft's Office 2013 brings modest improvements to an already fully featured Office 2010. The perennial question with every Microsoft Office release is whether the new features are worth the cost of an upgrade.</p><p>The software giant will claim these additions are all worthy of your cash. We investigate to see if this is really the case.What's new for 2013Arguably the most controversial feature introduced in Microsoft Office over the past decade was the ribbon interface, which made its debut with Office 2007. Microsoft hasn't gone for anything so drastic with Office 2013, instead paring down Office 2010's interface to remove any shadows, shading to create a clear, flat and sharp user interface.</p><p>The standout feature of Office 2013 is the inclusion of gesture support and an on-screen keyboard you can actually type on.</p><p>It is obvious that Microsoft's design cues came from Windows 8. However those worried about a tiled interface can rest easy as there isn't a Live Tile in sight. The firm has retained its default colour schemes between Office 2013 applications with Word using blue and white while Excel uses green and white, and on the whole the firm uses a lot of white to create what is a pleasant and uncluttered interface.</p><p><a href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/645322/microsoft-office-2013-is-it-worth-the-upgrade">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://winsupersite.com/office-2013/office-2013-feature-focus-skydrive-integration">Office 2013 Feature Focus: SkyDrive Integration</a> (Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dP3EGS9wwjklrwM6wewpiwnNadCoM&ned=us">3 additional articles.</a></p>