Regardless of the edition you’re using, using Office on a tablet isn’t too different from using

Office on your desktop or laptop computer. In fact, the user interface and your Office files
look almost identical when viewed on a tablet device.

Looking at unsupported features

If you’re using a tablet that has the Office Home & Student 2013 RT edition preinstalled, it’s
important to note that it doesn’t have all of the same features as the full editions of Office.
This is primarily due to security and mobility requirements. The following is a list of the pri-
mary unsupported features, along with any available workarounds.

▪▪ Macros and add-ins Programs created in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
(VBA) to automate various tasks or to add additional functionality to an application
are not supported. Developers are creating apps for Office, available from the Micro-
soft Office Store, as an alternative.
TIP You can find available apps for Office on the Insert tab, in the Apps group. Ad-
ditionally, some of the templates created for Office Professional 2013 also include
apps, such as the Bing Finance app, which is included in the Financial Portfolio online
template for Microsoft Excel.

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