MS Access 2013 - What do you think? (1 Viewer)

Uncle Gizmo · Oct 21, 2014

I have just got MS Access 2013 and I'm quite impressed with the look of it, although it's not that different from Access 2007. I am wondering are there any pitfalls; are there any nice surprises. Anything else you can tell me about it that's interesting or scary!!!

gemma-the-husky · Oct 21, 2014

Yes. It will stop working without an internet connection. It will report that it can't verify your licence.

CJ_London · Oct 21, 2014

So what do you do when you're on the train and there is no connection or the connection is intermittent?

Uncle Gizmo · Oct 22, 2014

Minesweeper?

gemma-the-husky · Oct 22, 2014

AccessBlaster said:
Well that's not completely true. It is a cloud based app. Anything you run online or in the cloud will need a sign on, but I have never been asked to sign in with local content.

Just a side note: If you are an educator or in education in some capacity, Microsoft will sell you a copy of Microsoft Office 2013 for around $10.00 us through its HUP program.

I will try again then. I do not use any cloud at all, but it wouldn't run word for me (I think) as it said it couldn't verify my licence.

Uncle Gizmo · Oct 22, 2014

But Dave, you are posting on here? How do you do that then...?

gemma-the-husky · Oct 23, 2014

Uncle Gizmo said:
But Dave, you are posting on here? How do you do that then...?

Because I do have an internet connection. As I say I recollected that office 365 (perhaps it was that, rather than office 2013) failed to start because of a licence issue on an occasion when my internet was off.

Uncle Gizmo · Oct 23, 2014

gemma-the-husky said:
Because I do have an internet connection. As I say I recollected that office 365 (perhaps it was that, rather than office 2013) failed to start because of a licence issue on an occasion when my internet was off.

Not knowing anything about Office 365, I'm guessing, but that makes sense, as I understand Office 365 is a web version of Office programmes; which I hear rumoured are a poor substitute for fully fledged "Office".

gemma-the-husky · Oct 23, 2014

Uncle Gizmo said:
Not knowing anything about Office 365, I'm guessing, but that makes sense, as I understand Office 365 is a web version of Office programmes; which I hear rumoured are a poor substitute for fully fledged "Office".

it isn't a web app. it's more of a hybrid. you can elect either to run stuff locally or in the cloud. I do all my stuff locally. But once when the internet was down, I found I couldn't use Word. I rarely use Access 365 anyway - as I stick to A2003 pretty much, but I need to have A2013 available.

The reason I got office 365 was because I needed outlook, as my old machine had died, and Office 365 let me install on 5 PC's for a year for £99, as well as giving me a full version of word and excel among other stuff.

I haven't any problems with Office 365 which I believe is full Office2013.

eg, Excel shows as version 15.0.4649.nnnn

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