Email program

See http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/home-and-student/office-home-student-rt-preview-FX103210361.aspx

The following features are NOT available with the RT version:

Across multiple applications

1. Macros, Add-Ins, Forms, and Custom Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

   In other versions of Office you or a software developer can use tools such as Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to write and run macros and other custom programs in Office. VBA is not available for the applications in Office Home & Student 2013 RT.

   To use macros, add-ins, forms with custom code, or other custom programs in Office documents, you need a version of Office other than Office Home & Student 2013 RT on a computer or tablet not powered by Windows RT. Other versions of Office cannot be installed on Windows RT devices. For example, Office Home & Student 2013 and Office Professional 2013 support these features but cannot be installed on Windows RT devices.

   If you already use macros, add-ins, InfoPath forms with custom programs, or other custom programs in your PC or Mac version of Office, you will not be able to use them in Office Home & Student 2013 RT.

2. Send Email Features (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote)

   Your Windows RT tablet does not support Outlook or other desktop email applications such as Mozilla Thunderbird or Opera. Due to this, certain email features available for Office documents in other Office versions are not supported in Office Home & Student 2013 RT:

   • "Send as … (attachment)" features in the Office Backstage view
   • Word mail merge features related to email
   • Sending email links to share slides using the PowerPoint Broadcast Slide Show button on the Slide Show tab
   • OneNote email share options and email-related options in the Tools/Options menu
   • Many email-related buttons in the Office Ribbon and Quick Assist Toolbar

   Instead, you can open your Windows RT email app or use another email app that may be available from the Windows Store, manually create an email message and attach your document to it.

3. SkyDrive Sync Integration (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

   Office Home & Student 2013 RT does not support automatic synchronization between personal SkyDrive documents and your local disk. Instead, you can access SkyDrive through the Office Backstage view and use the Open or Save commands to open or save your documents.

4. Equation Editor 3.0 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

   Office Home & Student 2013 RT does not support editing equations written with Equation Editor, which was used in older versions of Office. You’ll still be able to view equations written with Equation Editor, but you cannot edit them. An improved feature to make it easier to write and edit equations was introduced in Office 2007 and is included in Office Home & Student 2013 RT. You can find it in the Insert toolbar under Symbols.

5. Lync File Download

   Microsoft Lync is not included on Windows RT devices. As a result the “Allow Lync File Download” command is disabled and files/attachments from Lync meetings cannot be downloaded into OneNote. To use the Lync File Download feature, you need Office 365 Small Business Premium, a version of Office that includes the Lync application on a computer or tablet not powered by Windows RT. Other versions of Office cannot be installed on Windows RT devices.

Word only