Office 2013 In Depth

Configuring Application Options

Microsoft has done a good job of making the tools for configuring the various Office 2013 members extremely consistent across the applications. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Publisher use many of the same option categories, such as General, Customize Ribbon, and Add-Ins. Even Outlook and OneNote provide the same overall approach to configuring the application using the Options window.

Obviously, some differences exist in the configuration options provided for the Office applications because each application serves a different function. For example, Excel has a Formulas option category, which makes sense because of Excel’s capability to do calculations. In Outlook, configuration options are available for the Calendar, ...