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1-Visitor
July 9, 2014
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Windchill 10.1 and Office 2013

  • July 9, 2014
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Will M050 add support of office 2013? We will be upgrading office long before we upgrade to 10.2.

Thanks,

Wayne

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23-Emerald I
July 10, 2014

Per the Windchill Planned Future Support document (http://www.ptc.com/WCMS/files/69784/en/PTCWindchillFuturePlatformSupportSummary3414.pdf) Office 2013 is not planned to be supported with 10.1

1-Visitor
July 10, 2014

Thanks Lori, I have seen that document. I was hoping PTC would add support in future datecode releases for 10.1. It appears to already work with Office 2013 and as I think most of us know Office is updated much more often than Windchill. If PTC expects us to use Windchill for a document control tool they need to do a better job of incorporating newer versions into currently supported platforms. Many people stay on Windchill for many years while Office could update much more frequently.

Wayne

12-Amethyst
July 10, 2014

As Lori states, DTI for Office 2013 is not supported with 10.1, however we do seem to be able to use it without issues so far with 10.1 M040. How much longer I will be saying that remains to be seen.

As Microsoft pedal their O365 licence in the cloud model, it means more and more people will be constantly using the very latest version of Office. If PTC continue to be months and years behind in terms of DTI support this potentially poses a problem. I would be interested to hear PTC's view on this issue.

23-Emerald I
July 10, 2014

Wayne, Darren,

I've forwarded this concern over to product management, and I'll keep you posted on what I find out.

1-Visitor
July 10, 2014

Hi,

PTC is currently in the process of evaluating whether or not support for Microsoft Office 2013 can be enabled at Windchill 10.1_M050. I'm assuming this request is regarding Windchill Desktop Integration since the browser interface has no specific dependencies on the version of Office being used. I will post an update as soon as more information is availble.

-Scott Morris

Windchill Document Management Group