To always open supported Office hyperlinks in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint desktop app instead of the browser, follow these steps: Open Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, or Excel.

Open your first instance of Excel, and then right-click the Excel icon on the Desktop taskbar. Hold down the "Alt" key and select "Excel 2013" from the pop-up menu.

This morning, Microsoft opened the tech preview of its long-anticipated Office Web Apps. Here's a first look at what the online version of Excel has in store.

Some Microsoft Office users are getting access to ad-supported, restricted desktop apps for Word, Excel and PowerPoint.