Here’s a roundup of features that have been removed or that work quite differently in Word 2013. To learn about more changes in Word 2013, see What's new in Word 2013 and What’s new in Office 2013.
Clip Organizer is gone
Microsoft Clip Organizer has been replaced by a more up-to-date way to find images. Click Insert > Online Pictures to find and insert images from online sources, such as Bing Image, Flickr, and your OneDrive or Facebook page.
Picture Manager is gone
Microsoft Office Picture Manager isn’t included in the new Office—but you can edit photos without Picture Manager. Word has many built-in photo editing features, so you might not need a separate program.
Fax templates aren’t installed
Fax templates aren’t included anymore when you install Office. To download them when you want them, click File > New, and type fax in the Search for online templates box.
Creating a chart doesn’t automatically open a full Excel workbook
If you created or edited a chart in earlier versions of Word, a full Excel file opened for entering or editing data. In Word 2013, a simpler Excel file opens first, and then you can open a full Excel workbook if you want to. Here’s how to Add a chart to your document in Word.
Custom XML markup is removed
Word 2013 can’t read the custom XML markup that may be in .DOCX, .DOCM, .DOTX, .DOTM or .XML files. It can open these files, but it removes the custom XML markup, and first you’ll see an error message saying Word is trying to open a file with custom XML markup. For more information, see Knowledge Base article 2445062.
Printer fonts aren’t automatically incorporated
Word used to automatically check your default printer for additional fonts to include in your font list. To improve performance, especially on mobile computers, Word no longer does this automatically.
To use fonts stored on your default printer:
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Click File > Options > Advanced.
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In the Show Document Content section, check Use fonts that are stored on the printer.
Some font types are no longer supported
As part of upgrading to the new Windows platform, Word no longer supports these font types: BitmapPrinterAdobe Type 1CFF/Type 2TTO.FON.
Here’s how to check for and replace unsupported fonts in your Word documents:
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Click File > Options > Advanced.
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In the Show Document Content section, click Font Substitution.
If all of the fonts in your document are supported, a message will tell you that don’t need to substitute any fonts.
If there are unsupported fonts in your document, the missing font will appear in the Missing Document Font box. Choose a font that you want to substitute for it, and then click OK or Convert Permanently. Convert Permanently changes the document permanently.
Some AutoCorrect features have moved
AutoCorrect and some formatting tools have been removed from the spelling error menu to make more popular commands easier to see. They’re still available, from File > Options.
To manage the AutoCorrect options:
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Click File > Options > Proofing.
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Click AutoCorrect Options.
Footnote Continuation Separator is gone
When a long footnote continues to the next page, Word uses the regular Footnote Separator, instead of a special Footnote Continuation Separator.
English Assistance service is gone
Because of low usage, the English Assistance feature and service is no longer available. For more information, please see What happened to English Assistance?
If you try to use the service, you'll get the message "The service could not be searched because you are not connected to the Internet. Please connect and try again." even if you're connected to the Internet.
Korean Language Reference (KOLR) service is gone
Because of low usage, the Korean Language Reference research service is no longer available. This affects the English and Korean versions of Word.
If you try to use the service, you'll get the message "The service could not be searched because you are not connected to the Internet. Please connect and try again." even if you're connected to the Internet.
