Office Web Apps available as part of Windows Live

Office Web Apps available as part of Windows Live: "

Today
is a real milestone for people who use Microsoft Office or Windows
Live. Starting today, a select group of SkyDrive customers will be
invited to try out a technical preview of the online versions of
Microsoft Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint, also known as the Office
Web Apps, integrated right inside their Windows Live SkyDrive
experience. Over time, as the final version is released, the Office Web
Apps will become available to all 500 million+ users of Hotmail,
Messenger and other Windows Live services.

While the tech
preview doesn’t have all the cool features that will be available in
the final offering, it does show off the exciting potential of having
online versions of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and how you can easily
access and work with your Office documents from anywhere with an
Internet connection.

When those of you participating in the
Tech Preview upload or create a new document, you’ll be able to view
them much like you do today when using the full Office programs—without
the loss of formatting or data and with the familiar Office 2007
ribbon. And it will be very easy to share your documents in
password-protected folders and give permission to whoever you want to
have access – just like with any other SkyDrive files....................Continue at source

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