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Office Web Apps Technical Preview

Summary: In September 2009, Microsoft made a partial technical preview of its new Office Web Apps suite available for a select group of testers and partners. What can you do with these "streamlined" Office programs, and which features are missing? I take a closer look.

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By Ed Bott

The four Office Web Apps (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, or OneNote) work in conjunction with the Windows Live SkyDrive service. After you sign into a SkyDrive account using a Windows Live ID, you can manage up to 25 GB of files and create new Office documents on the fly.

For more details, see A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps.
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Topics: Software, Cloud, Collaboration, Microsoft

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  • What about Access??

    Would be really nice if they could implement a decent web version of Access. I know there are ways of making it work, but.... if they could just make it work well, though, that'd be great.
    zdnet@...
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  • RE: Getting started with Office Web Apps (Office Web Apps Technical Preview)

    Is this another "wait-and-see" from MS??
    puppadave
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  • RE: Getting started with Office Web Apps (Office Web Apps Technical Preview)

    I've been using this for just under a week, and what a great thing it is!
    klrskir@...
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