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From: Ari on 11 Jun 2010 18:56 On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:42:24 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: > It is in trial, but not public trial. They are directing the trial > towards Developers or IT professionals. For months and months and months now. -- Talk about F-Cars - www.ferrarichat.com/forum/member.php?u=89702
From: Martin Jay on 11 Jun 2010 21:58 On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:28:45 -0700, Jeffrey Needle <jeff.needle(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Bear Bottoms wrote: >>http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/office-web-apps/default.aspx >> >>http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/office-web-apps/overview.aspx >Not as simple as it sounds. Here is what you must do: > >1. Download a trial version of Office 2010, expires in 60 days. > >2. Uninstall ALL previous versions of Office. > >Then you can install Office 2010, from which you access the on-line >office capability. > >When Office 2010 expires in 60 days, so do any on-line access privileges. > >Yuck. Payware, pure and simple. Simpler implementation at <http://docs.com/>. And you get to kill two birds with one stone by handing over all your important documents to Microsoft and FaceBook at the same time. :) -- Martin Jay
From: Jeffrey Needle on 12 Jun 2010 00:41 On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 12:18 -0700, Craig wrote: > On 06/11/2010 11:28 AM, Jeffrey Needle wrote: > > Bear Bottoms wrote: > ... > >> http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/office-web-apps/overview.aspx > >> > > > > Not as simple as it sounds. Here is what you must do: > > > > 1. Download a trial version of Office 2010, expires in 60 days. > > > > 2. Uninstall ALL previous versions of Office. > > > > Then you can install Office 2010, from which you access the on-line > > office capability. > > > > When Office 2010 expires in 60 days, so do any on-line access privileges. > > > > Yuck. Payware, pure and simple. > > I'm surprised that MS totally missed the boat on that. This is analogous > to misreading the trending up of the Internet and the search engine. > > Thanks for the follow-up Jeffrey. Very interesting. > I was hoping I had read MS's webpage incorrectly, but it seems I've got it right.
From: Jeffrey Needle on 12 Jun 2010 00:49 On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 12:26 -0700, Ron wrote: > On 6/11/2010 11:28 AM, Jeffrey Needle wrote: > > Bear Bottoms wrote: > >> Office Web Apps offers free lightweight, Web-based versions of Microsoft > >> Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft OneNote. > >> Coordinated with 25 GB of free online storage to store their documents on > >> Microsoftâs SkyDrive service. > >> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/office-web-apps/default.aspx > >> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/office-web-apps/overview.aspx > >> > > > > Not as simple as it sounds. Here is what you must do: > > > > 1. Download a trial version of Office 2010, expires in 60 days. > > > > 2. Uninstall ALL previous versions of Office. > > > > Then you can install Office 2010, from which you access the on-line > > office capability. > > > > When Office 2010 expires in 60 days, so do any on-line access privileges. > > > > Yuck. Payware, pure and simple. > > > > The links BB posted relate to the Office 2010 cloud-based apps and do > require all that extra software installation. > > Microsoft /has/ created a web version of Office that doesn't require > anything but a Windows Live ID (free Live account - Hotmail users need > them, for instance) to log into Office Live. > > More info here: > > (http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/microsoft-moved-your-office-cloud.htm) > http://www.digitizd.com/2010/06/08/microsoft-office-live/ > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/officewebapps/archive/2010/06/07/10021218.aspx > > Word is saved in the .docx format, btw. > > hth > > Ron Moore Aha! Yes, free apps. I just signed in, and it works pretty well. I stopped after looking at the wp module. No word count, no thesaurus, no templates -- I'm sunk. Microsoft has to update the modules if they're going to be of any use to anyone.
From: Jeffrey Needle on 12 Jun 2010 00:51 On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 14:27 -0700, Craig wrote: > On 06/11/2010 01:32 PM, Craig wrote: > > > > Finally, MS has answered Google Docs. Interesting times... > > Just got a big ol' advert from MS in my inbox. It was purdy & > graphikle-like. The actual text reads: > > > An inbox that helps you > > keep on top of things. > > Budget planning tools that > > make vacations a reality. > > New ways to help you create professional-looking documents. > > Itâs comingâa whole new way to make it great. > > Check your email on June 15th to find out what! > > fyi, Let us know on the 15th, please. Thanks.
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