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From: Jeffrey Needle on 11 Jun 2010 14:28 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 > Microsoft�s 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.
From: Craig on 11 Jun 2010 15:18 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. -- -Craig
From: Ron on 11 Jun 2010 15:26 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 >> Microsoft�s 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
From: Craig on 11 Jun 2010 16:32 On 06/11/2010 12:26 PM, Ron wrote: .... > 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. Just ran it from Ubuntu Linux 10.04. Worked ok. My sense is it'd work "better" if I were willing to install Silverlight. I wrote up a piece of correspondence, saved it in .docx and downloaded it. OpenOffice 3.2 gagged on it. What's interesting to me about this is that, while I can open & edit any number of docx which have been generated by MSOffice, the one off the web seems to be "different." Finally, MS has answered Google Docs. Interesting times... -- -Craig
From: Craig on 11 Jun 2010 17:27 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. > It�s coming�a whole new way to make it great. > Check your email on June 15th to find out what! fyi, -- -Craig
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