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Activating Office Web Apps

office web app Activating Office Web Apps

Accompanying Office 2010 Beta is Office Web Apps, a light version of Office run on the web. In order to activate and start using it, Office 2010 Beta must be installed beforehand.

Unlike Google Docs, Office Web Apps doesn’t have specific URL dedicated for it at the moment.  It use Live Skydrive as the storage of the documents , and launch Office Web Apps to handle the document upon requested by you. The interface view is very simple as you can see on the screen shot above.

Office Web Apps is capable of doing simple editing Office application such as Word and Excel. In my testing however, document editing is currently not available, meaning that you can only view the document that you upload. It’s quite disappointing , but since it still on Technical Preview stage,  do not put much expectation to get it fully works.

Via Office Web Apps help page, here is how to activate Office Web Apps.

How to begin using your Office Web Apps in Windows Live

Follow these instructions to successfully begin using your Office Web Apps.

  1. Open an existing document or create a new one in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint 2010 on your PC.
  2. Click File to open Backstage, a full-window file menu that gives you easy access to functions such as saving, printing, and sharing.
  3. Click Share and then Save to SkyDrive (The free online storage service from Windows Live).
  4. In Backstage, click Sign in. You will be prompted to enter your Windows Live ID, or create a Windows Live account. If you use Hotmail, Messenger, or Xbox Live, you already have a Windows Live ID.
  5. Select from the list of SkyDrive folders that is displayed and then click Save As.
  6. In the dialog box that appears, type a file name and then click Save. Click File, and then click Close.
  7. Visit http://skydrive.live.com. If prompted, enter your Windows live ID and password and click Sign in.
  8. Select the folder where you saved your document. Click the file and then select View.
  9. You will be prompted to read and accept the terms of use. When you click Accept, you will be able to view, edit, and share your document online.
Admin 20 November 2009 mobile app and web , , No Comments

Download Office 2010 Beta

office 2010 beta Download Office 2010 Beta

Office 2010 Beta has been made available for download couple of days ago, legally by Microsoft. If you have yet to try the new Office 2010, you can get it from Office 2010 Beta webpage. There are 2 version available for download, one for developer and another one for IT professional.

Be sure that you have Windows Live account as it require you to sign in with Live account to initiate the download process.  Along the download steps, you’ll also be given unique MAK key to activate the copy of your download. Failed to do so will make the copy of Office 2010 beta expired automatically.

Although Microsoft recommend removing any previous version of Office, I found that Office 2010 installed successfully along side Office 2007 that I currently have. I can run both version without error, but I can’t tell if there is function broken on both side.

There are tonnes of features to explore, so watch this blog if you would like to know more.

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