Interested in getting access to Microsoft’s Office 2010 Web Apps “Tech Preview” including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, & OneNote?
Visit the following link and sign in with a Windows Live ID. Accepting the agreement will give you immediate access to the Office 2010 Web Apps Tech Preview.
- Office 2010 Web Apps Enrollment
http://bit.ly/4tzz7c
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OKAY. I ENROLLED. NOW WHAT?
The applications will show up/execute when you click the newly appearing “VIEW” or “EDIT” menu items available after selecting a document that is stored within your Skydrive.
UPLOADING & VIEWING YOUR OWN SPREADSHEETS/DOCUMENTS TO SKYDRIVE
By going to http://skydrive.live.com while logged in with your Windows Live ID, you should be able to upload spreadsheets to Microsoft’s online storage. (See snapshots of my own Skydrive storage to the right)
When you click on your own uploaded spreadsheet, the option to “EDIT” should appear. (Or at least “VIEW”) Clicking on “edit” will open the document in Web-based Excel.
WAIT! WHY CAN’T I EDIT WORD DOCUMENTS?
Word is extremely complicated due to the amount of real-time activity that goes on while you edit a document – remember that this is all done using AJAX! – whether it’s spellchecking as you type or changes/edits between different users on the Internet in real time to allow multiple people to edit the same document without collisions.
As a result, Word does not allow editing YET in this Tech Preview release. It will provide editing capabilities in a future release of the online app.
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