This is post #10 in the Ten Days of Office series celebrating the one-year anniversary of the release of Office 2010 with tips and tricks for getting the most from your Office experience.

Today, Office Web Apps enable people to access documents from virtually anywhere with an Internet connection. But what was life like before Office Web Apps?  Let's walk down memory lane to see just how big a difference a year can make.   

Before Office Web Apps

After Office Web Apps

Inconsistent formatting = ugly documents. When you were trying to collaborate on a document with friends, inconsistent formatting caused all sorts of problems. Like, for example, what happened to my fabulous chart?

Beautiful docs everywhere: Office Web Apps are designed to work with all versions of Office. You can rest assured that Office Web Apps will save your formatting so your documents look just as beautiful as the day you created them.

 

Documents in one place. Your documents were available only in the last place you saved them--usually on your desktop or on a server. If you weren't at your computer, you were out of luck.

Access documents from anywhere. You can easily save your Office documents on the web using Office Web Apps and SkyDrive.  Now, that important file will be close at hand whether you're working from home, the school library, or a coffee shop.  

 

Overloaded Inbox. Remember when the only way to share documents was emailing them back and forth? Painful! And collaborating on documents in real time? Forget it!

Easily share and collaborate. You can share your Office docs with anyone using Office Web Apps and SkyDrive, whether they work on a PC or Mac, use another version of Office, or don't have Office at all.  And with the Excel and OneNote Web Apps, you can collaborate with others in real time.

 

And don't forget about the ability to share a PowerPoint presentation on a website or on your blog with the PowerPoint Embed feature. It's a great way to share your vacation photos, a history lesson, a home makeover tutorial, or more information about how Office Web Apps can make your life great:

You can easily do the same thing with an Excel chart or table:

A lot has changed in just one year! We're looking forward to continuing to improve Office Web Apps to further simplify your life and make "After Office Web Apps" the life you aspire to.

How have Office Web Apps made your "after" story better?

-- Andrew Howard, Office PR Manager