The Excel team has released some new technology to allow developers to create mashups using Excel, powered by the Excel Web App.

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Earlier this autumn, we shipped enhancements to Office Web Apps based on your feedback, delivering new features such as the ability to view ink in OneNote Web App, merge and autofit cells in Excel Web App, and print directly from the browser in Excel Web App. Today, the SkyDrive team is announcing some updates that are also based on your requests. Today’s SkyDrive updates will make it easier than ever to share and collaborate on Office documents using Office Web Apps on SkyDrive.

With today’s SkyDrive improvements, you can share individual files stored on SkyDrive, not just folders. Also, you can easily collaborate on Office documents through SkyDrive with anyone, even if you don’t know their Windows Live ID. You can even share directly with friends on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Today, Microsoft is announcing updates to our cloud offerings for productivity on Office 365 and on SkyDrive. Office Web Apps is an important part of Microsoft’s cloud productivity solutions, and as a team we’re excited to see the improvements being made on both platforms.

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On the Office Web Apps team, we are committed to improving our products based on your feedback. Since we launched the Web Apps just over a year ago, we’ve been listening to you, and today we’re releasing new features based on what we’ve heard.

To everybody who has shared their opinion with us, we want to say a big THANK YOU!

Here’s what we’re delivering to you today, based on your requests:

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Earlier this year, we released some exciting new functionality that lets you extend your Excel skills to the web, by embedding an Excel spreadsheet on websites and blogs. This week, the Seattle Times is reporting the local 2011 primary election with the latest results displayed in an embedded Excel spreadsheet. As a team we are super-excited to see this feature in action! Seattle Times – Latest 2011 primary election results It’s easy to embed any Excel document in any web page or blog...

Nearly 50 million people worldwide are using the Office Web Apps on SkyDrive and Hotmail. As we've mentioned on this blog before, we’re always listening to your suggestions about how to improve the Office Web Apps experience. Today, we’re thrilled to announce another new feature based on your requests: You can now co-author in the Word Web App on SkyDrive. Building on the collaboration features already available in Word 2010 and Word for Mac 2011, co-authoring in the Word Web App on SkyDrive...

Back in early March, we announced Office Web Apps (on Windows Live SkyDrive and Hotmail) had become available in more than 190 countries! As more people are trying Web Apps and providing feedback on their experiences, we’re committed to making continuous improvements that help our customers be more productive across the PC, Mac, phone and Web browser. You can expect regular updates on this blog whenever we have new features to share and today, we’re happy to introduce some fresh enhancements...

We're all inclined to over share now and then. Did I really need to see that nineteenth picture of your cat, hear all of your cold symptoms, or endure you belting out Diana Ross songs at that karaoke bar? We understand that sometimes there's oversharing. But a lot of what you do every day depends on being able to get other people's input or show off a finished product. With the Office Web Apps, you have more choices for sharing Office documents without having to learn a new tool. When you just need...

"Fashions fade, style is eternal." -Yves Saint Laurent As Yves Saint Laurent - renowned French fashion designer - once said, "Fashions fade, style is eternal." And isn't formatting your documents just another way to showcase your personal style? But when it comes to saving and sharing documents online, sometimes your style is, well, less than eternal. When you're on the go, there's nothing better than being able to store your documents online so you can access them when you need them, wherever you...

It seems too good to be true, but you can use the Office Web Apps with just about any version of Office, or none at all. And to add to the goodness, the Web Apps don't cost a dime. Like peanut butter and jelly, though, the Office Web Apps are better with Office, in particular Office 2010, so you'll have a better experience when you combine the two. Web Apps integration is built right into Office 2010, you can save your documents directly to SkyDrive from Office and you can access documents stored...