A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

Somebody — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:08:41 GMT

That's what I'm wondering, but it says that "editing in Word Web App and OneNote Web App will not be available during the Technical Preview" on the getting started document. So this may be only available for Enterprise or SharePoint users only.

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

Somebody — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:08:27 GMT

You will see (in word, excel and powerpoint) in Backstage View, you will see something that says add-ins and is located under "Help". Click on it and you will find "Save to Office Live" and "Open from Office Live"

Hope this helps

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

David — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:08:08 GMT

Is this already available for like an Enterprise edition?

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

Jan — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:07:51 GMT

when we can try office web apps on skydrive. It just show "Still to come...

Editing is not currently available. We are working on it though."

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

Dhaval — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:07:32 GMT

I don't know when this will be coming out? It seems Office Web Apps being available to public is more secretive than Apple's tablet. And I am only talking about the Beta. Everytime I go to edit a document online, it says "coming soon, we are working very hard". I must say you must consider your "productivty per day" if it is taking this long to bring it out. Are you waiting for Google Docs to improve or Apple to design one before you bring it out.

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

Marco Mugnatto — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:07:17 GMT

Cloud computing is about ease to experience alternatives. Until recently, everyone had to have the same software, the same Office on their machines to ensure that it could read a document from a friend, or edit it. With cloud computing you simply provide a link and your friend not only opens the document, but also the application that generated it. Zero friction to try alternatives. The end of natural monopoly in IT.

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

Marco Mugnatto — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:07:00 GMT

"If you are the only person to access your files and carry them around on a SD card or USB key, the advantages of saving to the cloud may be minimal or zero."

I disagree. With SD or key you have to synchronize the files everytime back and forth if you edit the files on multiple places, and never forget to do so.

On the other hand, if you keep your files on the cloud there's no need for synchronizations.

"Although maybe not completely fair, the recent recent of T-Mobile/Microsoft Sidekick made me very much aware of the risks and disadvantages of saving to the cloud."

What about keeping your files on a device as small as a SD that you can forget somewhere or maybe be stolen... Not to mention that you will end keeping copies of the files on every machine you work with. I don't see why it would be safer.

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

StewS — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:06:43 GMT

I don't understand why you and the Microsoft Marketing Department keep promoting Office Web Apps as if it's currently available to customers. Every time I get a message about this, I check SkyDrive, click on a Word document, then Edit, and get "TBD". Do you have any idea how frustrating that is?

I feel like you keep lying to me and I keep falling for it over and over again. Personally, I don't think that's the best way to connect with your customers, especially the early adopters like me.

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

David — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:06:27 GMT

If you are the only person to access your files and carry them around on a SD card or USB key, the advantages of saving to the cloud may be minimal or zero.

Although maybe not completely fair, the recent recent of T-Mobile/Microsoft Sidekick made me very much aware of the risks and disadvantages of saving to the cloud.

With other words: saving data to the cloud can have it's advantages but it should also make sense. It is not a goal per se. It does not always make life easier.

re: A Perfect Match: Office Web Apps and the Office Desktop Clients

Saqib Ali — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:06:04 GMT

Will Office Live Workspace be supported with Office 2010?

I use Office Live Workspace very frequently and have the add-in installed on my computer. Bu since I upgraded to Office 2010, the add-in no longer functions.

Saqib