Thread: Hands-on: Microsoft's Office Web Apps

Microsoft Office 2010 and Office Web Applications are probable to release in June but the public betas are yet accessible if you just can't stay to trial the new attributes.

The Office 2010 beta is aspect-complete, although its Web Applications' functionality is restricted to the ability to view Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents and create ‘lightweight' edits in Excel and PowerPoint like copy/paste and undo/redo.

To view or edit a document utilizing Office Web Applications it requirements to be saved in your Sky Drive account. Open an accessible document or generate a new one in Word, Excel or PowerPoint 2010 on your PC. Click File to access what Microsoft calls ‘BackStage'. Pick Share, then prefer ‘Save to Sky Drive', Sign In.

Go into your Windows Live ID and password. Mark the ‘Remember my credentials' box to guarantee you don't have to do this every time then press Ok. Surf to your target folder and choose Save As. Give the document a name and hit Save.