Wednesday, April 13, 2011

A good time, is when to use Office Web apps?

I asked before recently a group of students about how and when they use Office Web apps. Them are according to top here 3 good times use Office Web apps.

Not familiar with them? Office Web apps are free online companions to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. And if you have a Windows Live ID, you can view, edit and share Office files. You don't even need Microsoft Office installed. But remember, they are known as "Comrades" because it does not completely replace the desktop versions.

Reference desk at Coutright Memorial Library by Allen Reichert from Flickr.com (Creative Commons)

You say you have a term paper due next week and you need to do some research in the library. But you have a laptop, can travel with you. Here's what you do: use the library computer, notes with the OneNote Web app. Notes are accessible automatically stored in your Windows Live SkyDrive folder, that you, when you are back at home in your own computer (or, if you want technical, any computer with Internet connection).  The notes are typed and easy to read, plus, you can tags see follow up questions that you wrote, and task items, you while you were exploring intended.
Get the full scoop in introduction in OneNote Web app.

University of Michigan computer lab; millermz from Flickr.com (Creative Commons)

If you have a computer at home, you can use computer lab the school to write papers and reports. You have no dispute with USB-sticks or worry about compatibility issues between different versions of software installed on different computers. Word Web app is a great tool for writing school papers. It includes spellcheck, nice font and formatting options and access to the Office Clip Art Gallery. Read more about Word Web application.

Note: A PDF Viewer is required for the output in Word Web app.

Student in chemistry lab by CLF from Flickr.com (Creative Commons)

You can collaborate Excel Web application with other people on the same table. This proves more practical if you are entering all data for an experiment at the same time. One thing to keep in mind when changes are made to the same cell of various people (including you), the recent change in the cell is displayed.

Get you to tips on Excel Web app at the same time as several people can work on a spreadsheet.

Navigate to office.live.com and sign in with your Windows Live ID (if you do not have an ID can you for on this same page log.)
Note: Office Web apps support the most common browsers, such as such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and chrome.

After you are logged in, you click tab on the Office on the top of the screen. Open an existing document or a new build from here.

Office tab at top of Windows Live page

Get more Office Web Apps tips.

Have you tried Office Web apps? If not, why not? Leave a comment and share your experiences with us.

--Jennifer Bost


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