Microsoft Office Web Apps Product Guide
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Microsoft Office Web Apps Product Guide Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Office Web Apps: At-a-Glance ......................................................................................................................... 5 Office Web Apps: A Closer Look ...................................................................................................................... 7 Never be without the tools you need ..................................................................................................................................... 7 View in the browser ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 Edit in the browser .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Edit in your desktop applications .................................................................................................................................. 9 What you see is what you get ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Viewing in Word Web App ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Viewing in PowerPoint Web App ............................................................................................................................... 11 Viewing in Excel Web App ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Viewing in OneNote Web App .................................................................................................................................... 13 View Microsoft Office files on your mobile device .............................................................................................. 15 Edit your content with confidence ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Preserve your content from desktop to web and back again ......................................................................... 15 A good companion always comes through in a pinch ...................................................................................... 16 Work more easily with others .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Work together without waiting your turn ............................................................................................................... 18 Update content the moment it changes ................................................................................................................. 19 Get started right away ................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Fine-tune and format your content using tools you already know .............................................................. 20 Office Web Apps: Features by Application ..................................................................................................22 Word Web App ............................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Excel Web App ............................................................................................................................................................................... 27 PowerPoint Web App ................................................................................................................................................................. 32 OneNote Web App ...................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Platform Comparison ......................................................................................................................................43 Using Office Web Apps on SkyDrive .................................................................................................................................... 43 Using Office Web Apps with Hotmail ....................................................................................................................... 44 Using Office Web Apps on SharePoint 2010 ..................................................................................................................... 44 Platform comparison overview ............................................................................................................................................... 46 FAQ .....................................................................................................................................................................47 About Office Web Apps ............................................................................................................................................................. 47 Accessing Office Web Apps ..................................................................................................................................................... 48 Using Office Web Apps .............................................................................................................................................................. 49 Requirements\Disclosures ..............................................................................................................................53 Introduction Whether you’re in the office, at home, or on the road, Microsoft® Office Web Apps give you the tools to extend your Microsoft Office experience to the web and get things done on your terms. These convenient online companions to Microsoft Word, Excel®, PowerPoint®, and OneNote® provide an easy way to view, edit, and share your files right from a web browser.1 Work in a familiar editing environment, using features that you already know. Easily work together with people in multiple locations, regardless of what Microsoft Office version is installed on their computers or if Microsoft Office is not installed. View your files in high-fidelity and edit them with confidence. Welcome to Office Web Apps—the perfect web-based companions to Microsoft Office 2010. 1 Office Web Apps require an appropriate device, Internet connection, supported web browser, and either Microsoft SharePoint® Foundation 2010 for business or, for personal use, a free Windows Live ID to access Office Web Apps on Windows Live™ SkyDrive™. There are some differences between the features of Office Web Apps and the Office 2010 applications. 4 Office Web Apps: At-a-Glance Never be without the tools you need You’re away from your home or office and away from your computer. You are about to give a presentation when critical new customer data comes in. Or perhaps you’re turning in an important paper when inspiration strikes. What do you do when you discover that the only computer available does not have Microsoft Office installed? Just open the file in your web browser. Office Web Apps helps you get things done virtually whenever, wherever. Post the content that you create in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and OneNote on your desktop to a Microsoft SharePoint® 2010 site or a Windows Live™ SkyDrive™ folder. Then access, view, edit, and share those files from almost any computer with an Internet connection. You can even access and view Word, Excel and PowerPoint content from a browser on your mobile device.2 What you see is what you get You spend time to make all of the content you create look its best. Wouldn’t you like to know that those who view your documents, presentations, workbooks and notebooks will see what you want them to see? Office Web Apps provide professional-quality, high-fidelity viewing of your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files. Take advantage of the rich features in Microsoft Office on your desktop to create incredible content and then share those files online with great document fidelity and consistent formatting.3 2 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files can be viewed using Office Web Apps on many devices. Supported mobile viewers for Office Web Apps on SharePoint 2010 include Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5/6/6.1/6.5, Safari 4 on iPhone 3G and 3GS, BlackBerry 4.x and later, Nokia S60, NetFront 3.4, 3.5 and later, Opera Mobile 8.65 and later, Openwave 6.2, 7.0 and later. Supported mobile viewers for Office Web Apps on SkyDrive include Safari 4 on iPhone 3G and 3GS and Internet Explorer 7 on the upcoming Windows Phone 7. Viewing Excel files via a mobile browser is currently only available with Office Web Apps on SharePoint 2010. 3 Microsoft Silverlight™ is not required—but is recommended for best results—when viewing PowerPoint and Word documents in Office Web Apps. 5 Edit your content with confidence When you create documents using Microsoft Office on your desktop, your files might include many types of rich content and advanced features to add impact to your important information —such