Microsoft Office 2013, formally unveiled on Monday, embraces the cloud more fully than any previous version of the age-old productivity suite. We’ve already examined the desktop versions of the ...

This morning, Microsoft opened the tech preview of its long-anticipated Office Web Apps. Here’s a first look at what the online version of Excel has in store. From the online SkyDrive folders, you can ...

This chapter shows you how to upload and download workbooks to and from the Windows SkyDrive. This chapter will help you get started working on and sharing your Excel files online. For a more in-depth ...

Catching up to a key part of Google Docs, Microsoft's Office 365 now lets people simultaneously edit the same online Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Microsoft is delivering most of the improvements to its Office Web Apps that it promised back in June. For instance, one of the improvements, called "real-time coauthoring," will be available "within ...

Microsoft today shared a list of 20 upcoming features it plans to add to its Excel Web App. The company wouldn’t give a timeframe for when to expect the new additions, but it did give quite a bit to ...

The online versions of Microsoft Word and Excel challenge longtime Web-app leader Google Docs, while PowerPoint takes on Zoho Show in the online-presentation category. Dennis O'Reilly began writing ...

Wondering what Microsoft’s Office 2010 Web applications will be like, and how they’ll stack up against online competitors like Google Docs? Well, you don’t have to wait any longer, because anyone can ...

When Microsoft launched its Office Web Apps back in June, the most logical reaction was a simple, “What took you so long?” Competitors such as Google Docs and Zoho proved long ago that it’s possible ...

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For years, folks looking for free online word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations have turned to Google Docs. However, Microsoft recently released an updated set of Office Web Apps, accessible ...

This week saw the launch of a free version of Microsoft's flagship Office software, available online. In other news, hell just froze over. The idea of Microsoft Corp. letting people use its software ...