Today, you’ll notice something new about Office.com
and Office Web Apps–now officially called Office Online. An online
version of the Office you know and trust has been available for quite a
while, but with today’s updates, we’ve made your Office Online
experience easier to find, share and collaborate with others.
Sure, some of you are already using the online versions of Office. And with the recent addition of real-time co-authoring and more of the most commonly used features coming online over the last several months, we hear that you’re liking it. But we also know that many of the one billion Office users haven’t tried it yet and we want to change that.
Go to Office.com to start using Word Online, Excel Online, PowerPoint
Online and OneNote Online today. All you need to get started is a Microsoft Account
(available with any email address) and once you log in, you can use
these free online versions of the Office applications you know and
trust. Your files are automatically saved to OneDrive, so you can share
them with others and work together on documents, presentations,
spreadsheets and notebooks in real-time.
Simply click on the “Open in Word” button from the ribbon. If you have Office 2010 or 2013 installed, your application launches and you’re now editing the same cloud-based document with all the features available in your desktop applications where you can work online and offline and save your files locally. When collaborating with Office you get the full power of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote on your desktop AND the collaborative power of the online versions of the same applications, so working together with Office is the easy choice. See how others are using Office and Office Online to work better together.
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Sure, some of you are already using the online versions of Office. And with the recent addition of real-time co-authoring and more of the most commonly used features coming online over the last several months, we hear that you’re liking it. But we also know that many of the one billion Office users haven’t tried it yet and we want to change that.
New name, new getting started experience
Today we are making two changes. First, we’re renaming Office Web Apps to Office Online so you know where to find our free online experience. We heard from customers that the inclusion of Apps in our name was confusing. Are they something I install? Do I go to an app store to get them? No, to use them all you need is a web browser. Ah! You say. So it’s like Office, online. Yes, exactly. Office Online.
Secondly, a lot of you don’t know that we have an online version of
Office because you just couldn’t find it. If you’re already using Office
Online on OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) or on SharePoint at work, great.
We’re glad you found it there. You can still use Office Online just
like you always have. But we’re making it easier to find for the rest of
you by introducing Office.com, a discoverable and shareable web page so
that you can start using Office Online right away.
Get started with Office Online at Office.com
Not only are we making it easier to find, share and collaborate using
Office Online, we’re making it easier to create great looking
documents. The new online experience includes hundreds of Word,
PowerPoint and Excel templates so you can go from nothing to something
with just a click. Budgets, resumes, calendars and more, all available
online, for free at Office.com.
Need more help getting started with Office Online? This article and video should help.
Templates for Excel
Collaborating with Office and Office Online
What about you folks out there already using Office desktop applications? You might wonder what Office Online means to you. We think you should go ahead and give Office Online a try, especially if you are a person that works with other people on Office documents, presentations and spreadsheets. With Office Online, you can dynamically collaborate in real-time. You’ll see where your co-authors are working in the document, and see their changes as they happen. And here’s the best part. You can also work at the same time with your classmates and colleagues using your Office desktop applications, too.Simply click on the “Open in Word” button from the ribbon. If you have Office 2010 or 2013 installed, your application launches and you’re now editing the same cloud-based document with all the features available in your desktop applications where you can work online and offline and save your files locally. When collaborating with Office you get the full power of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote on your desktop AND the collaborative power of the online versions of the same applications, so working together with Office is the easy choice. See how others are using Office and Office Online to work better together.
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