You can create new documents or edit existing documents from anywhere that you have a connection to the Web by using the Office Web Apps
and Windows Live SkyDrive, the free online storage service from Windows Live.
Important
You can use Office Web Apps
in any browser, but currently they are designed to work best in Microsoft Internet Explorer
7 or later, Mozilla Firefox
3.5 or later, and Safari
4 or later.
Do any of the following:
 | Create a new document in SkyDrive |
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Open a Web browser, and then in the address bar, type
http://office.live.com.
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Sign in with your
Windows Live IDAn e-mail address from any of the Windows Live
services. These include all e‑mail accounts ending in "@live.com," "@hotmail.com," "@msn.com," and other accounts that are registered with Windows Live..
If you do not have a Windows Live ID, click Sign up, and then enter the required information.
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Click New, and then click the type of document that you want to create. For example, Word
document, Excel
workbook, or PowerPoint
presentation.
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Type a name for the document, and then click Save.
The document opens for editing in the appropriate Web App.
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When you are done editing, in the upper-right corner, click Close.
PowerPoint Web App and Excel Web App save your changes automatically. Word Web App does not save automatically.
| Edit an existing document in SkyDrive |
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Open a Web browser, and then in the address bar, type
http://office.live.com.
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Sign in with your
Windows Live IDAn e-mail address from any of the Windows Live
services. These include all e‑mail accounts ending in "@live.com," "@hotmail.com," "@msn.com," and other accounts that are registered with Windows Live..
If you do not have a Windows Live ID, click Sign up, and then enter the required information.
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Click the name of the document that you want to view, and it will open in the Office Web Apps
Reading view.
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Click Edit in Browser.
The document opens for editing in the appropriate Web App.
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When you are done editing, in the upper-right corner, click Close.
PowerPoint Web App and Excel Web App save your changes automatically. Word Web App does not save automatically.
 | Tip If you want to make changes beyond what you can do in the browser and you have Office for Mac 2011
installed on your Mac, you can open the document in the desktop application by clicking Open in Word, Open in PowerPoint, or Open in Excel. |
| Share documents in SkyDrive |
The document that you store on Windows Live SkyDrive
can be edited in the browser by anyone you permit to do so.
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Open a Web browser, and then in the address bar, type
http://office.live.com.
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Sign in with your
Windows Live IDAn e-mail address from any of the Windows Live
services. These include all e‑mail accounts ending in "@live.com," "@hotmail.com," "@msn.com," and other accounts that are registered with Windows Live..
If you do not have a Windows Live ID, click Sign up, and then enter the required information.
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Rest your pointer on the document or the folder that contains the document that you want to share, click Share, and then click Edit permissions.
 | Note If you do not see the Share menu, click More. |
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Under Add additional people, enter the e-mail address of the person that you want to share this document with, and then press
RETURN.
You can continue to add as many people as you want.
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When you are done creating a list of people to share the document with, click Save.
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Type the e-mail message, and then click Send.
The e-mail message will be sent to the people you shared the document with, and they will need to create or sign in to their own Windows Live SkyDrive
to access the shared document.
| Note If the document that you share is in a folder that is not shared, people can't access the shared document. You need to share the folder as well. |
| Can't open a document on SkyDrive? |
If you are using Mac OS X Lion and cannot open documents on SkyDrive, you can change a Safari or Firefox browser setting that will allow you to open documents. Do the following steps:
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Quit Safari or Firefox.
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In the Finder, click Applications, and then select the application icon for Safari or Firefox
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On the File menu, click Get Info.
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Select the Open in 32-bit mode check box.
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Close and reopen Safari or Firefox.
