Sunday, February 21, 2010

Office Live Workspace

Office Live Workspace (Workspace.OfficeLive.com) is an online extension to Microsoft Office and any of Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) can be added and accessed through the Workspace. It is a free service for storing and sharing documents online.

Office Live Workspace requires web access and a compatible browser. In order to access workspace directly from MS Office; users of Word, Excel and PowerPoint must install an Office Live Update. Then documents can be ‘checked out’, ‘checked in’ and edit in MS Office.

With Office Live Workspace users can save up to 5GB of files and can access them even if Office isn't installed. Also users can share a workspace or a single document, collaborate online as a group, all you need for that is their email address. Workspaces are password protected and owner can control who views and edits information.