How to Actively Modify Word Documents on the Web
Thanks to Microsoft's Office Web Apps, your home office can follow you wherever you go. Released simultaneously with Office 2010, Office Web Apps allows you to synchronize your desktop Word application with an online counterpart residing on the Internet. Create documents on the Web, edit them and marvel as changes that you make on the Web appear in your local copy of the document. Update your local copy, and Word actively modifies the Web version. Learning to use Office Web Apps can help make the world your home office.
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Instructions
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Create Document on the Web
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Navigate to the Office Web Apps website and log on using your Microsoft Live ID and password. If you do not have an account, click "Sign up" and create one. The "Office" window will open.
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Click "New" and select "Word Document." Enter a name for the document in the text box and click "Save." The "Word Web App" editing window will open and display a new document.
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Compose a new document as you normally do in Word. Enter text, insert and perform other tasks using the familiar ribbon at the top of the window. The ribbon does not have all the functionality that the desktop version of Word has, but you can perform basic tasks such as formatting text, adding tables and inserting pictures.
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Click "File" and select "Save." Word will save the document online.
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Click "File" and select "Close." The "All Documents" window will open and display your documents including the one that you created.
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Click the document that you created and it will re-open in the "Word Web App" editing window. Make additional changes to the document.
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Click "File" and select "Open in Word."
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Your desktop version of Word will open and display a logon window containing your user ID filled in and a blank password box. Enter your Windows Live password in the password box and click "OK." Word will display the Web document.
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Click the "Enable Editing" button at the top of the screen. This will allow you to edit the document.
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Add additional text to the document and press "CTRL+S" to save it.
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Return to the "All Documents" window in your browser and locate the document in the list of files. Double-click the file to open it in the "Word Web App" window. You will see the changes that you made using your desktop version of Word.
Create Document Locally
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Visit the Office Web Apps website sign up for a free Windows Live account if you do not have one (See Resources).
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Open Word. Create a new document or open an existing one.
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Click "File" and then click "Share" to open the "Share" panel.
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Click "Save to SkyDrive" and then click "Sign In." Word will connect to SkyDrive and prompt you for logon information.
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Enter your logon information. Click "Remember My Credentials" if you want Word to remember your logon information. Click "OK." Word will connect to SkyDrive and display your SkyDrive folders.
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Click the folder where you want to share the document and then click "Save As" to open the "Save As" window. The "File Name" text box will contain the name of the document. Leave the name the same or type a new name. Click "Save." Word will save the document to your SkyDrive account.
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Visit your SkyDrive account and log on if prompted. SkyDrive will display your Web folders.
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Click the folder where you saved the document and then click the document to open it in the Word editor.Edit the document and click "File" and then "Save" to save the changes. Those changes will appear in the document on your computer.
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Tips & Warnings
If you use a public computer, it may not be wise to select the "Remember My Credentials" option when logging on to SkyDrive.
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