JavaScript isn't replacing Office macros anytime soon, but the Office Web apps (and the SharePoint-based enterprise equivalents) are improving regularly. For users that means simple but useful ...

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 ...

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 ...

Collaboration has always been a big problem with desktop productivity tools. We've spent the last decade or more emailing documents to colleagues, wasting time as we wait to receive content and edits.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The browser-based version of Microsoft Excel just gained a redesigned interface with a ton of convenient mouse controls, including the ability to drag and drop elements within a spreadsheet. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...