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Microsoft Office Live Workspace Sneak Peek

By Mary Jo Foley

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Microsoft Office Live Workspace Sneak Peek

Office Live Workspace: File Preview

Office Live Workspace: File Preview

Microsoft has provided a few screen shots of its forthcoming Office Live Workspace Web extension to Office. The private beta of Microsoft’s answer to Google Docs is due to start soon. In the interim, here’s a look at what to expect.

rnrnThe file preview capability in Office Live Workspace provides the ability to preview Microsoft Office files, in this case a PowerPoint slide, within a browser.

Microsoft Office Live Workspace Sneak Peek

Office Live Workspace:

Office Live Workspace:

The event list date and calendar view showcases the ability to create and manage schedules online via the forthcoming Office Live Workspace add-on to Office.

Microsoft Office Live Workspace Sneak Peek

Office Live Workspace:: Shared Projects and Programs View

Office Live Workspace:: Shared Projects and Programs View

Using the new Office Live Workspace service, users can see a listing of documents/files in their workspace — and the status of each — via the shared workspace projects and programs view.

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By Mary Jo Foley
Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates era (John Wiley & Sons, 2008). She