Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering : Accessing your Office files from any computer with Windows Live SkyDrive

More on the compelling collaborative combination of Windows Live SkyDrive + Office Web Apps

In addition to saving files to a private location for your own personal use, you can also save files directly to shared folders on SkyDrive. Saving to a shared folder makes it easy for you to collaborate with others when working with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. You no longer need to worry about whether or not the people with whom you are sharing your files will be able to open them, since the Office Web Apps will be available on Windows Live for everyone to use. You will also be able to collaborate more efficiently with others when you use the Office 2010 desktop applications to edit files saved on SkyDrive. We call this co-authoring, or collaboration without compromise. There’s only one version of the output AND you know when others are working on it with you. There’s no check-in/check-out required. No waiting your turn. No losing control of when you share your changes or when you see others’ changes. You can always edit the file at any time regardless of what edits others might be making to the file at the same time. Check out the links below to learn more about co-authoring with the Office 2010 desktop applications.

• Word: Co-authoring – Where we are Coming From
• Word: Co-authoring (i.e. Simultaneous Editing) in Word 2010
• PowerPoint: The New World of Co-Authoring
• OneNote: What’s New for 2010

Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering : Accessing your Office files from any computer with Windows Live SkyDrive