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 ...

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 ...

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We all have a bit of a soft spot for Excel — it's the tried-and-true tool that's tackled everything from your middle school project to complex corporate financial models. But as the way we work ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. We’re told that Microsoft will start using "Excel Online" and "Word ...

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 ...

Editing a PowerPoint presentation in the PowerPoint Web application. Editing a Word document in the Word Web application. Editing in an Excel spreadsheet in the Excel Web application. Editing OneNote ...

Imitation isn’t always the sincerest form of flattery, and this is certainly the case for Microsoft in the development and launch of its web-based browser versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and ...