On June 7 Microsoft Corporation released an office web-application package Office Web Apps for its “cloud” file storage system SkyDrive.

Any user registered with Windows Live can create, edit and download their office documents in Office Web Apps. The program also supports the creation of Word documents, Excel tables, PowerPoint presentations and OneNote notes.

Web Office doesn’t just operate in Internet Explorer but in a number of other browsers. Documents can also be viewed through a browser on smartphones. In the future, Office Apps for Web will also have an embedded system for accessing Hotmail .

The new service is available to all residents of the USA, Great Britain, Canada and Ireland. People in other countries can also use it. For this they need to follow a special link. Moreover, Microsoft gives no guarantee so far that the program will work smoothly with other languages as different from English.

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