Our first look at Office Live Workspaces

re: Our first look at Office Live Workspaces

jnf6 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:46:55 GMT

my account was activated a while ago. I already tried it but I stopped in the middle as I noticed the following, and please correct me if I am wrong. The point of having such an app is to be able to use, open, edit, save a word document without the need of desktop Office suite. Say for example that you are using it from an internet cafe or another pc. Especially one that you do not have admin privileges.

But, from what I saw, this is not the case. When you first login you are asked to install a "plugin"!!! And YOU NEED admin rights!!!

If you do not have the plugin installed then you cannot even open the document and ofcourse edit it!! So FOR now, this is not any good to me, since I would like to have a stand alone web app, to be able to create, save, edit a document. Can we have this? Is it scheduled for the future versions?

and please do not forget that when in public PCs, usually a user does not have Admin rights. So no posibility to install any files (.msi)

Would like to hear from you also.

jnf6

re: Our first look at Office Live Workspaces

WyzyrdMyrrlyn — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:41:29 GMT

i just wish my workspace was opened...still waiting for email msft...

re: Our first look at Office Live Workspaces

Kip Kniskern — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:47:43 GMT

Thanks for the comments. The Office Live Toolbar is available for Office 2003, but in Office 2007 (installed here) "Open from Office Live" and "Save to Office Live" are incorporated in the File menu, without a "Go to Office Live" option.

I'm installing the Vista update, we'll see what happens.

re: Our first look at Office Live Workspaces

Firedog — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:17:51 GMT

I can't wait! Meanwhile, you noticed this, I suppose:

www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx

re: Our first look at Office Live Workspaces

rrutledge — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:55:04 GMT

I'm able to navigate to the website from within Office. My Office Live toolbar has the text, "Go to Office Live". If I click on that text it opens my browser to my workspace.