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Microsoft in its competition with Google has come up with its new free online storage and document sharing site just like Google Docs. Microsoft has named it as Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta.
To start with you will have to login into website for which you need a hotmail or windows live account. Then you have to create a workspace from a long list of workspace designed for specific purpose like
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Class workspace
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Event workspace
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Meeting workspace
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Project workspace
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School workspace
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Travel Workspace
Well I chose Project workspace and some default templates or documents are added like
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Project Notes (note)
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Project Overview presentation (PPT)
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Project proposal (Microsoft Word)
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Project Schedule (Event List)
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To-do list (Excel sheet)
I can edit them and add more documents like Excel sheet, Word, PPT, Contacts etc. I can even add an existing excel sheet from my Computer to the same.
Then you can share the document with any one which has a hotmail or windows live account along with a message just like an email. Sharing has 2 of the following features.
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Editor’s
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Viewer’s
Editors can edit the files and the viewers can only read the files. In a single mail you can choose who will be the editors and who will be the visitors just like TO and CC feature in mail.
Other Features.
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Document Versioning
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Share work screen (using Microsoft shared view)
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Create Folders
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Add Comments
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Activity
Overall after using both the Google docs and Microsoft workspace live online tools, i found Microsoft workspace live more interesting. Seems like i will have to come up with a comparison post between the two shortly.