MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES WORLDWIDE AVAILABILITY
OF OFFICE LIVE WORKSPACE BETA
~ Customers Get Immediate
Access to the New Service that Extends Microsoft Office,
Provides Anywhere Access to Documents and Enables Sharing
Functionality ~
March 2008
Microsoft Corp. today announced
the public availability of Microsoft® Office Live Workspace
beta. The new web-based extension of Microsoft Office
lets people access their documents online and share
their work with others. Office Live Workspace was among
the first entries in the new wave of online services
in Microsoft's Software plus Services vision previewed
last fall.
The service is now available
worldwide in English. People can sign-up for free at
workspace.officelive.com
and will be granted immediate access to the service.
Microsoft is also unveiling a number of new Office Live
Workspace features, such as an activity panel, notifications,
direct links, and multi-file upload.
Office Live Workspace lets
people organize documents and projects online and work
on them from any computer. People can save more than
1,000 Microsoft Office documents to one place online
and access and share them via the Web. People can view
and comment on documents in the browser, as well as
create simple web lists and web notes, and share documents
in real-time through integration with Microsoft SharedView.
Microsoft has also added
several new features, based in part on feedback from
early beta participants:
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Activity Panel - A new activity panel shows all
the activity in a workspace at a glance
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Notifications - E-mails notify users about changes
made to workspaces or documents
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Direct Links - Users can now bookmark their workspace
or a workspace item
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Multi-file Upload - Enables users to upload several
files by dragging and dropping Improved
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Sharing - Functionality includes an easier user
interface and auto-completion of e-mail addresses
Today Microsoft is also launching
a $100,000 sweepstakes for U.S.-based Office Live Workspace
users, awarding more than 30,000 prizes, including $100,000
that the winner could use to fund a college education,
a new business or favorite charity. The sweepstakes
will run through May 11, 2008.
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