Accessing Documents on Windows Live

Any Office document that resides on Windows Live or a SharePoint server can be accessed from any computer that has an Internet connection. Office Web Apps (New!) work in a variety of browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari for the Macintosh, and are compatible with most operating systems. This means you can also view Office documents using other web-enabled devices, such as smart-phones or PDAs. An Office Web App (New!) provides a subset of the features in the desktop version. For example, in the Word Web App, you can apply standard formatting, such as fonts, paragraphs, and styles, but you can’t apply more sophisticated formatting, such as text effects and conditional formatting.

Browse to an Office Document on Windows Live

Open your browser, go to www.live.com, and then sign in to Windows Live.

• To go directly to the SkyDrive, go to http://skydrive.live.com.
  
  

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Navigate to the Windows Live SkyDrive.

Click a folder icon to navigate to the folder with the Office document.

To navigate back to a previous location, click a navigation link.

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To change the view in the current folder, click the View: link, and then click Icons, Details, or Thumbnails.

• In Details view, you can point to a document to display document specific links.
  
  

To sort the documents in the current folder, click the Sort by: link, and then click Name, Date, Size, or Type.

• The current sort by appears in the Sort by: link, such as Sort by: Name.