MicroNugget: How to Use Office Web Apps and SkyDrive

In this video, Chris Ward covers how to use Microsoft Web Apps and SkyDrive to create documents. These web-based tools allow you to create and store Microsoft Office files from anywhere with an internet connection, regardless of whether the computer you’re using has Office installed on it.

SkyDrive and Microsoft Web Apps are a natural pairing, and Chris demonstrates how to tie them together to give you unprecedented levels of access and performance.

If you’re like him, you have lots of files and documents stored in SkyDrive. You can use Microsoft Web Apps to create full-featured spreadsheets, documents, Onenote files, and PowerPoint presentations from any computer. It doesn’t have to be yours, and it doesn’t even need to have Microsoft Office installed.

He’ll walk you through each step of creating a document and spreadsheet, then describe how you can actually edit these files in the full Microsoft Office suite to access the full spectrum of tools these programs provide.

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