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Photos: MS cloud Office faces off Google, Zoho By Robert Vamosi, CNET.com October 29, 2008 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Photos-MS-cloud-Office-faces-off-Google-Zoho/0,130061733,339292907,00.htm
Microsoft's announcement of cloud-based Office had sent ripples through the web, bringing the company one step closer to compete head-to-head with Google and other SaaS vendors such as Zoho. This screenshot gallery gives you a first look at the new online offering. 
Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that it will offer new versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that can run from within a standard Web browser. The browser-based editing capabilities, which the company plans to show off here at the Professional Developers Conference, are being developed in conjunction with the next version of Office, known as Office 14. This slide shows how the browser-based product, slated to be released next year in a beta version, will let you view a Word document within Internet Explorer. If you want to make changes, open within the Word application itself or click to edit within the browser. Credit: Microsoft, captions by CNET News.com's Robert Vamosi 
Editing within the browser re-creates the look and feel of the application. The ribbon provides the tools to make basic edits and changes to the document. 
Here you can view an Excel spreadsheet within Internet Explorer. If you want to make changes, you can open within the Excel application itself or click to make basic changes within the browser. 
As in Word, you can edit Excel spreadsheets within the browser using the ribbon. 
PowerPoint presentations can be viewed within the browser as well. If you want to make changes, you can open the presentation within the PowerPoint application itself or click to make basic edits within the browser. 
As in Word and Excel, you can edit PowerPoint presentations within the browser using the ribbon.
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