Check out Office Web Applications - you can create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents and use Microsoft OneNote in your web browser thanks to a new service from Microsoft.
Steve Clayton, Microsoft's 'Geek in Disguise', reports that Microsoft Office is now available as a web application. You can create and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote documents online in your web browser. This is the latest example of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and it points towards new business models and new ways of interacting with popular software.
You don't get the full features of the desktop versions but they do a pretty good job, according to the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg. What's particularly helpful is the ability to work on the same document online and on your PC without losing 'fidelity' - the structure and details of the document that may not be editable in the online versions. You sync files with your desktop using Microsoft SkyDrive.
Right now, it's free so you can't beat the price. Head over to office.live.com and check it out.
