Office web applications when how why

BEST PRACTICES CONFERENCE SHAREPOINT

Clarity. Direction. Confidence.

OFFICE WEB APPLICATIONS

What, When and How…


Agenda

What are the Office Web Apps?Where can they be found?

Browser Compatibility

Versions

Viewing and Editing

When to use the full client

Co-Authoring

Known Issues

Recommended Requirements

PowerPoint Broadcasting


About the Speaker

Alex PearceBlog: www.bfcnetworks.com

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @alex_pearce

Personal Interest in SharePoint…Education

Learning Gateways/Learning Platforms

User Adoption

Integration


What are Web Apps?

With Web Apps, you can access documents from virtually anywhere. Whether you’re editing a document from home or collaborating with someone around the world, Web Apps help you work the way you want.







Office Web Apps

Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel

Microsoft OneNote Microsoft PowerPoint


Where are they?

There are 3 versionOffice Web Application in SharePoint 2010

Live.comLive Workspaces

SkyDrive

Office 365





Internet Explorer 7.0


Firefox 3. x

Safari 4. x for the Macintosh

Google Chrome

Mobile BrowsersWindows Mobile

Blackberry

iPhone/iPad

Nokia S60


New - Browser Compatibility


Firefox 4.0

Google Chrome X.X


Versions

There are 2 versionOffice Web Application in SharePoint 2010

Live.comLive Workspaces

SkyDrive

Office 365


Versions – User Expectation

Additional Features in live.com, these include:Print

Ability to print the document from the browser

EmbedAdd the embeddable code to website, blog, SharePoint

ShareShare with your live.com profile with friends (linkable to Facebook)


Viewing and Editing

When viewing the file you will see the document as it would in the full client

When editing you lose the ability to view complex areas of the document

Watermarks

Cover Page


When to use full client

Information Rights Management

Copying Formatting inside a document

Complex Shapes

Thesaurus

Drawing images by Ink (OneNote)

Embedding media or other files into OneNote

Tracked changes

Macros

Updating external tables/queries

Mobile: View Documents only


Co-authoring

Word and PowerPointCan only open the document in the same client application

Office 2010 Full Client to Office 2010

Office Web Apps to Office Web Apps

ExcelEnsure no one is editing the document at the same time in the full client

OneNoteCan either use OneNote 2010 or OneNote Web Apps


Known Issues – Open in...Microsoft Office is not installed on the client computer.

The user is running a 64-bit version of IE.

The ActiveX control necessary for opening the file in the Office client application not being installed or not running in the browser.

The version of Office that is installed is earlier than Office 2003

Security settings in Internet Explorer prevent ActiveX controls from running.

The browser does not support ActiveX.

When using Firefox and the plugin that enables Firefox to open Office documents is not installed/enabled.


Known Issues…

Copy and Paste

Better experience with Silverlight

http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/officewebapps/WindowsLiveWriter/TheOfficeWebAppsLoveYourBrowser_104F4/clip_image001_2.png


Recommended Requirements

SilverlightWord

Faster Loading Performance

Rending of text and spacing

Improving accuracy of search research when using Find

PowerPointSmoother animations

Scaling of browser window

http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/officewebapps/WindowsLiveWriter/TheOfficeWebAppsLoveYourBrowser_104F4/clip_image003_2.png


PowerPoint Broadcasting

SecurityKnow who you are broadcasting to

Do they have permission to the broadcasting site?

Are you sure you want to enable anonymous access?

ExpectationDo they have Silverlight?

What browser do they use?Will they get a rich/smooth experience

Deliver expectation (run in IE, require speakers, install Silverlight)

Adding Broadcast sites into PowerPointAdd up to 10 broadcast sites into PowerPoint 2010 for users to use

Permission based



THANKS YOU

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Office web applications when how why