Artwork: Chip Taylor Microsoft put the last piece of its online office suite puzzle in place Monday, officially launching its Web-based suite of Microsoft Office applications called Office Web Apps.

Microsoft’s free Office Web Apps include streamlined, online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote Office apps. These apps are usable in various browsers and offer the capability to view or ...

The Microsoft Word Web App makes Microsoft Word features available on your Web browser, providing you with the convenience of working on documents on a website where the documents are stored. It is a ...

One of Google's justifiable criticisms of Microsoft's Office-based cloud play was it's hard to figure out what you can and can't do with Office Web Apps -- the Webified versions of Word, Excel, ...

When Microsoft launched its Office Web Apps back in June, the most logical reaction was a simple, “What took you so long?” Competitors such as Google Docs and Zoho proved long ago that it’s possible ...

Microsoft's plan to make Office Web Apps truly useful is admirable, but it's unlikely to give us what we really need If there’s one thing I’ve always hated about Web-based productivity apps, it’s ...

The online versions of Microsoft Word and Excel challenge longtime Web-app leader Google Docs, while PowerPoint takes on Zoho Show in the online-presentation category. Dennis O'Reilly began writing ...

Microsoft put the last piece of its online office suite puzzle in place Monday, officially launching its Web-based suite of Microsoft Office applications called Office Web Apps. However, the biggest ...

When Office 365 rolled out just a couple weeks ago, one of most obvious ways it was lacking in comparison to the rival Google Docs apps was that there was no way to collaborate in real-time on Word ...

Microsoft closed the gap between its Office Web Apps and Google Docs somewhat today by adding co-authoring to the free Word Web App, letting multiple users edit a document simultaneously in the Web ...