Do you want Word, Excel and Powerpoint on your PC/Mac/Linux for free?
Using Chome, download chrome.google.com/web…her to get the Chrome App Launcher (you need this to get the icons on your desktop).
Once you have the Chrome App Launcher, install each of the following:
Word:
chrome.google.com/web…ajg
Excel:
chrome.google.com/web…gnb
Powerpoint:
chrome.google.com/web…nhp
Onenote:
chrome.google.com/web…kmo
Outlook: chrome.google.com/web…oge
Once the apps have been added to your Chrome App Launcher, open the launcher, right click on one of the icons and select Create Shortcuts. From here, choose Desktop, Start Menu and Taskbar. Repeat for each app (Word, Excel etc.)
**UPDATE**
For those using Internet Explorer (9 or above) and not Chrome, go to office.com and click on Word, Excel or Powerpoint. When the next page loads, click the icon to the left of the web address bar and then drag it to the Windows 7 or 8 taskbar. This creates a Pinned Site.
windows.microsoft.com/en-…tes
**UPDATE 2**
Office is now free for ipad, iphone and android...
theverge.com/201…oid
Using Chome, download chrome.google.com/web…her to get the Chrome App Launcher (you need this to get the icons on your desktop).
Once you have the Chrome App Launcher, install each of the following:
Word:
chrome.google.com/web…ajg
Excel:
chrome.google.com/web…gnb
Powerpoint:
chrome.google.com/web…nhp
Onenote:
chrome.google.com/web…kmo
Outlook: chrome.google.com/web…oge
Once the apps have been added to your Chrome App Launcher, open the launcher, right click on one of the icons and select Create Shortcuts. From here, choose Desktop, Start Menu and Taskbar. Repeat for each app (Word, Excel etc.)
**UPDATE**
For those using Internet Explorer (9 or above) and not Chrome, go to office.com and click on Word, Excel or Powerpoint. When the next page loads, click the icon to the left of the web address bar and then drag it to the Windows 7 or 8 taskbar. This creates a Pinned Site.
windows.microsoft.com/en-…tes
**UPDATE 2**
Office is now free for ipad, iphone and android...
theverge.com/201…oid
Groups
Chrome Launcher: chrome.google.com/web…her
Word: chrome.google.com/web…ajg
Excel: chrome.google.com/web…gnb
Powerpoint: chrome.google.com/web…nhp
Onenote: chrome.google.com/web…kmo
Outlook: chrome.google.com/web…oge
Its the cloud version which is available for free and requires an internet connection i believe. Still a great package to have
iCloud works best for me as I can just flick from screen to screen on any device and continue where I left off.
That's right. It's a cloud version and requires Internet access to work on but you can save copy of the documents on PC for future use or to use on other devices.
Who cares ..... lol.
What for ..... lol. :-)
Get a grip.
Correction: On any iDevice, by bending over for Apple.
IE seems quite simple - drag (none of this finding links)
It's a shame though, MS introduced jumplists to IE and haven't bothered to use them for their own online presence. For example, right clicking on the pinned site should bring up options such as 'new site' 'recent docs' 'templates' etc.
See ie.microsoft.com/tes…htm for how it works for amazon.
It also works on PC's for those who still struggle on with Windows.
Jennifer Lawrence likes iCloud. Subsequently, we all like iCloud now....
After the huge fines the EU gave Microsoft for having the audacity to include Windows Media Player with Windows XP (apparently including a free media player with an operating system "abuses their dominate position"...), I don't think that was a realistic option!
This will keep each session seperate from the main Chrome browser you may have open.
Saves you from inadvertently closing everything tabbed if you accidentally close your Chrome browser.
Open the Chrome App Launcher, right click on the app and select Create Shortcuts. From here select Desktop and Start Menu.
Alternatively, open Internet Explorer (9 or above) and go to office.com. Click on Word, Excel or Powerpoint from there. When the next page loads, click the icon to the left of the web address and then drag it to the Windows 7/8 taskbar.
No, this is for Windows or Mac only currently. Google have not enabled these Chrome Apps to run on Android (Yet!)
google.com/chr…tml says that Linux coming soon...
However, omgchrome.com/ena…ux/ says that it is possible. Can anyone try and confirm?
Checked works fine with ubuntu 14.04
Only if you're a ****.
....downloaded the launchers but can't seem to send them anywhere as shortcuts or open as a window..
chrome.blogspot.co.uk/201…tml
Should work on a mac, don't know about the taskbar/desktop bit though. In Chrome, go to "chrome://flags" address and click "Enable" under "Enable App Launcher OSX app bundle". Once it's in the dock, you should be able to set each app to open as a regular tab, as a pinned tab, as a maximized window, and more...
Install Onedrive onedrive.live.com/abo…ad/ Once installed, move your My Documents folder location to inside the OneDrive folder. Then all documents current and saved in the future on your PC, will auto backup into the cloud to use.
(To do this, open File Explorer and right-click one of your user data folders under This PC — the Documents folder, for example. Select Properties in the menu. Click the Location tab in the Properties window, click the Move button, and choose a new location for the folder inside your OneDrive account. You may need to create a new folder inside OneDrive for the folder).
howtogeek.com/183….1/
Windows 8.1 automatically has this feature I think.
Thanks. Thought this may be the case. I use dropbox at the moment for all documents, perhaps there is a way of syncing between the two? Could I just add my dropbox folder to one drive or would that cause the internet to explode? Thanks for the help.
Can someone explain to me how this Chrome product differs and ultimately if it is better than what I'm using?
Yes, should be able to move your dropbox folder to inside the OneDrive folder... dropbox.com/en/…/89 Be careful not to explode the internet though. That would be selfish.
Not really much difference, however, Microsoft may at some point add offline support to these Chrome Apps (as Google have already done with their Docs/Sheets/Slides apps). Also people like to be able to access Office from one click from their desktop, without opening browser, going to the address, logging in etc...