I guess writely has recently bought by google. I remember signing with my hotmail account. and recently I got a mail from them stating that it is being shifted to google. but I can access it with hotmail. Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shiv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Microsoft may offer web programs
> Hi Viraj! > > To access google's web-based word processor go to: > > www.writely.com > > Here you can save and edit your documents online. You need to sign up > with > a gmail account, it is free. You can also share your documents with other > people you if you wish to. And, of course, this means once you have > created > the document, you can access the document from anywhere you are, office, > home, or anywhere else. > > Shiv > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Viraj Kafle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 7:32 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Microsoft may offer web programs > > >> Hello Vikasji, >> >> I'm just curious about google's web-based word-processing programs >> mentioned >> in this article. Do you have any information? how to access them and how >> handy they are? >> >> Regards, >> >> Viraj. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Access India" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 7:22 PM >> Subject: [AI] Microsoft may offer web programs >> >> >>> Microsoft may offer web programs >>> >>> Sep 22, 2006 >>> >>> Microsoft is planning free-web based versions of its word processing and >> spreadsheet programs. >>> >>> The online versions of the programs will lack many of the features found >> in the full versions found in Microsoft's Office suite of applications. >>> >>> Although the programs will be free to use, Microsoft is planning to fund >> them via advertising. >>> >>> The move is seen as a rebuff to Google and others which already offer >>> free >> versions of these types of programs. >>> >>> The free programs are likely to be based on Microsoft's Works software >> suite that is often installed on low-cost home PCs. >>> >>> No date has been set for when the free programs will show up on the net >> but the software giant told the Reuters news agency that it was >> "considering" new >>> distribution and payment models for its software. >>> >>> Like many others Microsoft has already started experimenting with >> web-based services. Windows Live lets people create a personal page that >> brings together >>> many of the things they do online such as read news feeds, blogs and >>> deal >> with e-mail. >>> >>> There is also a beta version of a WYSIWYG writing tool for writing blog >> posts. >>> >>> Microsoft's Office suite dominates the business market but the software >> giant has had more competition of late as rivals produce and release free >> versions >>> of programs that do the same job as those in the package. >>> >>> For instance the Open Office project offers free versions of programs >>> that >> are very similar to those found in Microsoft Office. >>> >>> In addition, Google now owns the Writely online word processor and >>> earlier >> this year started offering an online spreadsheet. >>> >>> Many other smaller hi-tech firms run web-based versions of the >> applications people use in business or on their home PC. >>> >>> Microsoft's Office suite is hugely successful for the company and >> currently about 25% of the company's revenue is generated by sales of it. >> A >> new version >>> of Office is due in 2007. The BBC is not responsible for the content of >> external internet sites >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5370144.stm >>> >>> Vikas Kapoor, >>> MSN ID: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Yahoo ID: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Skype ID: dl_vikas >>> Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. >>> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >>> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
