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New Hotmail Integrates Office Features

Posted by StoneLion on from the you-can-dress-it-up dept.

angry tapir writes "Microsoft is set to begin rolling out the latest enhancements to its Hotmail (warning: interstitial ad) web mail service, with an aim to reduce clutter and make it easier to send photos and handle Office documents. Microsoft is making a Web-based version of Office available from within Hotmail's Web interface that allows use of Microsoft document formats such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote."

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  1. Wannabee fools. by unity100 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    where were they up until google did it ? they realized to do this just now ? all they are doing is 'me too' for a long while now.

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  2. Open Document by Elektroschock · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I usually use Linux and I want to avoid lock-in. Microsoft Office supports the OpenDocument format, so how about these Microsoft services? And with OpenDocument I mean the Oasis format, not OpenXML (which I don't trust to be suffiently interoperable).

  3. It looks like you're using hotmail... by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would you like me to interconnect every program Microsoft has to offer to your account so that way you can be tied to us forever?

    Yes/No

    It looks like you've said "No". Are you sure?

    Yes/No

    I'm sorry, but it appears you keep clicking on "No". I believe you meant to click "Yes."

    Is this correct?

    Yes/Yes

    Ok, great! Downloading files....12567 of 9,324,456,765 Bytes downloaded.

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  4. Re:Hotmail? by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're thinking of http://hotmale.com/

  5. Re:Losing by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't see Google with an on-premise deployment option - how is that 'catch up'? (And no, I don't mean the desktop versions of Office, Microsoft has an on-premise version of its Office Web Apps so you don't have to trust your data to third party servers)

  6. Re:Late, yes... by jslater25 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't forget that Hotmail (or is it Windows Live or Windows Hotmail Live or Windows Live Mail? I can never remember!) STILL doesn't support IMAP. So while Microsoft is busy trying to integrate most Microsoft Office products (Outlook integration requires an annual fee along with additional software), they continue to lag behind the competition in other areas.