Try Web Apps – for free - now

Now you can get even more out of Office using Web Apps. Web Apps are your favourite Office programs in a scaled-down form. They're available completely free as part of our SkyDrive service.

If you have a Windows Live ID you're already halfway there. From your Hotmail page, go to More > SkyDrive. Under the New tab you'll see the Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote icons. You can use your favourite apps from within any web browser to create, edit and share files. Try Web Apps now and do real work wherever you are.

‘Borrowed’ from Microsoft’s Office Insider newsletter – you can subscribe here if you’d like more hints and tips on how to get more from Office. Here’s another article from this month’s issue.

Want to share your pictures with family and friends? Are they too big to email? Try using Windows Live SkyDrive. With 25Gb free cloud-based storage there's plenty of space to share your precious pics, and you stay in control of who sees them and what they can do with them. All you need is your Windows LiveID to get started.

Not sure what a Windows LiveID is? It's just a login & password that you set - find out more.