Save Microsoft Office documents to Office Live Workspace

After you install the Office Live Update for Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta, you can use Microsoft Office programs, such as Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with your online workspaces. The update provides a number of performance enhancements, in addition to the installation of the Microsoft Office Live Add-in for Office.

The Office Live Add-in installs a new toolbar in Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003, and it adds new menu options in the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

This article discusses the Office Live Workspace options that appear in Microsoft Office programs after the Office Live Add-in is installed. For information about how to use these options to seamlessly integrate with Office Live Workspace, see Improve integration between Office Live Workspace and Microsoft Office programs.

 Note   The Office Live Update installs updates and tools on your local computer. To benefit from this update, you will need to install it on each computer that you use to access Office Live Workspace.

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• Access Office Live Workspace from Office XP and Office 2003 applications

• Access Office Live Workspace from the 2007 Office system

• Troubleshoot

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Access Office Live Workspace from Office XP and Office 2003 applications

If you have Office XP or Office 2003 installed on your computer, the Office Live Add-in installs an Office Live toolbar with three buttons in your Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint programs.

 Note   If you install the Office Live Add-in on a computer that has Office XP installed on it, and the Office Live toolbar does not appear in Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint, see the Troubleshoot section later in this article.

The toolbar provides three buttons:

• Go to Office Live   Start Office Live Workspace from your computer. You will be asked to sign in using your Windows Live ID.
• Open   From your Office program, open a document in your workspace.
• Save   Save a document directly to your workspace from your Office program.

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Access Office Live Workspace from the 2007 Office system

If you have the 2007 Office system installed, in Office Word, Office Excel, or Office PowerPoint, click the Microsoft Office Button. The following Office Live options appear in the list:

• Open from Office Live   From your Office program, open a document in your workspace.
• Save to Office Live   Save a document directly to your workspace from your Office program.

 Note   If you installed the Office Live Add-in on a computer that has the 2007 Office system installed on it, and Office Live options do not appear in Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint, see the Troubleshoot section later in this article.

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Troubleshoot

The Office Live toolbar does not appear in Office XP programs

After installing the Office Live Update on a computer that has Office XP installed, you may find that the Office Live toolbar does not appear in Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint. To make the toolbar appear, you may need to lower the security level for macro virus protection in Office XP.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click the Security tab. Under Macro Security, click Macro Security.
3. Click the Security Level tab, and then select Low.
4. Close the Office program and then restart it. If a security warning appears, click Enable.

The Office Live toolbar now appears in the toolbar of Office Word, Office Excel, or Office PowerPoint.

Office Live does not appear in 2007 Office system programs

After installing the Office Live Update on a computer that has the 2007 Office system installed, you may find that Office Live options do not appear when you click the Microsoft Office Button. Follow these steps to make Office Live appear as an option in your Office program:

1. In Office Word, Office Excel, or Office PowerPoint, click the Microsoft Office Button.
2. At the bottom of the menu, click the Word, Excel, or PowerPoint Options button.
3. On the left navigation bar, click Add-Ins.
4. Under Disabled Application Add-ins, select Microsoft Office Live Add-in.
5. Click the arrow next to the Manage box, and then select Disabled Items. Click Go.
6. In the Disabled Items dialog box, select Microsoft Office Live Add-in and then click Enable.
7. Click Close, and then click OK.
8. Close all Office programs.
9. Open Office Word, Office Excel, or Office PowerPoint, and then click the Microsoft Office Button. Office Live options now appear.

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