Microsoft Adds Web Embeds to Office Web Apps

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Microsoft Adds Web Embeds to Office Web Apps
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Launched in June, Microsoft Office Web Apps is Microsoft's attempt to compete with the ever-popular Google Docs. Microsoft says the service has already been used by 20 million people, despite some tepid early reviews. In addition to adding new features, Microsoft is also expanding the global availability of the Office Web Apps to Australia, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Russia.

Microsoft posted a video interview highlighting the latest additions to Office Web Apps and a guide for how to embed Excel or PowerPoint documents on its Office blog.

Web embeds are a great new feature for PowerPoint and Excel users, but it's something that Google has been offering for several years. Additionally, services like Slideshare have made it easy to upload and embed PowerPoint or PDF-based presentations.

This is what an embed of a Microsoft PowerPoint document looks like:

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