Office Live Add-in 1.4 for Office Live Workspace

Office Live Workspace

The Office Live Add-in 1.4 for Office Live Workspace adds new menu options in the 2007 Microsoft Office Suite and a toolbar in Microsoft Office XP and Office 2003. You will be able to open documents located in Office Live Workspace directly from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You will also be able to save files directly from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to Office Live Workspace.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

The Office Live Update 1.4 installs the following updates and tools:

  • Microsoft Office Live Add-in for Microsoft Office - Access your workspaces directly from Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint. The Office Live Add-in installs a new toolbar in Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003 and new menu options in the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
  • Microsoft Office Live Workspace Plug-In for Firefox - If you use the Mozilla Firefox browser, the Office Live Workspace Plug-In for Firefox lets you open, edit, and save Office documents in Office Live Workspace directly from the browser using Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Performance updates - Make using Office Live Workspace with Microsoft Office programs faster.

To install the Office Live Update, you must have one of the following versions of Windows and Microsoft Office installed on your computer:

  • Windows operating system -> Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
  • Microsoft Office -> 2007 Office system, Office 2003, Office XP

View Office Live options in Office XP and Office 2003 programs

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

Office Live toolbar in Microsoft Office Word 2003

The Office Live toolbar provides three buttons:

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

View Office Live options in the 2007 Office system programs

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 computer, open a document in your workspace.
  • Save to Office Live -> Save a document from your computer directly to your workspace.

Office Live Add-in options in Microsoft Office Word 2007

Uninstall the Office Live Add-in

To uninstall the Office Live Update from your computer, do the following:

  1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Depending on the operating system you use, do one of the following:
    • If you use Windows XP, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
    • If you use Windows Vista, double-click Programs and Features.
  3. In the list of currently installed programs, select Microsoft Office Live Add-in 1.3, and then click Uninstall or Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program.
  4. Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.

In addition to removing Office Live Add-in, you must remove any Office Live updates from your computer:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In Windows XP, in the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, select the Show updates check box.
    • In Windows Vista, in the Uninstall or change a program dialog box, click View installed updates in the left pane.
  2. In the list, select the updates that you want to uninstall.
  3. Click Uninstall. Follow the instructions to remove the updates.

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