When the Office Web Apps were launched in June, you could print using the Word Web App viewer but not the editor. After sifting through much customer feedback about this glaring ommission, Microsoft has rectified the situation by adding the print facility to the editor too.

Concurrent updates are a problem when two users can edit a document at the same time. If two users each change the same word to two different words, how does the editing program know which change to make? Office Word 2010 handles the concurrent use of a document very well by providing you with alerts whenever anyone opens up the document you are editing. Further safeguards are put in place when Word actually locks the paragraph that your colleague is currently changing and highlights it for you. Similarly, they will not be able to change the paragraph that you are in the process of updating.

If you have been working on a Word 2010 document that you have shared with someone and they have made changes to it in the Word Web App, beware! In your Recent Documents list you will see a version of the document that is stored on your hard drive or network, and in addition you will also see a version of the Word Web App document. These documents may be different!

The Word Web App is the free web equivalent of Microsoft Word 2010. Being hosted in “the cloud”, the Word Web App enables you to view and work on your Word documents anywhere that you have access to an internet connection and a browser. However, because the Office Web Apps are a hosted solution, there is a limited feature set available to users.

I’ve been there. You’ve been there. You’re using Windows 7 and, you’ve downloaded a font, but you’re damned if you know how to install it! There is no option to install a new font in the font management window. How confusing is that?