The new Microsoft Office Live for Dummies book

From the back cover:

Want to make Office Live work for you? Now you can get up and running quickly in all the basics with this nuts-and-bolts guide. From creating a Web site and defining projects to sharing data with key contacts and tracking company assets, you'll save time (and money!) as you efficiently connect with employees, customers, and vendors — leaving more time for business!

From the editor’s book description:

·         Microsoft Office Live is a service that allows individuals, small businesses, and organizations to create Web sites, share documents, and have a shared storage area on the Web

·         Explains how to create a Web site; share documents, contact lists, project plans, and calendars; send or receive e-mails using Live Mail; and allow customers, employees, and vendors access to data based on specific security restrictions

·         Discusses establishing security levels, sharing documents, defining and managing projects, tracking company assets, using the Contact Manager, using marketing campaigns, and working with client workspaces

·         Office Live services can be used independently but they also integrate well with Microsoft Office programs used regularly by more than 400 million people around the world, including Microsoft Access, Excel, Outlook, Microsoft Office Live Meeting and Microsoft Office Small Business Edition

Get your copy today. Get Microsoft Office Live for Dummies at Amazon .

As I mentioned in an earlier post (Microsoft Office Live - continuously improving our service), our team has been making updates to the Microsoft Office Live service over the past months. Our 4^th update to the service went out earlier this month; the changes made in this update include:

1.     Enhancements to adManager:

a.     Added support for Ask.com

b.     Enhancements to the UI – new keyword & pricing gadgets, new settings pages & making the first run experience easier.

2.     Doing a promotional 3-month free for new subscribers to Essentials & Premium offers in the US.

3.     Support for .FR domain names for Office Live in France.

4.     Addressing issues with the backup/restore functionality.

Our team really enjoys being able to constantly improve the features and functionality of the service – we hope you enjoy these updates too!

On behalf of the Live Site updates team,
Arun Rajappa
Senior Program Manager Lead

Microsoft / Website Pros customer testimonial:

MRDA, a supplier of pre-tested and approved outdoor equipment, decided it was time to give their website a new look.  Daniel Lake, President of MRDA, found getting their website up and running on Office Live very easy, but they were ready for a fresh perspective on design.  “My wife and I are not professionally trained and needed a website designed for us quickly and cost effectively,” says Daniel. Through the Microsoft Office Live website, Daniel contacted Website Pros to discuss his goals.

Daniel wanted a customer-friendly design that was easy to navigate and highlights his company’s commitment to only offer “The Best of All the Products We Test.”

How did the redesign go?  Check the image below and visit the MRDA website at www.mrdallc.com to judge the results yourself.

> learn more about Website Pros design services

Great news for home-based entrepreneurs

Don’t miss your chance to be included in the first-ever Home-Based 100 index -- a tribute to the millions of home-based businesses operating in the U.S. today. Brought to you exclusively by StartupNation and proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Office Live team.

You can be part of the HB 100 salute by nominating your business – or a friend’s, you’ll compete for great prizes and a shot at some free publicity. There’s more too, including our very own Scratch, Match & Win game. Check it out

The Microsoft Office Live Team