Lisa Holland Smith, Technical Writer
As you make your travel plans this summer, don’t forget to use Office Live Workspace to share your itinerary with friends and family. It’s a smart way to make sure everybody has access to the most recent details of your trip in case they need to reach you.
Sending an e-mail invitation to share a workspace or document is easy. But if you’re like me and you have a family member who is leery of signing up to use any Web site, give the people you share with the opportunity to preview your itinerary. Open the workspace or document that you want to share, and click the Share button on the toolbar. In the sharing invitation, add the e-mail addresses of the folks you’d like to share with. To give those you share with access to your document without signing up for Office Live Workspace, select the check box that says Let everyone view this without signing in, and then click Send.
When the people you invite receive their sharing invitation, they just need to click the link in the message. A preview version of the shared workspace or document automatically appears—there’s no need for them to sign up for Office Live Workspace first. Keep in mind that people who see the preview version won’t be able to add comments or make revisions to your shared item unless they sign up by clicking the Sign Up button. But sometimes letting others preview your content is all that’s needed.
Lisa Holland Smith, Technical Writer