SharePoint - Using Office Online

This guide will show you how to use the Office Online applications available from the Office portal. 

Microsoft Office Online programs are a part of most Office 365 plans. Office Online makes it easier for you to work in the cloud because Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and PDF documents in your web browser.

Sign in to your organization’s Office 365 site to get started.

You can access your documents whenever you have an Internet connection, from almost any device:

• Documents stored in your OneDrive and your team sites

• Attachments in Outlook Web App

• Meeting notes in Lync Web App

And sharing documents with others is as simple as sending a link.

When you use the three-dot Open Menu in a SharePoint library, Office Online shows a preview of the document and provides another Open Menu with commands for viewing and editing the document in your browser.