USE OFFICE LIVE WORKSPACE TO COLLABORATE ON GROUP PROJECTS

Microsoft® Office + Microsoft Office Live Workspace
Office Live Workspaces allows your group project partners to keep all your materials in one central place, manage joint calendars & task lists, and even make changes to the same document at the same time.
Step 1: Start by going to http://workspace.office.live.com and signing in using your Windows Live ID (any email address can be set up as a Live ID, or you can register a new @live.com or @hotmail.com email address).
Step 2: C lick on the “New Workspace” button on the left panel and select a type. For a group project, the Classes, Projects, and Study Group templates may be particularly useful.
Step 3: Click “Add Document” to add the project report that your team is working on.
Step 4: You can even open documents directly out of your Workspace, make edits in Office 2003 or 2007, and save the document back to your Workspace with one click. Click “Edit” to open a document, and you’ll be prompted to install the Office Live Add-In for Office.
Step 5: You can also view Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files without having Office installed on your PC by clicking and opening them inside Internet Explorer.
Step 6: Once you have the Add-In installed, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will be able to sign into your workspace, open documents stored there, edit them, and save them back again.
Step 7: Share your Workspace with your classmates by clicking “Share” at the top right of the Workspace and entering their email addresses along with a message. Office Live will send them an email invitation so they can log in and view the files.
Step 8: Now you can all work from the same copy of the document. Even more powerful is the ability to send emails to the whole group with one click and create a joint calendar and task list.
Step 9: Using Shared View, you and your teammate can edit the same document at the same time. Click “Share” to download Shared View and start collaborating in real-time.