How to Use Microsoft Live Office to Submit Articles
Because of the issues we've been having with article submission recently, I have decided to let my writers use Microsoft Office Live. This way, our editors can easily check their work and ask for revisions without having to send emails back and forth. We are producing dozens of articles a day and multiple emails about a single article revision can actually add to the confusion. Office Live works a lot like other document sharing sites but things become so much easier if you download the Office Live Add-in. This plugin allows you to save the document on your workspace as if you were just saving it to your C: drive.
In order to use Office Live, you will need to have your own login. You can register using your old email address, or if you have a hotmail account, you can use that to sign in. Please note that the rest of this tutorial will deal only with documents which are written in Word. Using Office Live with Excel and Powerpoint works almost the same but if you wish to read a tutorial about that, you can drop me an email.
The workspaces allows you to organize documents depending on the projects you are currently handling. To add a new workspace, simply click on New Workspace on the left side of the screen. If you have several workspaces already and wish to delete some of them, just click on My Workspaces and this will allow you to mark all workspaces for deletion. You will have to create a different workspace for every project. This way, you can very easily upload documents and share them to your client/editor. Here's a video tutorial for submitting articles through Microsoft Offlice Live. To watch the videos in a bigger screen, click on "dim lights". Dim lights
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That's it! Pretty easy right? Now, say your editor/client has emailed you and is asking for revisions with your article. Once you've made your revisions, don't upload them directly to Office Live. Instead, you'll have to integrate it with the old article so as to keep it organized. Again, here's a video tutorial for this (to watch the videos in a bigger screen, click on "dim lights"):
When using Microsoft Office Live, keep these things in mind: 1. Share your workspace to the right people. Ask your editor or client for their Office Live ID. 2. You need to create a separate workspace for every project. 3. You should create a separate folder to organize articles according to the date you submitted them. 4. You only need to share your workspace once so if you need to change something (upload a revised article, add new articles, add new folders) make sure you send an email to the people concerned so they can check the changes you've made.
