Facebook users can view - but not edit - Word files, Excel, and PowerPoint by using Microsoft Office Web Apps. Today Microsoft announced, online suite of Office Web Apps will be integrated with the new Facebook messaging system has been announced in the morning the same day. Facebook messaging service, which combines e-mail, instant messaging (IM), text messaging (SMS) message to a inbox, will support the attachment of documents Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Mr. Takeshi Numoto, a leader in the Office group said.

Only people who have installed the version on the desktop (desktop) of the new Office can click the "Download" to download, edit and save files as attachments. However, users may install Office can still see the attachment was sent by Facebook by choosing View on Office.com, to use the Office Web Apps show in the browser, he said Numoto. Office Web Apps is a shortened version, just use the online application suite of Microsoft desktop. Online applications - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote - came out in June 2010. Office Web Apps support Internet Explorer 7 or later, Firefox from 3.5, since Chrome and Safari 4.

Docs.com group reported that the service has been integrated with Facebook's new Groups feature, will allow Facebook members to share files Word, Excel and PowerPoint with the group Friends selected. Docs.com also based on the Office Web Apps if users lack the desktop version of Office. However, with Docs.com, users can also create and edit Word documents, Excel and PowerPoint with Office Web Apps.