If you have a Windows Live SkyDrive account and wish to use it like any other network device, you can map it to a drive letter. Using Windows 7, this is how you can do this:
Office 2010
1. Open a blank document in word 2010
2. File, Save & Send, Save to Web
3. Sign in to your Windows Live account (if you've not already saved the credentials in Word 2010)
4. Choose the SkyDrive folder you wish to save to
5. Click the "Save As" button
6. You will see the URL up the top - click in a blank space and copy this URL, which will be something like
https://foobar.docs.live.net/15eec001f00dcafe/Documents which we'll use a little later
Office 2007 (and maybe Office 2003 - too old for me to try)
1. Sign in to Live SkyDrive and upload a Word document to your Documents folder
2. Click on the uploaded document, which will open it for viewing in the Word Web App
3. Click the Open in Word button up the top left of the page
4. Sign in to your Windows Live account
5. File, Save As and you will see the URL up the top - click in a blank space and copy this URL, which will be something like
https://foobar.docs.live.net/15eec001f00dcafe/Documents which we'll use next
Mapping The Drive Letter In Windows 7
1. Open Windows Explorer (or My Computer), right click on Computer or Network and choose "Map network drive..."
2. Choose the drive letter you wish to use and then paste the URL into the "Folder" box, ensure "Reconnect at logon" and "Connect using different credentials" are both checked then click OK
3. Enter your Live ID username and password in the Windows Security box and choose "Remember my credentials" if you want Windows to remember them instead of having to type them in each time you log in to your computer and first access the SkyDrive folder
Regards,
The Outspoken Wookie
