Microsoft Docs from Microsoft’s Future Social Experiences (FUSE) for Facebook gained popularity before it get “open for all”. Mostly observed as a threat for Google docs service.

Currently running in its beta stage, docs help you socialize your documents by integrating it with your Facebook account.

You don’t need to use unique user id and password for this. Your Facebook account details could be used to login.

Built using Office 2010 – Docs for Facebook provides the best possible document service for the Facebook environment. Here is an overview of the newly launched app and its features.

Home Page

You can have a look at the picture below to see how the landing page of site appears after you are logged in.

The page is preloaded with some interesting and popular documents being shared by its users and on the right side you can find Facebook’s newly launched Social Plugin.

In the top menu you can find options which allow you to create documents (docs), view your docs and also view the docs which your friends have shared with you.

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Add Doc

This link comes with a dropdown menu providing you options to upload a Microsoft office document or to create a new Word Document, Excel Spreadsheet or a Powerpoint Presentation.

Word Document

When you click this option, you will find the much similar Office 2007/2010 interface with tabbed menu and sleek look. The file menu lets you save the existing document or you can open it in Microsoft Word installed on your system.

Home menu has the most commonly used formatting and editing tools. Insert menu lets you insert tables, pictures, clip art and links. The insert clip art option searches for clip arts from Microsoft’s Collection.

Under the view menu you can choose from two different view options for your page: Editing view and Reading view. Editing view is the default view which opens up when you start preparing your document and when you click the “finish editing” link you enter the Reading view. Reading view is pretty much similar to the Print Layout (default) view of Microsoft Word.

With the Sharing Options you can select the viewers for your current document. It could be an individual, selected friend, all of your friends or everyone. Also, you could allow all of your friends or an individual to edit your article. Also, you can create a link for your document and post an update directly to your Facebook Wall.

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Excel Spreadsheet

This feature comes up with two menus: Home and Insert. Under the Home tab you can find the most commonly used Excel formatting and editing tools. And of course, the interface allows you to have multiple sheets under the same workbook. Also in the lower right corner you can have a look at the number of people working simultaneously on the same workbook. Under the insert tab, you have options to insert table and link.

Sharing options remains the same for all kind of documents. Just like the word document one can find all the features for excel spreadsheet as well.

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Powerpoint Presentation

Under the Home tab you can find basic features like add, delete, hide slide and some other text/paragraph formatting options. With Insert option you can add a picture, smart art or a link.

The View tab provides you with three different presentation views viz. editing view, reading view and slide show along with a Notes (Show) View.  When you insert a new slide you can choose a layout from the existing to set.

One thing that might surely disappoint you is the lack of Transition and Presentation effects. No, presentation could be so effective without them.

Just similar to word and excel documents you can find the sharing options here as well.

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My Docs

Under this link you can browse all your uploaded and created documents. You can choose from a List view and Thumbnail view as per your convenience.

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Friends Docs

With this option you can view all the documents shared by your friends with you.

Undoubtedly, this could prove to be a great application for socializing all your documents. But will this app remains limited to Facebook?  Or its limiting to facebook will emerge as a power of Microsoft Docs in front of Google Docs?

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