It is good to see that Microsoft is enhancing the utility of Office Web Apps, this time with a nice number of improvements in the September 2011 updates.
Among the numerous improvements are
- OneNote Web App Ink display
- Merge and Auto-fit cells in Excel Web App
- Print directly from Excel Web App in the browser
- Right-click menus in Excel Web App
- Other improvements to make the Web Apps faster and more reliable
Over a short period of time, Office Web Apps have become a free, and invaluable productivity resource, and one that I use frequently.
I only wish I could use them on the HP TouchPad and the iPad.
The full article is here, and a short piece on OneNote being used as a project planner is here.