Office Applications

Lync offers some integration with Microsoft Office that can make it easier to collaborate with other users. For example, in Microsoft Word, you can go into the File area of the ribbon and look at the info page. The name of the person who authored the file and the name of the person who last edited the file are located on the far right. Notice that the presence “jelly bean” is shown next to each of the names with accurate presence information. If you have a question about the last set of edits made to a document, simply hover over the Last Modified By name to get the option to IM or call that person through Lync. This level of integration makes collaborative communications easy, and they quickly become second nature for most users.

Lync integration with Office also adds two share options in the Review ribbon.

You can send the document to a contact through the Send by IM button, or you can click Share Now and choose a contact to open a screen-sharing session with that user. This enables two people to share the document and make changes to it collaboratively.