Microsoft Unveiling Office Live Workspace

October 1, 2007 By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is unveiling a Web component for its desktop-based Office programs that lets computer users store, share and comment on documents, but the software maker did not go so far as to let people create new files from scratch online.

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