<p>What are the most striking features of the new version of Office Web Apps? The ones that aren't there.</p><p>It isn't the fact that the Save button has been nixed (shades of Google Docs!) or that multiple users can edit the same document in real time and not stomp all over each other's work. It's how little -- as opposed to how much -- variation there is between OWA and its desktop counterparts.</p><p>That small margin makes a big difference.</p><p>Better collaborative editing than the desktopTony Bradley at PCWorld covers in detail all the new goodies in OWA, which still consists only of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The biggest is simultaneous co-authoring: Many users can log into OWA, open the same document, and work on it simultaneously. Flags within the document tell you where each user is.</p><p><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/office-software/microsoft-office-web-apps-takes-great-leap-toward-office-equality-230424">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1112997526/microsoft-office-web-apps-new-collaboration-features-google-docs-110713/">Microsoft Office Web Apps Gain Collaboration Capabilities</a> (RedOrbit)</p><p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/microsofts-office-web-apps-finally-get-real-time-collaboration-3-years-after-google-docs/">Microsoft&#039;s Office Web Apps finally get real-time collaboration 3 years ...</a> (VentureBeat)</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2061293/microsoft-expands-office-web-apps-functionality.html">Microsoft expands Office Web Apps functionality, adds real-time co-authoring</a> (PCWorld)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=duy5wmdIHqjezBMgFxGSJzmGmpAGM&ned=us">84 additional articles.</a></p>