SEE ALSO For more information on Office 365, see the sidebar “What is Office 365?

” later
in this section. For more information on SkyDrive, see the sidebar “What is SkyDrive?” also
later in this section.

You can connect to cloud services on the Account page in the Backstage view. The avail-
able connected service options for your Office account depend on the type of account
you’re using for Microsoft services. For example, with either a Microsoft account or
Organizational account, both SharePoint Online and SkyDrive connections are available.
But if you have a Microsoft account type, you’ll have sharing options for personal cloud
services like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Flickr. These may not be shown if you have
an Organizational account, because this account type is more school oriented or business 3
oriented.

TIP If you have an Office 365 account, your file storage locations on SharePoint Online may
be connected and available when you sign in.

In this exercise, you’ll first connect a SharePoint Online or SkyDrive cloud storage service
to your Office account. Then you’ll have the option to connect a personal cloud service like
LinkedIn.

SET UP You need to be signed in to Office and be connected to the Internet. To com-
plete the optional steps for connecting a personal cloud service, you must be signed in
with a Microsoft account and have a Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter account. Start Word
if necessary, create a blank document, and follow the steps.

1 In the Backstage view, click Account.

2 In the account options, click Add a service, point to Storage, and then click either
Office 365 SharePoint or SkyDrive.

IMPORTANT If you have SharePoint Online, click Office 365 SharePoint.

3 On the Sign in screen, enter the email address for your cloud storage account and
complete the sign in process. Your connected service will be listed under the account
settings in the Backstage view.

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