Providing access to documents stored in Windows Live SkyDrive can be performed by the user using standard Microsoft Office tools and does not involve the involvement of additional third-party software.
Necessary
Microsoft Office
Instructions
Step 1
Sign in to your Windows Live (Hotmail) account with your Windows Live ID and choose Send Message to share the selected document in an Internet browser or open it to the specified user in an Office application.
Step 2
Fill in the "Message" field and enter the recipient's address in the "To" field.
Step 3
Use the Office Documents button to select the document you want and click the Open button to upload the selected document to SkyDrive.
Step 4
Click the "x" button in the upper right corner of the application window to delete the selected document.
Step 5
Select New and navigate to Folder to grant access to a collection of documents to a specific group of users.
Step 6
Specify the desired name for the created folder and expand the "Edit" link next to the "Shared" folder.
Step 7
Set the value to "Only me" using the slider and specify the email addresses of the selected users to grant access in the section "Add specific users".
Step 8
Set to "Members can view files" to allow an individual user to read only documents.
Step 9
Set to "Members can add and change information, and delete files" to allow an individual user to edit and delete documents.
Step 10
Click Next and download the selected Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote documents to SkyDrive.
Step 11
Return to the New command to share an individual document, but not the entire folder.
Step 12
Specify the type of document you want: Word Document, Excel Workbook, PowerPoint Presentation, or OneNote Notebook, and enter your desired name in the appropriate field.
Step 13
Click the "Save" button and go to the "File" tab in the corresponding web application window that opens.
Step 14
Set the value to "Just me" using the slider and specify the email addresses of the selected users to grant access in the "Add specific users" section.
Step 15
Set the permission level to "Can View" to grant the right to read the document.
Step 16
Set the permission level "Can Edit" to grant the right to edit the selected documents.
Step 17
Click the "Save" button and go to the "Send Message" page.
Step 18
Compose the required message and click the "Send" button to send a message to the specified recipients with a link to the selected document.
