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How to edit MSoffice documents online

mialfresco

Hi team,
I'm not seeing the "edit online" option for ms-office document.
Is it possible to edit online for ms-office files.
Is there any limitation for this feature in alfresco labs 3.0 stable version because by default this is displaying for .txt files not for ms-office files.
can anyone tell me the step/process for editing the ms-office files.

Reagrds,
John

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jschoofs

I don't think you can edit Office files online. If I'm not mistaken you can only edit textfiles (such as pure text, HTML,…) online.

Regards,

Johan

t_broyer

You won't ever see an "edit online" action for Office files.

To enable online-editing for them by default, just set "edit-link-type" to "webdav" in your web-client-config (preferably the *-custom.xml one in tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension) and whenever you click on the icon or filename (requires Internet Explorer with ActiveX scripting enabled) it'll actually open the file in MS Office using WebDAV (so that Ctrl+S will save back directly into Alfresco).

ganesh_boil

Hi broyer,
i'm also facing the same problem. But not works at all.
i did like you said.
But after pressing ctrl+s it is asking me to save the file in local machine. (it is not saving the file by default). i enabled activex controlls in IE 7

Regards,
ganesh

t_broyer

I believe MS Office has to be installed with support for SharePoint, as the ActiveX being created to launch Office is named SharePoint.something…

If you have a JS Debugger, set a breakpoint in webdav.js and see what happens; I can't help more than this, as I'm using the exact same JS code in an app and it works like a charm.
(now, if Alfresco has changed and the JS code is called on some specific icon/action rather than the icon and file name, I don't know, as we're using neither Office nor IE, and I never personally setup an Alfresco with such a config for a client)

HTH

gmurphy

Folks,

I have tried they above and it works with Office 2007, when I click on Edit Online the document opens, I make changes and press Ctrl S and it is saved to the resporitory.

The problem I am haveing is that when I click on Edit Online with Office 2000 that is been used throughout my organisation nothing ever opens and I am stuck at this point.

Can someone tell me is it possible to do this with Office 2000.

Regards,

Gerald

ctsguy

Hi,

I have been able to configure the Word Document to be edited online using "webdav" configuration in web-client-config.xml at location <edit-link-type>webdav</edit-link-type>.

I am able to open the document, edit it and save it, but only using IE.
I am not able to reflect the same on firefox 3.0.14. Whe I click the edit link, it displays a dialog box for me (unlike IE) and asks me to either save it or open it using MS Word. When I open it using MS Word, it opens in read only mode.

Is there some other configuration I am missing? Or do I need to download some plugins for firefox?

stevegreenbaum

There is a Firefox add-on to support Webdav that needs to be installed. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/540

cfe

Another Firefox-AddOn which works for me: IE-Tab2
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/92382/

You can configure FF to internally open websites of your Alfresco-Server with IE.
That helps for the Edit Online Function.

greetings,
Chris

savic_prvoslav

Do integration with zoho or with google docs. My company has zoho integration and it is the best thing.