Configuring IBM Content Navigator with Office Online Server
You can configure IBM Content Navigator to work with Office Online so that users can collaboratively edit Microsoft Office documents.
Before you begin
About this task
You can integrate Office Online Server with IBM Content Manager and IBM FileNet® Content Manager repositories.
- Create and add new Office Online documents to the
repository
When the repository is integrated with a Office Online Server, a user can click New and select the type of file that they want to create. The file is added to the repository, checked out, and opened in the appropriate Office Online application in the user's web browser. Additionally, when the user saves their changes, the changes are checked into the repository.
- Save changes that are made in Office Online to the
repository
When the repository is integrated with a Office Online Server and a user clicks , the file is checked out and opened in the appropriate Office Online application in the user's web browser. Additionally, when the user saves their changes, the changes are checked into the repository.
By default, users can create new blank documents in Office Online. You can optionally add more Office templates that are used when a user creates a new Office Online document from IBM Content Navigator. However, if you provide a custom template, the blank templates that are provided for Office Online are hidden.
If you want users to be able to create blank documents or use a predefined template, you must add a blank template and a custom template.
Procedure
To configure IBM Content Navigator with Office Online Server: