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Opening documents from Digizuite™ Media Manager 5
Office documents that are uploaded as assets in the Digizuite™ Media Manager can be opened directly from the asset previewcard. In order to open the document, click on "Open" under the online preview/icon (dependent of the availability) and in a few seconds the ‘More’ on the document’s asset card and select ‘Open’. The document will load in the correct application.
If the document is not locked, the user will be able to save the changes to the asset after they finish working with it.
Lock functionality
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Lock functionality
It is possible to check out a document just like any other asset in the DAM.
The locked documents are marked with an "locked" icon.
Given the correct role, some users have the ability to force-unlock the documents. If another user force-unlocks the asset, the original user will lose the ability to replace the current asset. If this happens, the user is presented with the following message:
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For more information about check in/check out functionality, please refer to this section in the Media Manager’s documentation. |
Saving the asset to Digizuite™ Media Manager 5
After applying the changes to the document, the The user can save the document back to the Media Manager either as a revised new asset, or as a new a revised asset, if changes have been applied to an existing asset.
Click on the menu ‘Menu’ icon in the upper right corner of the Office Connector application.
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This will open a new window, which presents the user with two possibilities:
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‘Existing asset’, the old document will be replaced with the revised document (the asset cannot be locked by another user).
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‘New asset’, the old document will be preserved and the document with the revisions applied to it will be saved as a new asset.
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More information about the relationship between Media Manager 5 and Office Connector is available here.