MM5.4 Preview of special asset types
Preview of MS Office files
Under certain cicumstances the user has the ability to preview MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint files, without having to open the file externally.
The limitations to the ability to access online preview of these assets are described here, under "Roles" section.
If the user is assigned a correct role and there are no external limitations, entering the focused preview mode of Word/Excel/PowerPoint asset will display the preview in Office Online.
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If the online preview is either unavailable or chosen to be disabled by the user, a fallback icon is displayed instead.
Regardless of whether the user can view the document or not, it is possible to open the document in the corresponding application by clicking the "Open" button in the actions tray underneath the document.
If the user enables Office Connector plug-in and logs in in the Word/Excel/PowerPoint application, the document becomes locked for other users. It means that other users can open the document, but cannot replace this document after making changes for as long as the asset remains locked.
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Locked documents have an "eye" icon displayed on the asset card.
If a user is assigned the appropriate role, it is possible to force-unlock the locked document.
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After force-unlocking the document, the first user who locked it will no longer be able to replace the asset after making changes to it.
More information on Digizuite™ Office Connector can be found here.