Editing MS Office files

Direct editing of MS Office files is based on functionality which has been provided by Micro­soft in more recent versions of MS Windows and MS Office. The requirements are:

o  Windows 2000, XP, or 2003;

o  Internet Explorer 5.5 or up;

o  Office XP or 2003;

o  the BSCW document is a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, or Visio file;

o  the document name on the BSCW server has the correct extension, e.g., .doc for a Word document.

Furthermore, your BSCW server must be configured so that

o  WebDAV is enabled (see 9.9 WebDAV) and

o  cookie authentication is not enabled.

If in doubt, ask your BSCW administrator.

If the requirements are met, you directly edit an MS Office document on the BSCW server as follows.

•      Select   Change    Edit  in the action menu of the document.

•      The action locks the document and opens the appropriate Office application where you can edit the document.

•      Applying the “Save” operation in the Office application writes the file directly back to the BSCW server, replacing the existing one, or creates a new version if the document is under version control.

•      Closing the document in the Office application unlocks the document.