Edit Office documents locally
The following article describes how Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.) can be opened and edited directly with the local programs.
Systemanforderungen: System requirements Office programs
Directly to the following sections:
Open Office documents with local program
Troubleshooting when opening Office documents
In order for Office documents such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. To be opened and edited locally, the programs must be installed on the PC and the corresponding licenses must be available.
How Office files are opened and edited locally is described using a Word document as an example.
In buildagil, the role Edit in Word can be used to open the document in the local Word.
Changes to the document are saved automatically, and it is also possible for several users to edit the document at the same time.
After clicking on Edit in Word a window appears.
Here you can activate the selection that this window no longer appears when opening Office documents.
Click on Open Word.
Documents cannot be opened in the local program
This may be due to your company's settings. An IT person responsible can fix this. In the GPO (Group Policy Object from Microsoft) under User Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office (Version)-> Miscellaneous, set the Block logon to Office option to Not configured.
If you are affected by this problem, please contact your internal IT department and submit a request for approval of the corresponding data formats. If approval is refused, buildagil support can contact your IT department directly to provide a reason for the approval.
Login must be executed when opening each document
This problem can be solved in the same way as described under "Documents cannot be opened in the local program".
Signed in to the Office programs with the wrong Microsoft account
The following message may appear when opening Office documents. The document cannot be saved.
This is because you are not logged in to Office with the same Microsoft account as with buildagil.
Log in to Office with the same account as with buildagil and the problem is solved.
Systemanforderungen: System requirements Office programs
Directly to the following sections:
Open Office documents with local program
Troubleshooting when opening Office documents
Open Office documents with local program
In order for Office documents such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. To be opened and edited locally, the programs must be installed on the PC and the corresponding licenses must be available.
How Office files are opened and edited locally is described using a Word document as an example.
In buildagil, the role Edit in Word can be used to open the document in the local Word.
Changes to the document are saved automatically, and it is also possible for several users to edit the document at the same time.
After clicking on Edit in Word a window appears.
Here you can activate the selection that this window no longer appears when opening Office documents.
Click on Open Word.
Troubleshooting when opening Office documents
Documents cannot be opened in the local program
This may be due to your company's settings. An IT person responsible can fix this. In the GPO (Group Policy Object from Microsoft) under User Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office (Version)-> Miscellaneous, set the Block logon to Office option to Not configured.
If you are affected by this problem, please contact your internal IT department and submit a request for approval of the corresponding data formats. If approval is refused, buildagil support can contact your IT department directly to provide a reason for the approval.
Login must be executed when opening each document
This problem can be solved in the same way as described under "Documents cannot be opened in the local program".
Signed in to the Office programs with the wrong Microsoft account
The following message may appear when opening Office documents. The document cannot be saved.
This is because you are not logged in to Office with the same Microsoft account as with buildagil.
Log in to Office with the same account as with buildagil and the problem is solved.
Updated on: 15/11/2024