Using the Drive Apps

On a Workstation

2.1.5. Opening Office documents

You can open documents in the local Drive folder in the groupware to read or edit them.

How to open Office documents:

Note: Before using this function on a Mac OS workstation, you have to enable the Drive Finder Extension.

  1. Open the local Drive folder in your system's file browser.

  2. Open the context menu of a text document or a spreadsheet in the local Drive folder.

    To display the document, select this function:

    • on an MS Windows system: Drive > Preview in App Suite

    • on a Mac OS system: Preview in App Suite

    To edit the document, select this function:

    • on an MS Windows system: Drive > Edit in App Suite

    • on an MS Windows system: Drive > Edit in App Suite

Note: Information on editing Office documents can be found in the Documents user guide.

Parent topic: On a Workstation