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Opening SkyVault files from Microsoft Office (Windows users)

You can open files stored in SkyVault directly from Microsoft Office apps.
All you need is to have an internet connection and the SkyVault URL where the file is stored.
  1. Open a Microsoft Office application, such as Word, PowerPoint, Visio, or Excel.
  2. Click File then Open.
  3. Enter the SkyVault address as the File name.

    There are two ways to enter this depending on if you're connecting to a SkyVault server or SkyVault Cloud; check with your SkyVault administrator if you need more information.

    SkyVault server

    To connect with SkyVault the URL needs to end in "/alfresco/aos", so if your SkyVault address is

    https://mycompany.com

    then you'd enter

    https://mycompany.com/alfresco/aos/

    SkyVault Cloud

    To connect with SkyVault you need to add "sp" to the URL, so if your SkyVault address is

    https://my.alfresco.com/mycompany.com/sitename/

    then you'd enter

    https://sp.alfresco.com/mycompany.com/sitename/

    For SkyVault Cloud you always need to enter a site name. For both SkyVault server and SkyVault Cloud you can enter URLs that are specific to a site, folder, or file, for example, https://mycompany.com/alfresco/aos/Sites/sitename/documentLibrary/foldername/filename for SkyVault server and https://sp.alfresco.com/mycompany.com/sitename/foldername/filename for SkyVault Cloud.

    • Site or folder-specific URL - browse through the site or folder to find the file you want
    • File-specific URL - open the file directly
  4. Browse through the SkyVault structure to find the file you want to open and click Open.

    Note: You might also need to select Enable Editing.

    The file opens and you can work with it as you would with any other Microsoft Office file. It's locked to other SkyVault users until you close it, and every time you save it a new version number is created in SkyVault.

    Tip: Once you've opened a file you can quickly access it again by selecting Open then Recent Places.
Parent topic: Using SkyVault from Microsoft Office

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