Enable and configure Microsoft Office Online integration
Enable HighQ users to open Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents with Microsoft Office Online.
The Office online integration has been developed to provide a comprehensive, native, and seamless experience, allowing you to add, view, and collaboratively edit Microsoft Office documents online.
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You need a valid Microsoft Office Online account to enable and use this feature, and HighQ must activate Office Online support at the instance level; please contact HighQ support.
Enabling office online at system level
Once HighQ support has activated this feature at the instance level, it must be enabled at system level by a system administrator. As a system administrator, navigate to your Profile drop-down menu >
System admin
. The
system admin
screen opens. In the System admin
screen, navigate to System settings
> Open in office online
.
Ensure that the drop-down is set to
On
.Select
Save
to save your changes. Office Online is now enabled at the system level.Enabling office online on a site
To enable
Open in Office Online
on a site, either you or a site admin must navigate to site Admin
> Files
and select the Enable Open in Office Online
checkbox.
Select
Save
to save your changes. Open in Office Online
is now enabled for your site.Enabling Office add-ins
There are a range of add-ins available for Microsoft Office Online. You may install add-ins to benefit from additional tools when working on a HighQ document.
For security, a system admin must first configure a list containing the IDs of all plug-ins permitted on the instance.
System admin settings
The ID for each add-in that will be installed must be added to system settings by a system admin.
Open
System admin
from your profile menu, then select System settings
in the left-hand panel.Scroll down to
Office Add-ins id
.
This field must include a comma-separated list containing the IDs of all plug-ins permitted on the instance.
Finding the IDs
Click the Microsoft AppSource link to open the library of add-ins.
Click the add-in and highlight the portion of the URL in the browser's address bar for the app ID (usually starts with WA).
Copy this ID and return to the
System settings
page.Scroll down to
Office Add-ins id
.Add the ID to the comma-separated list and select
Save
.Users may now add the add-in to Office Online.
Adding the add-in to Office Online
Open a document in an Office app, such as Word Online.
Add-ins are displayed in the toolbar. To configure an add-in, select the add-in in the toolbar.
At the bottom of the add-in panel, select
Allow and Continue
to add the add-in to the toolbar.
Using an add-in for the first time
Click on the add-in icon in the toolbar.
Due to security settings, Office Online displays an error message indicating something went wrong.
Close the document (i.e. close the tab containing the document), then re-open the document from the files list.
The add-on now works for any document opened with this Office Online app.