Update File in Office Online | Communifire Documentation

You can edit Microsoft Office files in Office Online. Users can work on the same document at the same time. If a file is checked out, only the user who checked it out can edit the file in Office Online. To allow simultaneous editing, don't check out the file before editing. Supported file types: .docx, .xslx, .pptx.

Note: An Office 365 account is required to create and edit Office documents.

Saving Changes

When users edit an Office file, changes are saved as a draft and the file is not published as a new version in Communifire. Changes are saved to Communifire as a new version of the file when:

• All users have closed the document
• All edit sessions have expired and at least 10 minutes have passed

Changes are not saved to Communifire if at least one user has the file open and the edit session hasn't expired.

Important A site administrator should set the WOPIAccessTokenExpiryInMinutes system property to avoid losing changes. This setting controls how long an Office file can remain open in an editing window before the session expires. The time is in minutes and should be set to 30 or greater.

Ten minutes before the session expires, the user is prompted to save changes and refresh the page.