It is possible to add metadata properties to Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel documents with the M-Files for Microsoft Office plugin. The Microsoft Office
plugin is included in the M-Files Desktop installation package. For more
information on this feature, see Add M-Files Property.
Note: In some environments, automatic metadata field updates decrease the performance.
To enable automatic metadata field updates:
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In M-Files Admin, go to the Advanced Vault Settings section.
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Open M-Files Admin.
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In the left-side tree view, expand an M-Files
server connection.
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Expand Document Vaults.
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Expand a vault.
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Click Configurations.
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In the navigation area, click Advanced Vault
Settings.
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Open the Configuration tab.
Result:The advanced vault settings are shown.
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Expand .
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Click Add Extension.
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In the Extension field, enter the file extension,
for example docx.
The valid values are doc, docx, xls, xlsx, and ALL.
With the value ALL, it is possible to update the metadata for all
valid file types at the same time. If you set the value ALL, you
must not have any other file extensions set.
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Repeat the steps 4 and 5 for
each file extension.
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Click Save to save your configuration.