Editing documents with Microsoft Office for the web

To edit a document in a vault that uses Microsoft Office for the web:

  1. Open the context menu for the document in the listing area.
    For a document with multiple files, select the arrow on the left side of the document to open a list of files included in the document. Then, open the context menu for the file that you want to edit.
  2. Select Open in browser.
  3. Select Check out.
    This makes sure that only you can edit the document.
    To edit a document that is checked out to someone else, open the context menu for the document and select Ask object to be checked in.
    Result:M-Files opens the document in the Microsoft Office for the web editor.
  4. Make your changes in the editor.
    Your changes are automatically saved.
  5. Close the editor tab.
  6. In M-Files, open the context menu for the document in the listing area.
  7. Select Check in.
Your edits are checked in to the vault and other users can see them.