Editing Microsoft Documents through WebDav

With the release of MindTouch 2009, new WebDav integration is enabled that allows for one click editing and saving of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents from MindTouch.

Technical Requirements:

• Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008
• Internet Explorer 6 or higher
• Microsoft Office

To access this new functionality attach a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document to a page and you'll notice that next to the document is an edit link as follows(Edit link can only be accessed through Internet Explorer):

If you click on this edit button then it will open the document in appropriate Microsoft Application, Word in this case. If the following pop up appears, click ok to proceed:

Now that the document is open in Microsoft Word, make any changes and then click save. If when you click save it prompts you to save it locally, check our troubleshooting documentation and confirm that it is configured correctly. Once you have clicked save then go back to your MindTouch install and you'll see that a new version of the document has been attached to the page as follows:

To see the previous version click the + sign and it will display it as follows:

You can also use this functionality with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint Files.