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You can open files stored in Content Services directly from Microsoft Office applications.

1. Open a Microsoft Office application, such as Word, PowerPoint, Visio, or Excel.

2. Click File then Open.

3. Enter the Content Services address URL where the file is stored. The URL needs to end in /alfresco/aos, so if your Alfresco address is https://mycompany.com then you'd enter https://mycompany.com/alfresco/aos/.

   You can enter URLs that are specific to a site, folder, or file, for example, https://mycompany.com/alfresco/aos/Sites/sitename/documentLibrary/foldername/filename.

   • Site or folder-specific URL - browse through the site or folder to find the file you want
   • File-specific URL - open the file directly
   • Browse through the structure to find the file you want to open and click Open.

   Note

   You might also need to select Enable Editing.

   The file opens and you can work with it as you would with any other Microsoft Office file. It's locked to other Alfresco users until you close it, and every time you save it a new version number is created in Alfresco.

   Note

   Once you've opened a file you can quickly access it again by selecting Open then Recent Places.