The ONLYOFFICE integrated application for Box handles files directly in the Box front-end. Read on to learn more.
What is the ONLYOFFICE document?
ONLYOFFICE Docs is a powerful online editor for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and PDF readers that can be integrated with any platform. Cross-platform and highly compatible with Microsoft formats, ONLYOFFICE provides an excellent office suite for startups.
In ONLYOFFICE documents, you can securely collaborate on documents in live and paragraph-locked modes. Sharing permissions include editing, viewing, reviewing, filling in forms, leaving comments, etc. Other collaboration features include tracking changes, version history, document comparison and recovery.
Thanks to customization options and flexibility, ONLYOFFICE documents can adapt to almost any screen. Default functionality can be extended through third-party plug-ins, such as AI Assistant , Zoom, Google Translate, text recognition, voice input, and more.
ONLYOFFICE can also be integrated with other platforms, allowing you to use document collaborative editing functions on Odoo, Pipedrive, Confluence, Moodle, Nextcloud, Seafile and other platforms.
ONLYOFFICE app and its features
ONLYOFFICE's new integrated app lets users easily open and edit existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations in Box, the popular cloud content management platform.
To do this, click on the 3-dot icon to launch the file context menu, find Integration and select Open with ONLYOFFICE , the corresponding ONLYOFFICE editor will open in full screen mode in a new tab.
If you share files with other Box users, you can also collaborate on documents.
How to install the application
The ONLYOFFICE app is completely free to use in the Box App Center . Just log into your Box account and press the " Install " button.
Please note : This application uses the pre-configured tenant of ONLYOFFICE Document Cloud and does not require any additional configuration.
Supported file formats
The ONLYOFFICE app for Box supports processing of multiple file formats:
- OOXML files, including DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX, can be opened directly for editing.
- DOCXF and OFORM, for processing digital forms.
- ODT, ODP, ODS, TXT, CSV, RTF, EPUB, FB2 can only be opened for viewing, or can be edited directly, but due to format limitations, data may be lost, or converted to OOXML for further editing.
- DOC, XLS, PPT, DOT, ET, FODP, HTM, POT, etc. can be opened for viewing only, or converted to OOXML for editing.
- PDF, DJVU, and OXPS can only be opened and viewed.