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Office Web Apps is a web-based version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite. It includes the web-based versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft OneNote. The web applications allow users to access their documents directly from anywhere within a web browser as well as share files and collaborate with other users online.

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SharePoint 2016 - ADFS - persistent cookie - office client integration - authentication prompt

After migration from sp2013 to new sp2016 server farm we have problems with office client integration. on sp2013 farm, if there was no persistant cookie written from IE, the client application ...
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Office Online Server - hide buttons

We are going to implement Office Online Server to allow users to view documents in the browser. They should not see any of the buttons like "Share", or "Embed". E.g. for sharing, this results in an ...
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Can I upgrade .doc to .docx in-place in a doc library?

Here's the situation. I want to roll out Office Web Apps to our SharePoint instance. The only trouble is that a lot of files are still in .doc format, and if you try to edit them in Office Web Apps ...
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Redirect user when document closes in office web apps?

Is it possible to redirect a user when closing a document in the web app viewer? In particular, I have a left menu link to .pptx documents located in the document library. When the X (close button ...
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Word 2010 co-authoring. What is required to get it working?

I like the Word 2010 co-authoring feature I have seen but a few things are a bit vague to me, mainly around what is required to get it working. Is SharePoint 2010 required? If so, is SharePoint ...
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How can I tell if Office Web Apps is installed on a SharePoint 2010 server

I'm supposed to install SharePoint 2010 SP2 on our SharePoint farm. It's a simple setup, there's only one web server in the farm. My issue is that I am unsure on whether Office Web Apps was installed ...
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Document not displaying latest changes in Sharepoint library

The problem A user is working in a Sharepoint Library with a .ppt file that has been changed recently. If she opens the document with Sharepoint Online's Power Point, she is able to see the last ...
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Is the "ocws.officeapps.live.com" API used by the Office 365 start page open for re-use?

The Office 365 start page shows a list of recently used documents. The data is being fetched from https://ocws.officeapps.live.com/ocs/v2/recent/docs?apps=Word,Excel,PowerPoint,Visio,OneNote,Sway&...
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Why can't I open Word docx files in Office Web Apps?

I want to use the Office Web Apps on my environment. After the installation I configurate the trusted file location for the excel services. The Web Apps working fine in my intranet. http://my.intranet....
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How does one disable Office Web Apps for a given Site Collection or Web Application?

A customer has a farm with multiple web apps, one of which is accessible anonymously. Office Web Apps is installed on the farm. On the anonymous site, Word documents open in the browser viewer, but ...
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On-prem Office Online Server don't show users markers when users co-working with documents

We have SharePoint 2016 Farm (build version 16.0.4417.1002) and Office Online Server (build version 16.0.6814.2226). Our issue is that Office Online Server doesn't show users markers when multiple ...
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Office Web Apps - Word Cannot Read, But Can Edit

On my instance of SharePoint 2010 that has multiple tenanted site collections, I have installed Office Web Apps. After having a few issues with the initial setup, I have the service applications setup ...
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WopiFrame - how to set the URL behind the Exit menu?

In a document library in SP2013 on-premise we store RMS protected documents. We link to those documents from the welcome page, using the ?Web=1 url parameter so they open in the word web app. So far ...
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Opening Word documents in CQWP in browser

This seems like it should be an easy thing, but it's not working the way I expect it to. I have a SharePoint 2010 site with a document library that contains several Word documents. Office web apps are ...
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