Questions tagged [office-web-apps]
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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PDF problems with Office Web Apps 2013
I have problems with PDF rendering in Office Web Apps 2013.
We use Sharepoint 2013 + OWA
PDF Displays but not with all images and text. When I go to EDIT IN WORD in Office Web Apps 2013 I see those ...
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Cannot open files in Sharepoint search results
I am using SharePoint Server 2013 and I am trying to open files from the search results. When I search a specific file, the search returns my answer perfectly. However, when I try to open the file, I ...
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Office Web Apps certificate issue
I followed this instruction to rebuild our OWA farm, and as we only have 1 OWA server the only thing I did was step 5 of this instruction.
Everything works fine now from internal network, but when ...
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Open doc in "office web apps" on specific page [closed]
SP Foundation using office web apps: Is it possible to open a doc file on a specific page?
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Provide different access on content inside document in sharepoint
E.g.
I have a document library having a document named "Employee Policy.docx" having information for employee of all departments.
Now what i want,
Is there any way to provide access of only HR ...
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Pricing information for Office Web App Server 2013
We want to use Office Web App Server with SharePoint server 2013. we need latest pricing information about Office Web App Server 2013.
I know there is free version of Office Web App Server but it ...
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Office Online Server Integration - Get Thumbnails
is it possible to get thumbnails images from an office online server (or office web app server) for files from a network drive as it provides thumbnail images from sharepoint?
Thumbnail URL from ...
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SharePoint Office Web Apps 2013 and F5
We have a F5 load balancer for Sharepoint farm frontend servers and OWA Server.
On OWA OpenFromUrlWeb is not working. I get 404 page not found.
Same is for every link I generate on OWA. In ...
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OWA unsupported features: Data Validation, even though on October 2015 CU
We have an Excel spreadsheet that uses the Data Validation feature. We are unable to edit this spreadsheet in the Excel Web App - it gives the following error:
We can't show these features in the ...
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unable to edit excel worksheet in browser
We have installed SharePoint 2013 and Office web apps 2013, linked with SharePoint.
Now we are unable to utilize the option "Edit in browser".
We are getting below error.
Excel webapp
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How to disable Share button in Office web app in SharePoint Online
I have a document library in SharePoint Online. I need to disable or hide 'Share' button in the office web apps when a user opens a document. I need this happen for the users with read permission ...
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File not opening in Office Web Apps even after installing and deploying
My Sharepoint site opens file in Native Word client rather then in office Web App on browser.
I have gone through Configuration and Deployment documents. Still the file Edit opens in Microsoft Word.
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Saving documents only to sharepoint document libraries?
what we need is to deny users to create documents on local computers and create any document in sharepoint document libraries. I know. it's strange idea, but it's not mine.
First, we'll delete office ...
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Unable to disable office webapps for SharePoint Webapplication
I am trying to disable Office WebApps for one web application using below powershell:
How does one disable Office Web Apps for a given Site Collection or Web Application?
$webAppsFeatureId = $(Get-...
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SharePoint 2013 + Office Web Apps: Cannot view PDFs on mobile devices
I am working on a SharePoint 2013 solution on premise with office web apps on premise.
When users are on a mobile device and try to open a pdf document from search they are greeted with the following ...
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Opening or creating file in Office Web Apps gives a screen full of gibberish
We seem to have developed an odd issue today- whenever we try to create or edit an office document from SharePoint we get a screen covered in gibberish, with just the occasional bit of layout or ...
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Creating a new document on SharePoint 2013 with Office 2016 installed opens Office web app first
I'm testing my organisations new Windows 10 PC build with Office 2016 installed (we currently use W7 with O2010).
When a new document is created in our on premise SharePoint 2013, I'm first prompted ...
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Is there a way to extend the 10mb file limit for Excel Online file collaboration?
When we need to collaborate on the same Excel sheets in the same time we frequently do it on Excel Online. Today for the first time we bumped into a limit of Office 365 (I guess). It warned us that ...
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Office Online Server / Office Web Apps Server - How to test?
When I´m installing a Office Online Server 2016. How can I validate that everything is green before adding the Server to SharePoint, Exchange etc?
With the Office Web Apps Server 2013 it was possible ...
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Keep "Full screen" button in preview while opening PDF with standard application (not office web apps)?
We currently changed the configuration of our SharePoint 2013 server, so that clicking on a link of a PDF file in search results does now open the PDF file in Office Web Applications, but in the pdf ...
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Setting permissions for published resource calendars not working
I want to publish resource calendars to a public URL to allow anonymous users to view only the meeting availability, but it is showing the full details.
Here are my external sharing settings:
I ...
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Getting Error: Uncaught ReferenceError: Type is not defined
I am getting these errors below when i run my SharePoint Add-In (app-part):
And i define my scripts like this in my index.html:
<script type="text/ecmascript" src="/_layouts/15/sp.core.js">...
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office web app -word viewing config in SharePoint 2010
office web app had installed on our SharePoint server but we do not have word viewing and powerpoint service in central admin - services on server what can we do i need to config word viewing
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Office 2013 Web Apps Error
I've installed the Office 2013 Web Apps in my server.
The first created Web Application is using office web apps correctly, but when I create a second Web Application and try to open this, following ...
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Error message in iframes on Web page with many embedded Office documents
I've tried to embed a large number of PowerPoint files into a web page in SharePoint 2013.
As a result, I sometimes get error messages "Sorry, something went wrong..." (see screenshot below).
If I ...
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SP2016 - Office Online Server Cannot connect
I'm currently in the process of setting up a SP2016 test environment (although will be exactly the same as production), using HTTPS for the sites and Office Online Server for document editing/creation ...
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Sharepoint premise, with office web app server, can andriod/ipad users edit docs?
I wasn't able to find this anywhere on the Microsoft site.
I know it is possible with Office 365 to edit a document on a android phone.
However what if a company uses SharePoint-premise 2013.
If i ...
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Office Online Server and Provider Hosted Apps on the same server
I am trying to work on Provider Hosted Apps for few functionalities here and at the same time configuring Office Web App Server. As per the documentation at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/...
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Giving a O365 user access in two tenants?
I have two Office 365 subscriptions.
I want to give a user access to both tenants to do things like work with resources in both domains.
I would of course need to have 2 licenses for the user (one ...
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Make text editing easier in SharePoint
I'm working on SharePoint enterprise 2013.
Some of my users who are permanently work with TEXT or Rich text fields face with some problems which I couldn't solve yet:
They need to paste large amount ...
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How to check whether the document is editing or not in OWA?
I can find CheckedOutByUser or LockedByUser, but these properties returns null even the document is opened in OWA.
Is there any way to know whether the document is opened/been editing by anyone using ...
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Using Office Web Apps to only view documents in SharePoint 2013
I set up Office Web Apps. I can view documents successfully. We only want to use Office Web Apps for viewing only.
I ran the following commands to hide Office Web Apps New and Edit functionality:
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Change destination URL when close Office Web Apps
Can Office Web Apps be configured to use specific URL to redirect users when WopiFrame.aspx is closed?
By default, OWA will bring user to the document library of viewing one.
I want to make it to ...
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Office Add-in can't find network
I am running in a VM that is using Windows 2012 R2 and Sharepoint 2013 installed.
When I create a Office add-in that is empty.
Or when I use one that is pre-defined like the examples in here.
I am ...
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Installation Office Web Apps on Windows Server 2012 R2 failed
I am setting up my Office Web Apps 2013 server on Windows Server 2012 R2.
According Deploy Office Web Apps Server, I installed
.NET Framework (but installer said the equivalent or later version is ...
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Access 2013 web app site actions menu
I'm new to SharePoint so please excuse me if this question has been asked before.
I've created a Access 2013 web app and loaded it to my SharePoint 365 site. Everything is working as expected but I ...
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Can't Preview Excel in Office Web Apps but available to view in browser
I recently deployed Office Web Apps for SharePoint 2013, the preview of Excel docs returns
We can't show a preview of this item.
It will display in a browser if that option is selected. This is a ...
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"Open in Word" randomly is missing when Office Web Apps views word docs
I have the following random issue. We are using SharePoint 2013 with Office Web Apps for view office docs. The editing in browser for OWA is turned off. Editors get an "Open in Word/Excel" option
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Hide "Edit In Word" for Word Web App
How do I hide the EDIT IN WORD command in Word Web App when viewing a PDF? Is it possible to hide it per-site or per-library?
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Are there any limitations in using Office Web Apps with SharePoint Foundation 2013?
We have the requirement of deploying Office Web Apps on SharePoint Foundation 2013.
So, I am just curious to know whether there are any limitation, drawbacks etc in using Office Web Apps with ...
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Office Web Apps Server - XML Page doesn't work - The Webpage cannot be found
I have an issue with Office Web Apps Farm. I created an SharePoint environment (DC+SQL Server, SharePoint Server and Office Web Apps Server). All went well until i had to configure OWA Server. OWA ...
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Office Web App - Excel - Open in Excel
I have a very strange situation. I have a Excel 97 (.xls) upload in 2 different libraries. One library is in PROD and one library is in TEST. I can preview .xlsx without any problem. The problem is ...
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REST API for following a site problem
I am currently trying hard to apply this code. I was aiming to implement following site and other operations:
// Replace the siteUrl placeholder value before you run the code.
var ...
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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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How to force SharePoint 2013 to open PDF in external program?
I have removed application/pdf from $webapp.AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes and updated. I have checked if the server is not running in the Permissive mode - it is not. What else can I do? All the ...
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App for Office (Office Add-in) Web Page Possibilities
I am trying to develop a task pane add-in for Word. Everything online says that at a minimum, the add-in requires a web page, javascript file, and a manifest.
Does the web page have to be done in ...
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Can't open IRM protected document in office applications and office web apps
I'm using SharePoint 2013 Enterprise with Office Web Apps 2013 and Information Rights Management Configured. (All of our servers are on-prem including the ADRMS)
I have two universal distribution ...
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Hide the suitebar and ribbon used in Excel web apps - SharePoint Online
Has anyone had success in hiding or removing the suitebar and ribbon used when you click on a document? The page is wopiframe.aspx.
Tried via the masterpage by using css of some element but no luck.
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Power Query Data Refersh
I used power query in the MS Excel to import data from SharePoint online List, and create a dashboard by using the data of that list. Everything work perfectly when I used that excel on my desktop, ...
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OfficeWebApps Server Watch Dog Error
When I link SharePoint 2013 to my WAC Server 2013 and try to preview a Word doc I get
Sorry, this document cannot be previewed.
I have the zone to external https, Exchange and lLnc work with the ...