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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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How to know if Excel Services is available on SharePoint?

I'm using a Sharepoint 2010 server. Unfortunately, I'm not the administrator and I'm not able to connect with him. But I want to know, if Excel Services is installed and activated. I'm able to edit ...
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Getting 'Skipped for Optimization' job state with %complete less than 100 - PWA PS 2010

I am getting Job State = Skipped for Optimization for Job Type = Status Update with %Complete = 16%... Now this job type shouldn't be skipped for optimization as per the understanding that MS is ...
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What server resources should Office Web Apps 2013 have for a mid size company?

We have a SharePoint 2013 farm used by a business of 1000 people (although only half are behind computers) that will need to store, view and edit office documents in libraries. SharePoint 2013 ...
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Excel Online - Enter Array Formula [closed]

In Microsoft Excel entering an array formula requires using the keyboard combination: Ctrl Shift Enter How can I enter an array formula in Excel Online (the WebApp version of Excel). Is there ...
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my first napa app office

This is my first time with Napa to create APP sharepoint . in my app , I want to add lists, uploads images ,forum , and many other social option. If any one know how can I do it?. best regrads
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Use Office Web Apps inside Provider Hosted App

I have a SharePoint provider hosted app built using MVC 5 and the UI is SPA using Durandal framework. We need to have a feature that allow the end user to upload documents, and later to preview and ...
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Disable autosave for Office Web Apps?

Is it possible to disable the autosave feature for Excel Web App when working with documents in a SharePoint library? We are deploying a number of workbooks with Pivot Tables (connected to SSAS), ...
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Office Web Apps broken in IE11?

While moving some docs around in SP2013 today I noticed that while OWApps shows prview windows, opening the document in the browser greets me with this message: Nothing in my configuration has ...
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Office web apps 2010 running on Sharepoint 2013 for compatibility mode sites

We need to run sites in SharePoint 2010 mode as we migrate each collection and train each department. Everything works just like in real 2010 except I can't install Office Web Apps 2010, installation ...
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Unable to opening or perviewing office documents in browser in sharepoint 2013

Recently we migrated from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013. We have separately configured office web app. We get error e.g while opening or previewing word document (Sorry there was a problem and ...
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Can I create a workflow for an Excel spreadsheet?

I have an Excel365 spreadsheet in my Sharepoint13 user account which I am sharing with everyone except external users. Everyone needs to update this sheet, so I would like to create a workflow for it. ...
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Excel files are not previewed in office web apps

I have a document library with 10,000 excel files all the files have some macros for calculation in Sharepoint 2013. When I search on that site collection, sometimes I get a preview, sometimes I don'...
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Issue with Office Web Apps - can't open Excel file, prompt for user name and password

I can't open by Office Web Apps Excel file, SharePoint always prompt for user name and password and after entering correct user name and password it happens again and get error: "An error has ...
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How can I remove Excel menu in web apps in Share Point 2013?

I use SharePoint 2013 and I use Power Pivot Service. When I open an Excel Report, I see this report : How can I remove Excel menu(File/Open In Excel / Data/...) from this report?
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SharePoint 2013 and Office Web Apps

I am trying to get SharePoint 2013 Foundation to work with Office Web Apps, but it does not seem to be working. I followed this guide to get it setup. I have it setup behind a reverse proxy (ISS ARR)...
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Office Web Apps can't read/edit Powerpoint or read Word, but Excel reads/edits fine

A brief overview: I have a Sharepoint 2010 installation on Windows Server 2008 R2, with Office Web Apps installed. The Central Admin SQL Database in on the local server, but the SQL database that ...
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cant run powershell commands

I need some help, I'm trying to configure a office web app server to connect to the farm and whenever I try to run the command it gives an error, been through the net and can't find anything or a GUI ...
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List contains a URL to a word document in SharePoint and needs to open in the web app and not the client

I have a list with a URL field. This field points to a word document in another document library. My problem is such that, when the user clicks on this link, the system gives them a prompt for ...
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Office Web App 2013 + SharePoint 2013 - Unable edit word documents on browser

Getting this error while editing a word document with Office web app 2013, but am able to edit and save Excel sheets. My documents are on SharePoint 2013 environment.
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Link to bookmark from shape does not work with Word Web App (2010)?

I am trying to create a clickable shape that links to a bookmark in the same Word document. This works fine when viewing the document in Microsoft Word, but does not work when viewing in SharePoint ...
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oAuth: How to get the SPUser when you only have the token?

Goal: I try to get the preview of Documents working when documents are hosted in SP2010 and crawled by SP2013. Context: To render a document, the index creates a link that returns an iframe that ...
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Document locked by SharePoint

I am trying to read values from document after that the file was edited in Office Web Apps. Problem is, that this document is locked by Sharepoint (SPFile.LockType - Shared). I tried to Check Out and ...
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Office Web Apps opening after being disabled in Library

Some, not all, of our users are being forced to open Documents, Spreadsheets, PDFs, and what not in Office Web Apps even after the Library Tools | Library | Library Settings | General Settings | ...
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User has too much permission

My issue is different than most. My user 'spdo' is in the group SP Visitors. They should have access to the following... Root > Subsite > Subsite (and it should end there) however they can see doc ...
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Office Web Apps - Edit PDF - WopiFrame: failed to generate iframe URL

Our Office Web Apps server seems to cause an error in SharePoint when opening a PDF: Clicking on the link to the PDF in the Document Library opens "Word Web App" and renders the PDF fine (in read-...
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How to open word documents in read-only mode from a Document Library? Do not allow edit and save

I am trying to disable the end-user from being able to edit and save texts to a word document file in SharePoint 2010 Document Library. Is this done via access/permission settings? As in, give the end-...
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Is there any alternatives to SharePoint 2013 for hosting Access 2013 Web Apps in house?

I am developing a solution for a small business which has the need to host all the data in-house and I was considering delivering it as an Access 2013 Web App. Since they don't want to have their ...
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Co-authoring in Excel, OWA

After installing Office Web application in my SharePoint server 2010, we are unable to co-authorise with Excel. But this co-authorise function works with Word and PPT. Is there any setting we need to ...
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Recommended SharePoint and Office Web Apps 2013 topology

What is the recommended topology for deploy Office Web Applications with SharePoint 2013 supporting intranet and extranet scenarios? How has this advanced since SharePoint 2007, 2010?
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Document link within page - Open in officewebapps

Does anyone know if it's possible to link to a document within a content editor web part and force it to open in Office Web Apps? A lot of my users make content just within pages as they don't need a ...
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Office documents NOT opening from Sharepoint 2013 Document Library

I have a document library with the name field being the link to the document. If I try to open MS word documents I receive a warning and then and the an authorisation of credentials. I ok the ...
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Build URL that opens file (.doc/.docx etc office files) in office client application in browser

Currently struggling with the issue of how to build a URL which will redirect you to the new tab opening document in its native application. For example wordviewer.aspx is taking care of word files. ...
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need help in setting up wac using https

I've got my SharePoint Foundation 2013 to work with WAC ... Test-Environment via http works fine. Switching to https fails due to problems with my ssl-cert !? I've disabled the wac-server via ...
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SharePoint 2013 and Office Web Apps - Unable to view documents

We have a Web Applications Companion (WAC) server connected to our SharePoint 2013 web application (upgraded to claims based authentication). It appears to us that the WAC server does not trust the ...
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How do I open a template document in OfficeWebApp with Javascript?

I am using the following to open a template document from one location which will be saved to a another location: <a href="javascript:'" onclick="CoreInvoke(&#39;createNewDocumentWithRedirect2&...
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Infopath 2010 File Attachment control's delete not working

I have a List that is customized using Infopath form. In that list edit form I have a File Attachment control and using it I am able to attach the documents, but the "delete" icon next to each ...
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Office Web Apps 2013 using without SharePoint

Office Web Apps 2013 is now standalone service product. SharePoint used it from iframe like this https://officewebapps.contoso.com/wv/wordviewerframe.aspx? sharepoint_doc_handler_url + accesstoken ...
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Excel Web Access Web Part won't display workbook

We've recently upgraded from SharePoint 2007 to 2010 and we are trying to get the Excel Web Access web part to work. Excel Services is running if that's required, the workbook location is configured ...
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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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Get the Office Web Applications Url for a Document in 2010 and 2013

When viewing a document library, if Office Web Apps are enabled, the Url for each Office document goes to the appropriate web viewer rather than the actual link to the document. For instance: http:/...
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Programmatically add event to Outlook Calendar

How to programmatically add event to outlook calendar .. I want to programmatically add event to Office outlook calendar.
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Office Web Apps 2013 on different domain

Does anybody know if it's possible to connect a SharePoint 2013 farm to an Office Web Apps farm that's on a separate domain? I tried to set it up using the steps documented in http://technet....
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Can clients on Office 2010 Pro use SP2013 to edit in browser?

Has anyone successfully used an Office 2010 Pro Plus / Volume License (and possibly Standard) client to edit their Office 2010 docs within the browser on an on-premise SP2013 site (Foundation but ...
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DOCX tries to open in Office Web Apps even with feature turned off

I recently exported a subweb and imported into a new site collection. All of the Word docs on the new site try to open in Office Web Apps, but fail with error: Word Web App cannot open this document ...
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Sharepoint 2010 - xlviewer.aspx - Hide "Edit in Browser"

I have a document library where I store Excel files. The document library is configured to open documents in browser, so whenever I click on an Excel file it opens in xlviewer.aspx. Having Office Web ...
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SharePoint 2010 & opening .mht files & 'x-usc'

Whenever I open a .mht file from SharePoint(2010) I get the following security warning: I notice that the .mht file that multiple images and as a result multiple security warning messages appear for ...
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Copy direct link to Excel document

I want to send a link to a document that fails in Office Web App. How can I easily copy a direct link to an excel document, to be opened directly by the excel desktop application?
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SharePoint Foundation [Unable to process the request in Excel Web App]

I am encountering below error msg whenever I try to open excel file (.xls, .xlsx) in SharePoint Foundation 2010 portal. Other Office files such as word, ppt opens correctly without any error but ...
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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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Word Viewer Service randomly fails to open documents

I am able to open documents using word viewer service. however I get a lot of complains from users that they are not able to open word documents with unexpected error. in my ULS logs there are 100s ...
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