{"id":2444,"date":"2014-11-07T17:27:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T17:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebeagle.itgroove.net\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:39:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:39:51","slug":"o365-using-the-office-web-apps-owa-word-excel-powerpoint-onenote-and-visio-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2014\/11\/07\/o365-using-the-office-web-apps-owa-word-excel-powerpoint-onenote-and-visio-online\/","title":{"rendered":"O365 &#8211; Using the Office Web Apps (OWA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One great feature of O365 is the ability to work with Office documents on a device that does NOT have Office installed or, perhaps, doesn&#8217;t even directly support Office.\u00a0 An example would be a SmartPhone (and I know about Office Mobile, but that&#8217;s a different animal \u2026) or a tablet.<\/p>\n<p>There are many times when it would be nice to be able to read and even modify Office documents on the \u201cfly\u201d, and this is supported by the Office Web Apps (OWA)\u00a0on Office365.\u00a0 In essence, your documents that are stored in O365 SharePoint or OneDrive for Business\u00a0can be\u00a0displayed in \u201cpreview\u201d mode by O365 and then you can elect to edit them online, in your device browser.\u00a0 While \u201cfull\u201d editing of\u00a0Word or Excel or PowerPoint or Visio is beyond the capability of OWA, you can make a lot of changes, additions, deletions <em>without <\/em>the fear that you might \u201cruin\u201d formatting or other features of the document as OWA supports \u201cfull fidelity\u201d of the document while editing.\u00a0 This is a big differentiator from many third-party apps that claim to allow you to edit Office documents on your phone or tablet.\u00a0 Also, keep in mind that OWA can also be used from a PC or Mac browser so it is NOT limited to use on a phone or tablet.<\/p>\n<p>OK, so what does it all look like?<\/p>\n<p>I have set up a very simple Team Site in my O365 tenancy, it contains a document library and in that library I have stored a very simple Word doc.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what it looks like from my PC browser:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"TeamSite\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/TeamSite_small2.jpg\" alt=\"TeamSite\" border=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If I click the ellipses the document will preview in OWA and I&#8217;ll get standard options across the bottom of the window:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Teamsite2\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/teamsite2_small2.jpg\" alt=\"Teamsite2\" border=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If I click on the ellipses in the document window I can select \u201cEdit in Broswer\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Teamsite3\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/teamsite3_small1.jpg\" alt=\"Teamsite3\" border=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And if I do that I see this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Teamsite4\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/teamsite4_small1.jpg\" alt=\"Teamsite4\" border=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I also have the document open in Word on my desktop the system shows that \u201cRobert Dick is also editing\u201d.\u00a0 This is pretty cool stuff.\u00a0 Now let&#8217;s compare to what I see on my phone, a Samsung Galaxy S4.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the SharePoint Team site (NOTE, I have told my phone browser to display in \u201cDesktop Mode\u201d as the \u201cMobile Mode is not as functional \u2014 I really hate mobile modes on any website, but that my just be me\u2026):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-06-02\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-06-02_small1.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-06-02\" border=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scrolling down I see my document link:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-06-17\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-06-17_small1.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-06-17\" border=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clicking on the ellipses gives the <em>same<\/em> display as it does on the PC!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-44-15\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-44-15_small1.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-44-15\" border=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then I can do the same editing trick as I did on the PC \u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-06-46\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-06-46_small1.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-06-46\" border=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now this is a tad different from what I saw on the PC and this is a function of the fact that I&#8217;m using a mobile browser.\u00a0 At this point I&#8217;m not in editing mode but if I click on <strong>EDIT DOCUMENT<\/strong> I get the opportunity to make an editing selection:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-07-08\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-07-08_small1.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-07-08\" border=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll pick <strong>Edit in Word Online<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-07-42\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/11\/Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-07-42_small1.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-31-12-07-42\" border=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is the same as what I had on the PC when I was editing online in the browser, albeit on a much smaller screen.\u00a0 But my point is the functionality is the same.\u00a0 On a larger screen, such as my Galaxy Tab 2 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