Office Suite

Key Features - User Interface

When using the Office Suite module, additional menu items and buttons are available in Agile e6 and in external applications. This ensures easy access to all functions available for creating and editing documents.

Agile e6

The following Office Suite specific elements are available:

Menu Extensions

Office Suite Toolbar

The Office Suite toolbar is added to the toolbar of Agile e6 to enable direct access to the basic functions for creating and editing documents.

Create a new document from a template
Save an existing office file to Agile e6
Open a document mask

Office Document Mask

The standard document mask in Agile e6 is expanded by an additional toolbar. Additional information like the properties and content of a file assigned to a document is available in the General and Properties tab. This brings together all the important information and functions on a single screen.

Object Name Description
Save Favorite or Stored Query

The Save Favorite or Stored Query button allows to save an office document straight into the Favorites or Stored Query folder in the My Workplace tab of the browser.

Getting Started manual

Toolbar

The Office Suite toolbar provides all of the functions necessary for document and file editing.

View file

Get Copy

Check-out file

Check-in file

Add file

Delete file(s)

Print file

Mail file

Change the status of the document

Every function of the toolbar can be assigned to or removed specifically for a user or group.

Further information about assigning or removing rights to user or groups can be found in the Role Concept Module.

External Application

Office Suite provides a direct link to the Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio2003, and Visio 2007). An extra toolbar is integrated into the toolbar of these programs to facilitate operations.

All of the important functions can be called up directly using the buttons in the toolbar. These functions can also be called up in the 'File' and 'Insert' menus to which they have been added.

Open file from Agile e6

Save file to Agile e6
Calls up information about Office Suite