How to edit documents from Box in ONLYOFFICE

You have a Box account and want to edit your documents using ONLYOFFICE? Follow this step-by-step guide to find out how to edit documents stored in your Box from the Documents portal module.

This option is available for ONLYOFFICE Workspace/ONLYOFFICE Workspace Enterprise Edition users only.

Creating authorization keys

You will have to setup authorization keys for Box. Follow these steps:

1. Go to the box developers page;
2. Sign in to your account;
3. Click the Create new app button on the right;
4. On a new page that opens, select the Custom app application type and choose the User Authentication (OAuth 2.0) method;
5. Enter a unique name for your application in the entry field below and click the Create App button;
6. On the opened Configuration page, in the OAuth 2.0 Redirect URI section, enter "https://service.onlyoffice.com/oauth2.aspx" in the Redirect URI field;
7. In the Application Scopes -> Content Actions section, check the Write all files and folders stored in Box checkbox;
8. In the OAuth 2.0 Credentials section, copy or write down the Client ID and Client secret;
9. Save the changes made clicking the Save Changes button in the upper right corner of the page.

Connecting the Box service

1. First of all go to the Settings section. To do that click the icon in the right upper corner.
2. Switch to the Integration tab.
3. Open the Third-Party Services page.
4. Click the sliding button right of the Box logo.
5. Enter your keys and click the Enable button.

Connect your Box account to ONLYOFFICE

1. In the left sidebar of the Documents, just below the text Connect, click on the Box icon.
2. Login to your Box account.
3. Allow ONLYOFFICE to connect to your Box by clicking the button. Your Box documents will be shown in ONLYOFFICE documents as a folder.
4. Change the folder‘s name, if necessary.
5. If you want the Box documents to be visible for anyone, click the Make shared checkbox and put into the Common Documents folder. If not checked, your Box account will only be visible to you.
   This step is not available while working in ONLYOFFICE Personal.
6. Click Save.

Edit your Box documents

1. Locate the Box folder and open it.
2. Browse to the file you want to edit and click it.
   If necessary, a dialog will tell you that the document will be converted to the OpenOffice XML format for faster viewing and editing.
   You can choose to keep the original file as well, by checking the Save the file copy in the original format as well box.
3. Click Convert.
4. Click Open when the message appears that your document is successfully converted.

Now you can edit your document (if editable). After editing, you can simply close the document and the changes will be saved.