About the ONLYOFFICE and Box integration
Box is a platform for cloud-based content management, collaboration, and file sharing tools for businesses. ONLYOFFICE offers an official module to integrate ONLYOFFICE Docs with Box and edit office documents in your Box space. You can get the ONLYOFFICE integration module from the official Box app library. The module is distributed under the AGPL-3 License.
Main features
- Editing and viewing text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
- Co-editing documents in real-time: two co-editing modes (Fast and Strict), the Track Changes mode, comments, and the built-in chat.
- Edit form templates in DOCXF.
- Read and edit PDF files in the ONLYOFFICE PDF Editor.
Connecting ONLYOFFICE Docs to Box
Start using ONLYOFFICE Docs within Box
To create a file:
- Open the All Files section.
- Click the New+ button in the top right corner.
- Choose the required file format.
- Enter the file name in the opened window and click the Create button.
You can edit any files in the Box content management system and supported by ONLYOFFICE (see the full list here).
To edit or view a file:
- Click the More options button next to the file.
- Hover the mouse cursor over the Integrations menu item.
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Select the Open with ONLYOFFICE menu item.
- If you agree, allow reading files by clicking Okay in the opened window.
- Click the Grant access to Box button in the opened Permissions window.
The file will be opened in the corresponding ONLYOFFICE Docs editor in a separate browser tab.