You can override the default behavior of IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office for each desktop in
your environment.
About this task
Users access IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office from
an IBM Content Navigator desktop.
To override the default behavior of IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, complete this task
before you deploy IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office to
your users.Starting with IBM Content Navigator, Version 2.0.3, you
can use the administration tool to override settings that were previously
controlled by the IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office configuration.ini file.
If you specify values in both the configuration.ini file
and in the desktop settings, the desktop settings take precedence.
Procedure
To override the default behavior of IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office for a desktop:
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Open the administration tool in the web client and click Desktops.
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Select the desktop that you want to modify for IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office.
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On the General page,
in the Office configuration section, select
the options that you want to apply to this desktop.
Option |
Description |
IBM ECM tab label |
To display a name other than "IBM ECM", change the IBM
ECM tab label. This setting controls the name that is
displayed for IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office in
the following situations:
- In the Microsoft Office
ribbon bar
- In Microsoft Outlook
menus, error messages, and dialog boxes
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General configuration |
Select the options that you want to apply when users:
- Open documents
- Close documents
- Add and check in documents
- Search for items
Remember: If you enable the Map Office
properties to your repository properties when users add or check in
documents option, then you must also configure the Office
Integration settings for each repository that you use.
|
Custom commands |
You can add up to four commands to the IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office toolbar in Microsoft
Office applications. The commands can be used to open URLs. To configure
a custom command you must specify:
- A label for the command
- The URL that the command opens
Optionally, you can also specify:
Important: For an alternative method to configure
custom commands by using configuration file settings, see Customizing the IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office interface. The desktop settings take precedence
over configuration file settings. However, if no desktop settings
are specified, the configuration file settings are applied.
|
Add options in the Edit group |
Specify which Add options are available
from the Edit group in the ribbon bar. |
Outlook integration |
Select the options that you want to apply when users use IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office with Microsoft Outlook. Tip: If users display
categories in Microsoft Outlook, items that are added to an IBM Content Manager or IBM
FileNet® Content Manager repository are flagged with "Managed in IBM ECM".
However, you can override this label from the
section of the administration tool.
When adding emails, to have the
From property default to the sender email address instead of the display
name, select Use email address when mapping email properties.
|
Bidirectional text settings |
If you want to enable users to enter or view text in IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office in a direction other
than left-to-right, you must enable support for bidirectional text
and specify the direction in which to display text. |
- Optional:
On the Layout page,
select the features to display in IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, and configure the available
repositories for each feature.
All of the repositories
available for the desktop are displayed when the user drags a document
into the Favorites view. However, the features you configure determine
the repositories that are displayed when users add a document:
Displayed features |
Displayed repositories |
Browse is displayed. |
Only the repositories available for browse are displayed when the user selects the
Add action. |
Browse is not displayed. Search is displayed. |
Only the repositories available for search are displayed when the user selects the
Add action. |
Browse is not displayed. Search is not displayed. |
All of the repositories available for the desktop are displayed
when the user selects the Add action. |
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Save your changes.
What to do next
Repeat this task for each desktop from which users access IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office.