Introduction to Office Integration

The Office Integration Tool for use with InEight Document is a plug-in that allows users to view, upload and edit their InEight Documents from within MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Project instead of having to log into InEight Document. All actions relating to the InEight Document completed within the relevant MS application are then saved back into the InEight Document system without the need to download and re-upload the document through the web interface

Features	Benefits
All MS Office Format project documents are accessible within the integration tool whilst retaining all InEight Document formatting, custom fields and attributes including Document Number, Revision, Discipline and Status.	Eliminates the need to use two different systems. The user automatically inherits a personal archive of all InEight Documents and can make changes to Microsoft Office documents.
Use of Microsoft Office to view, upload and creating new revisions of InEight Documents.	Familiarity with Microsoft Office minimises need for additional training.
Save InEight Documents directly to your computer.	Eliminates the need to log into the InEight Document interface to download the document.
Check out the InEight document while editing it in Microsoft Office.	Prevents other users from making any changes to the document.
Ability to upload a PDF copy along with the Microsoft Office format.	Allows user to upload a PDF file back into the InEight system accessible to other InEight Document users.