Customizing the user experience in Microsoft Office applications
Applies to: iManage Work Desktop for Windows, Classic Office Integration, DeskSite and FileSite
iManage Work Desktop for Windows and Classic Office Integration
For iManage Work Desktop for Windows, you can use the imWorkOptions.xml
file to customize the user experience of the iManage Work integration with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You can use the following keys and options for customization:
Options/Key | Description |
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| Enable user security check when sharing document. Example:
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| Enables or disables to send NRL links to users who do not have access to the document in iManage Work. If this option is set N, when sharing an iManage Work document who might not have access to the document, the NRL link is not sent. Example:
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| Maximum number of users to show in user lookup. Example:
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| Enables or disables Replace Original option when checking in a co-authored document. Default value: Y Example:
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| Enables or disables New Version option when checking in a co-authored document. Default value: Y Example:
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| Enables or disables sending NRL links. Available values are Y and N. Default value: Example:
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| Enables the Sync option in the Co-Authoring tab to replace the the original file in the DMS instead of saving it as a new version. Available values are Y and N. Default value: N Example:
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| Stops the document from opening in its native application after inviting other users to the co-authoring session. Available values are Y and N. Default value: Example:
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| Enables multiple authors to simultaneously work on the same document. The key requires the OneDrive on-premise setup to be active. If you do not set the key, Co-Authoring uses the online OneDrive setup (Office 365). Default value: Online OneDrive setup (Office 365) Example:
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| By default, the option to view or edit co-authored Excel documents locally is disabled as the document might be locked by the document owner for various reasons. For more information on accessing co-authored Excel documents, refer to Microsoft Documentation. You can use the Default value: Y (enabled) Example:
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iManage DeskSite and iManage FileSite
For the Co-Authoring add-on for iManage DeskSite and iManage FileSite, use the following registry settings:
Options/Key | Description |
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| Set the value to 0 to disable sending NRL links. Location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\interwoven\worksite\ 8.0 \Coauthoring 64-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\interwoven\worksite\ 8.0 \Coauthoring 32-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Wow6432Node\interwoven\worksite\ 8.0 \Coauthoring Key: Type: Value:
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| Set the value to 1 to use the Sync option in the Co-Authoring tab to replace the the original file in the DMS instead of saving it as a new version. Location: 64-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\interwoven\worksite\ 8.0 \Coauthoring 32-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Wow6432Node\interwoven\worksite\ 8.0 \Coauthoring Key: Type: Value:
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| Stops the document from opening in its native application after inviting other users to the co-authoring session. 64-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\interwoven\worksite\ 8.0 \Coauthoring 32-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Wow6432Node\interwoven\worksite\ 8.0 \Coauthoring Key: Type: Value:
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| Set the value to 0 to open Co-Authored Microsoft Excel documents locally. Location: 64-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\interwoven\worksite\ 8.0 \Coauthoring 32-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Wow6432Node\interwoven\worksite\ 8.0 \Coauthoring Key: Type: Value:
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