Box for office (windows) vs. box tools/edit vs office save "location"

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Boris Tsipenyuk

• April 25, 2023 22:10

hello all, I'm onboarding a bunch of users to box this week, it's been a while so I am bit confused on the overlap. I understand box tools/edit allows one to open office desktop apps from the web, and in office 365 desktop apps one can create a box "location" to open and save documents. in order to have office 365 style collaboration do I actually need to install box for office ?? If I open from box.com or via the file open dialog and a box "location" documents seem to have "auto save" enabled.

 

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  Rona

  • April 28, 2023 21:12
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  Hi Boris, 

  Welcome to Box Community and I'm here to help!

  Please note that the "auto-save" feature is currently available for Office Online. Meanwhile, using Box Edit/Tools and Box for Office desktop you must save your file manually.

  Additionally, if you're asking regarding the "Box for Microsoft Office coauthoring" this is available both in the Web (Box.com and Office for the web) and the desktop version (Box Drive and Office desktop apps). 

  You may also visit these helpful articles for more information, 

  • Box for Office Integrations

  • Box for Microsoft Office coauthoring 

  • Opening and Editing Files from Box Tools

  Hope it answers your question! 

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  Boris Tsipenyuk

  • April 28, 2023 22:02
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  what I mean is, does box for office coauthoring require the installation of "box for office" in order to work on desktop versions of office applications? I understand it would work natively via web

   

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