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FirstSpirit OfficeConnect

This document describes how to configure and to use the module “FirstSpirit OfficeConnect”.

This module enables text passages from Word documents or complete Word documents to be imported into the FirstSpirit SiteArchitect and worked on further there. Not only pure text, but also formatting, paragraph breaks/carriage return, pictures, links and tables can be imported.

The module translates the information originating from the Word document into information which can be processed and displayed in FirstSpirit. Specifically, to this end Meta information from the Word document (e.g. formatting) is mapped with format and link templates in FirstSpirit. This is possible as the standard document exchange format for MS Office applications is HTML. The module uses individually definable rulesets, which contain details about which HTML information from the Word document is to be assigned to which format or link template in FirstSpirit.

The Office function can be used in the

DOM-Editor (CMS_INPUT_DOM) and
DOM-Table (CMS_INPUT_DOMTABLE)

input components.

The following information from Word documents is taken into account on importing into FirstSpirit:

Continuous text
Character formatting (bold, italics, underlined and combinations thereof)
Paragraph formatting (e.g. headings)
Paragraph breaks and “soft” line breaks (Enter or Shift + Enter)
Lists
Pictures (including automatic upload into the Media Store)
Links
Tables (including merging, cell colour, cell alignment and cell format)

FirstSpirit OfficeConnect

This documentation is relevant for the following user groups:

User group	Chapter
Administrators	Chapter 2: Describes the installation of the module „FirstSpirit Office“ on the server and the installation of the project component in a project. Chapter 3: Explains the server and project-wide configuration options provided by the module.
Developers	Chapter 4: Uses examples to describe the syntax used for XML definition of the rulesets, with which content from Word documents can be reproduced in the DOM Editor (CMS_INPUT_DOM input component) or in the DOM Table (CMS_INPUT_DOMTABLE input component). Chapter 5: The DOM Editor and / or the DOM Table must be adjusted by the template developer so that the module can be used in SiteArchitect. Chapter 6: This chapter is primarily intended for FirstSpirit editors and illustrates how the module can be used in SiteArchitect for editorial purposes. To this end, by way of example, the Word test document supplied is imported step by step and the effect in the DOM Editor and DOM Table as well as in the HTML output is shown. This chapter is also interesting for development of the XML rulesets.
Editors	Chapter 6: This chapter is primarily intended for FirstSpirit editors and illustrates how the module can be used in SiteArchitect for editorial purposes. To this end, by way of example, the Word test document supplied is imported step by step and the effect in the DOM Editor and DOM Table as well as in the HTML output is shown. This chapter is also interesting for development of the XML rulesets.

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