View Microsoft Office Docs in the Web Client

We now support for the viewing of Microsoft Office documents (.docx, .ppt, .xlsx) in the web client.

Requirements

As a starting point, you will need to ensure you have the following installed/configured:

CatDV Pegasus Server 10.7.0 or later

LibreOffice 24.8.4 or later

Please ensure you also have the SbsMuPDF configured. See this guide on how to do so https://catdv-docs.services.quantum.com/catdv-client/sbsmupdf/index.html

Supported File Types: .

doc, .docx, .xlsx, .xls, .ppt, .pptx

Unsupported File Types:

.csv, .rtf

Configure LibreOffice Path

Once you have download LibreOffice, you’ll need to set the path.

Go to your CatDV Control Panel

Click on Server Config and go to the Web Interfaces tab

Set the value for your “LibreOffice Executable” path to the path on your computer

Windows: C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\soffice.exe

MacOS: /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice

Linux: /usr/bin/soffice

· On Linux, the path can vary slightly depending on the distribution and installation method. Run the command below to determine the correct path

which soffice

Click Save and restart your CatDV Server

Viewing Docs on the Web Client

Once your CatDV Server’s started, you can then log in to your CatDV Server

At your web client, click on a catalog with your document

If you hover over the document thumbnail, you will see two icons. Click on the “Preview document” icon

Once you click on the document, the web client will preview the document

There are two viewing options:

· Preview document: which embeds the document preview in the CatDV web player

· Preview document in new tab: opens the document in another new tab

Worker Action to Generate Thumbnails for Docs

Our new worker 9.2.9 now support for generating thumbnails of Microsoft Office using LibreOffice.

Configure Worker Advanced Property

To set this up:

Go to your CatDV Worker and click on “Edit Config”

Go to the “Options” tab

In the “Advanced properties”, add the following property

· Windows: libreOffice.path=C\:\\Program Files\\LibreOffice\\program\\soffice.exe

· For windows, it’s important to escape the \

· MacOS: libreOffice.path=/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice

· Linux: libreOffice.path=/usr/bin/soffice

Once you run your ingest step that includes the “Reanalyse Media” step, your document will have a generated thumbnail

When you go to your web browser, you will see the thumbnail loads.

· Before

· After