Documents

One of the key features of OpenGoo is that you can not only upload, download and share any type of document but that you can edit files online to a certain degree as well. We therefore distinguish between the document management features and the document editing features of OpenGoo.

In the list view of the Documents module you can see all files of the current workspace. You may notice the Edit button some files have and others don't. This is an easy way to distinguish between files that are editable online and files that you can just download.

The toolbar of the list view offers you the following commands:

• Upload a file: Lets you upload a file from your local hard drive to OpenGoo. This file can be of any type.
• Document: Lets you create an online editable rich text document (which is stored as an HTML file).
• Presentation: Lets you create an online editable presentation.

• In the upper part of the dropdown menu you see existing tags. Choose one to assign it to the currently selected files.
• Add tag: Lets you create a new tag and assign it to the currently selected files.

• Delete: Lets you delete a file from your OpenGoo installation.

• Download: Lets you download the currently selected files to your local hard drive.
• Properties: Opens the detail view of a file. Only available if you select just one single file at a time.
• Slideshow: Shows a presentation as a slideshow in a new window. Only available for OpenGoo presentations (not for PowerPoint files) and only available if you select just one single file at a time.

• Slideshow (only available if the file is an online editable presentation)
• Download
• Edit this file (only available if the file is an online editable document or presentation)
• Delete
• File properties
• Checkout file (only available if file is not checked out)
• Checkin file (only available if file is checked out)
• Undo file checkout (only available if file is checked out)
• View history

If the file you are working with is an online editable document then you get an additional field in the detail view: File contents lets you preview the content of the file without going to edit view.

Like in any collaboration tool you can upload and download documents with OpenGoo. And like any content object every document has its properties which you can edit. Since you may be familiar with both concepts, managing documents is quite simple.

To upload a new file choose “New > Upload a file” in the toolbar.

When uploading a file you have the possibility to give it a new file name and to set all its properties. (You can edit all this at a later stage as well.) Please note the message telling you which file types and what file size you are allowed to upload.

By default, files you upload are associated with your personal workspace. So unless you change this, uploaded documents are not visible for other users (exept administrators and users that have been given access to your personal workspace).

To download a file go to the detail view of this file, then choose “Download” in the “Actions” menu.

If you have ever worked with a document management system (DMS) you may be familiar with the concept of keeping older versions (or revisions) of a document for reference. The feature that makes this possible is called versioning, and the process of creating a new version of a document consists of checking a file out, editing it and checking the new version in.

The easiest way to understand versioning is to create a new version of an existing document. Let's say we would like to make a change to the Word document “OpenGoo Manual 0.9.1.doc”. The first and most important step is to check the file out by clicking on its “Available” status indicator, which will immediately change to “In use, Check in”:

The built-in editor for text documents is a well-known rich text editor called FCKeditor.

As you can see, this editor looks very much like a standard word processor, so you should be able to use it without further explanations. If you are unsure about the meaning of a certain button in the toolbar, use the tooltip which appears when you point on a button and wait a second.

PLEASE NOTE: This editor produces HTML files, not documents in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org Writer format. You can download and import them with most word processors, but you can't edit an uploaded *.doc, *.docx or *.odt file with FCKeditor.

For more detailed information about FCKeditor we recommend the extension FCKeditor User Guide.

The built-in editor for presentations is called Slimey. It was developed for OpenGoo, but is now part of eyeOS as well.

At the moment Slimey is version 0.1, so don't expect too much. You can't compare this editor with Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote or OpenOffice.org Impress. On the other hand it's very easy to use Slimey, even without a manual (which is missing so far).

PLEASE NOTE: Slimey uses the SLIM file format (that's where the name comes from). SLIM stands for Slideshows Microformat, is an extension to the S5 format, and is based exclusively on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Don't expect to edit *.ppt, *.pptx or *.odp files with Slimey.