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David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP
Senior Member
Username: david_axt
Post Number: 1435
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 01:54 pm: |    |
From Arcom Newsletter November 2015.
MasterWorks Not Compatible with Cloud-based Office 365
ARCOM delivers MasterSpec in Microsoft Word documents that work in the Office 365 environment; however, MasterWorks is not compatible with Office 365. Office 365 capability for MasterWorks is not on ARCOM’s current development schedule. We will revisit this issue in approximately one year to evaluate the level of client interest, as there is significant software development effort in rewriting MasterWorks to make it compatible with Office 365. We appreciate your support as we spend valuable development time on projects that benefit a majority of you.
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Specifications Consultant/Web Publisher
www.localproductreps.com |
John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP
Senior Member
Username: bunzick
Post Number: 1655
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2015 - 06:07 pm: | |
Thanks for posting this. I was planning to convert to Office 365, but this gives me pause. My understanding is that Office applications will still reside on your own PC, but will be updated automatically. I'm not sure whether Arcom's notice is for any installation of Office 365, or certain configurations. Do you have any idea? |
Robin E. Snyder
Senior Member
Username: robin
Post Number: 619
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 30, 2015 - 11:19 am: | |
i use Office 365. The Word program (currently Word 2013) Resides on My local hard drive And I have no problems with Masterworks. |
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP
Senior Member
Username: david_axt
Post Number: 1436
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 30, 2015 - 01:39 pm: | |
I wish that I had known that MasterWorks does not work with Office 365 before I bought my new laptop with Office 365 preloaded on it!
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Specifications Consultant/Web Publisher
www.localproductreps.com |
Phil Kabza
Senior Member
Username: phil_kabza
Post Number: 563
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 30, 2015 - 02:15 pm: | |
There are two very different products out there labeled "Office 365" - MS needs a specifier or two to straighten out their language! The ARCOM note is addressing the cloud-based software version, which is akin to GoogleDocs software. Office 365 ProPlus is a subscription-based package of Office software with an annual fee and auto update. It resides on your computer. We've been running this for over a year; Masterworks is compatible with this version. |
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP
Senior Member
Username: david_axt
Post Number: 1437
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2015 - 02:33 pm: | |
I just called ARCOM and they have a BETA release of MasterWorks that runs on MS Word 2016. They have not published the setup file link on their website but will send it if you contact them.
Is anybody here using Word 2016 yet?
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Specifications Consultant/Web Publisher
www.localproductreps.com |
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP
Senior Member
Username: david_axt
Post Number: 1442
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 03, 2015 - 05:32 pm: | |
From the Oops Department at ARCOM.
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Microsoft® Word 365
Our November newsletter incorrectly reported information on the status of our Microsoft 365 compatibility.
Correction: Microsoft Word 365 has both a desktop and a cloud environment. MasterWorks’ current version is now compatible with the desktop environment. The new installer will be available Wednesday, December 9th.
Additional Detail
Office 365 is a subscription version of Microsoft Office products. Office applications such as Word are fully installed on your computer. Therefore, MasterWorks can be installed to your computer as a plugin for MS Word 365.
Office 365 allows you to choose to store your documents locally or online using OneDrive (formerly known as SkyDrive).
MasterWorks is designed to work with local (or local network) copies of your Word documents and therefore you will need to have local (or local network) copies of your projects and sections for MasterWorks to work properly.
OneDrive allows you to access your files from nearly any device and you can share them with others. MasterWorks is not configured to be compatible with OneDrive at this time.
If you would like to use OneDrive for backup, you may install the OneDrive desktop app. This app creates a folder on your PC that will automatically sync documents between OneDrive and your computer. If your projects are in this folder, they will get sync’d with OneDrive.
Office 365 also had an Office on Demand feature which was discontinued in September of 2014 and had a replacement of “Office Online” (formerly known as “Office Web Apps”). This is a temporary install of Office created by “streaming” Word to your computer. Since MasterWorks depends on a full install of Word to work, this feature will not work with MasterWorks.
In short, MasterWorks will work with Office 365 if:
1. Office (Word) is fully installed on your computer.
2. The Word files for your project(s) are local (or local network) on your computer.
Matthew Johnson, CSI
Chief Technology Officer
801.521.9162 | support@arcomnet.com
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Specifications Consultant/Web Publisher
www.localproductreps.com |
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP
Senior Member
Username: david_axt
Post Number: 1443
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 03, 2015 - 05:34 pm: | |
Gee, if this specification consulting gig does not work out for me I guess that I can always get a job working at ARCOM as their Public Relations person! :-)
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Specifications Consultant/Web Publisher
www.localproductreps.com |
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