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MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Are the documents you edit with the online editor files which are visible in the online drive?: Yes. It works like Google drive basically, and yea, I don’t use an external editor or something. I just create or upload a file to the cloud, and edit it there using the built in web editor (you just open the file and it opens the editor)
Does nextcloud use the open document specifications for saving documents (e.g. .odt, .ods)?: Yes. I believe they use a modified version of Collabora or something. By default, you use the same extensions you’d use with libre software like collabora or libreoffice. It supports opening documents from word, PowerPoint and excel… but often fucks up the formatting in some parts (much like libreoffice)
Can you view these files without opening them in the editor (like the preview in google drive)?: No. You view them only via the editor. It should respect permissions though, so if you share a file with read access only, they won’t be able to edit it in the editor.

You can use any format you want in Nextcloud, it’s just that they might not be supported by their built in editors, but they’ll work fine.

The reason I use the built in editors is that multiple people can work on a single file at the same time

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hamsda@lemm.ee ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Thank you for answering!

Good to know that most things I would need seem to be already working nicely in nextcloud :)

It should respect permissions though, so if you share a file with read access only, they won’t be able to edit it in the editor.

I’ll definitely have to try that before trying to send out links.

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- MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Sure! I always try this
  
  A small downside: you can’t seem to restrict people commenting on a file you shared. There’s a built in “discuss about this file” feature but it shouldn’t really be a problem, unless you intend on sharing a file to a looot of people, because afaik you can’t moderate it
  
  I’ll definitely have to try that before trying to send out links.
  
  Yea, I recommend you always test features to see how they work and what they imply (and if they’re bugged, because Nextcloud often updates and sometimes breaks small things)
  
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  - hamsda@lemm.ee ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    you can’t seem to restrict people commenting on a file you shared
    
    That’s okay. My circle of friends I’d share files with is not all too big. So everything stays between a few people anyway.
    
    Nextcloud often updates and sometimes breaks small things
    
    Does breaking stuff happen often? I plan to use the docker image nextcloud:stable-fpm in the hopes of bypassing some bugged releases.
    
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    MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    Does breaking stuff happen often? I plan to use the docker image nextcloud:stable-fpm in the hopes of bypassing some bugged releases.
    
    In a span of a year, I had small visual bugs appear, drag and drop not working (have to manually click “upload from computer”). Easiest way to avoid them is to wait before switching to a new major release. So things regularly break, but they’re not essential and your data should always stay safe.
    
    I don’t know the docker container you linked but if it does that, or if you wait a bit before updating, then you should mostly be fine
    
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