How to open a document from Workspace on your computer?
Click on the file you wish to open or edit in an application on your computer.
Select the View/Edit (on Desktop) option.
The document opens in the program associated with its file type.
If you open one or more file using the desktop client, you can view their list. This list helps you with orientation and easy work with all opened files,
Right-click on the Workspace Client icon in the notification area of the taskbar.
Context menu with a list of files opened on your computer is displayed (figure 6.2 Desktop client menu with list of opened files).
Clicking a file name maximizes the application window with the file.
Warning
If you use the Edit (on Desktop) option (figure 6.1 Viewing/editing files using the desktop client), the document will be read-only. You will not be able to edit it.
You can save changes and upload the file back to Workspace.
Save the changes and close the file.
This displays a dialog where you can:
upload the changes to Workspace (the button) — if you wish to upload the changed file to Workspace, you can add a comment to the new version (figure 6.3 Dialog for saving edited file) and it will be displayed in News Feed
save in the desktop client (the button) — if you keep the file in your desktop client, you can open or upload it later by right-clicking on the client's icon (figure 6.2 Desktop client menu with list of opened files)
cancel the changes
