How to edit documents from kDrive in ONLYOFFICE

You have a kDrive account and want to edit your documents using ONLYOFFICE? Follow this step-by-step guide to find out how to edit documents stored in your kDrive from the Documents portal module.

Connect your kDrive account to ONLYOFFICE

1. In the left sidebar of the Documents, just below the text Connect, click on the kDrive icon.
2. Specify the connection URL, your user name and password and click Save to connect your kDrive account. Your kDrive documents will be shown in ONLYOFFICE documents as a folder.
3. Change the folder‘s name if necessary.
4. If you want the kDrive documents to be visible for anyone, click on the Make shared checkbox and put into the Common Documents folder. If not checked, your kDrive account will only be visible to you.
5. Click Save.

Edit your kDrive documents

1. Locate the kDrive folder and open it.
2. Browse to the file you want to edit and click it.
   If necessary, a dialog will tell you that the document will be converted to the OpenOffice XML format for faster viewing and editing.
   You can choose to keep the original file as well, by checking the Save the file copy in the original format as well box.
3. Click Convert.
4. Click Open when the message appears that your document is successfully converted.

Now you can edit your document (if editable). After editing, you can simply close the document and the changes will be saved.