SWITCH OnlyOffice

OnlyOffice enables you to edit texts, tables and presentations online on SWITCHdrive – alone or with other people.

Activities

  • Text design
  • Share files
  • CoCreation

Level of difficulty

OnlyOffice is an online service that allows you to create, edit and share standard Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) on a browser basis. Moreover, the service makes it easy to work collaboratively on documents in real time without having to download them. OnlyOffice works in combination with SWITCHdrive.

Unlike commercial service providers, the data on SWITCHdrive is stored in Switzerland.

  • Similar services: GoogleDocs, GoogleSpreadsheet, GooglePresentation
  • Access: Browser
  • Restrictions: 50 GB (SWITCHdrive), free SWITCH edu-ID
  • Data location: Switzerland

Let's go!

Open SWITCHdrive in browser

Create text document

Collaborative work*

*The folder in which the document is located must be shared in order to be able to edit the document with anonymous participants. More information

Quotes

I have been looking for an alternative to GoogleDocs for a while. YES!

Charlotte Axelsson

Documents can be shared with everyone who has a SWITCH edu-ID. However, it is also possible to invite people who do not have an edu-ID by adjusting the share settings of the document folder on SWITCHdrive – with or without a password.

Renato Soldenhoff