When you integrate Workplace XT or Workplace with Microsoft® Office applications and Outlook, you can quickly add and insert documents, check documents in and out, and insert properties into documents from inside Office. Workplace XT and Workplace contain site preferences that determine some of the settings that affect the document management tasks you complete within an integrated Office application and Outlook. For example, if you want to add an e-mail message to an object store, profiles must be created in site preferences before you can complete this task.
Applications integrated with Workplace XT contain IBM FileNet Workplace XT menu options while applications integrated with Workplace contain FileNet P8 menu options. For example, after integrating with Word, a FileNet P8 option appears in the File menu. From that menu, you can use options like Add or Cancel Checkout.
If you are using Office 2003 or earlier versions, you must use Application Integration to integrate with Workplace or Workplace XT. Refer to Download Application Integration for more information.