DOCX Editor Initial Edit Mode

The DOCX Editor supports multiple edit modes that determine how users can interact with a document.

You can choose from the following modes:

• editing – full editing capabilities are enabled.
• reviewing – users can suggest and review tracked changes.
• viewing – the document cannot be edited.

The initialEditMode property allows you to specify the default edit mode when a document is loaded. This property is part of the officeEditorOptions object, which is included in the WebViewerOptions parameter passed to the WebViewer function.

1"officeEditorOptions": {
2  "initialEditMode": "'editing' | 'reviewing' | 'viewOnly'"
3}
4

This may be added to the WebViewer options to set the initialEditMode as demonstrated below.

1WebViewer({
2  ...,
3  initialDoc: 'https://myserver.com/myfile.docx',
4  enableOfficeEditing: true,
5  officeEditorOptions: {
6    initialEditMode: 'editing', // default edit mode
7    // initialEditMode: 'reviewing',
8    // initialEditMode: 'viewOnly',
9  },
10});