Autodesk Vault Office

Autodesk Vault Office is a separate product available for purchase, which provides basic vaulting capabilities for non-CAD users. Autodesk Vault Office delivers single document check-in and checkout via the Vault web client and the add-in, allowing you to manage all of your office data, including word documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Using Autodesk Vault Office, you can organize all of your files and keep them in one location for easy access. All file versions are retained, so you never misplace or replace past versions. The vault stores each version of a file, along with any file dependencies, giving you a living history of the project as you work on it. The vault also stores file properties, such as the user name, date, and comments, for rapid searching and retrieving.

Once Autodesk Vault Office is installed, a new ribbon tab and menu items are added to the Office 2007 and Office 2010 applications, and new menu items and a custom Word template are added to Office 2003.

Note: Refer to Install the Vault Add-in for Microsoft Office for more information.

Release Availability

Autodesk Vault Office is available as a separate purchase and is compatible with certain editions of Autodesk Vault. Refer to the table below to see if your edition works with Vault Office.

	2012	2013	2014
Autodesk Vault Basic
Autodesk Vault Workgroup
Autodesk Vault Collaboration
Autodesk Vault Professional

Verify the Autodesk Vault Office Template for Microsoft Office 2003

The custom Word template for Office 2003 is installed in the Autodesk Vault for Microsoft Office folder located in the Autodesk installation directory. The file name is: WordVaultAddin2003.dot

Note: Do not use the specialized add-in templates to create Word documents. Do not modify or customize the specialized add-in template. The Word add-in may not work correctly if the template file is modified.

To verify that the add-in template is loaded in Microsoft Word 2003:

Select Tools > Templates and Add-Ins.
In the Templates and Add-ins dialog box, verify that the template corresponding to the current version of Word is listed in the Global templates and add-ins list . The verify that the check box for the template is turned on.
Click OK.

Essential Vault Skills

Command/Function	Short Description
Go to vault	Launch the Autodesk Vault stand-alone client.
Log in to a vault	Log into the vault.
Log out of a vault	Log out of the vault.
Open from vault	Open a file stored in the Vault. Note: It may not be possible to preview a file when using Open From Vault in Microsoft Office applications.
Go to workspace	Launches the local working folder for Vault files.
Refresh file	Updates the selected file(s) with the properties in the vault.
Check in	Check file in for the first time or check a file back into the vault.
Check out	Checks a file out of the vault. Note: This command only performs a quick check out, so only the latest version of the latest revision is retrieved. To get a particular revision, click Get Revision on the Vault ribbon.
Undo checkout	Undoes a file checkout.
Vault Options	Launches the Vault Options dialog where you can configure your settings for the Vault add-in.
Update Properties	Updates file properties with the properties in the vault.
Get Revision	Get's a particular revision of a file from the vault.