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dayo
May 23, 2017Aspirant
PLEASE,I HOW DO PREVIEW FILES LIKE WORD DOCUMENT OR EXCEL SHEET ON ReadyNas. i was
DEAR ADMIN, I JUST BOUGHT A NEW READYNAS 3130 FOR MY BUSINESS. PLEASE,I HOW DO A PREVIEW FILES LIKE WORD DOCUMENT OR EXCEL SHEET ON MY READYNAS. I WAS ABLE TO VIEW PICTURES. I WILL LIKE TO DO SAM...
JennC
May 23, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello dayo,
Welcome to the community!
Using upper case means you are shouting, we usually use upper case on a word that we want the reader to focus on.
I suppose you are accessing your NAS through ReadyCloud, correct me if I am wrong, please. Try locally accessing the NAS instead, please check this article. Regarding home shares, each local user you create gets his/her own folder which is also called a home share that is named after the name of the user account you create and only the owner and the admin will be able to access it. See How do I set network access rights to shared folders article for setting up permissions on shares.
Regards,
dayo
May 24, 2017Aspirant
Thank you for your responds. However, I am accessing the my Nas through Windows Explorer address bar by typing in my ReadyNas host name or ip address. i also access it via the cloud and Local admin page.
i have checked the article, no info in there to solve the problem. kindly please tell me what to do.
1. can i preview my document, files and video via the local admin page just like i can preview my pictures and navigate through them?
2. can i anable password for my Home shared folder.
Thanks.
- jak0lantashMay 24, 2017Mentor
I don't think you can preview word documents from the GUI.
Only the relevant user and admin can access one's home folder. No need for any configuration, this is default behavior (as long as home folders are enabled).
Here is some documentation:
https://kb.netgear.com/23949/How-do-I-configure-home-folders-on-my-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system
https://kb.netgear.com/29838/ReadyNAS-Share-and-Permission-FAQ
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/READYNAS_OS_6_SM_EN.pdf
- StephenBMay 26, 2017Guru - Experienced User
jak0lantash wrote:
I don't think you can preview word documents from the GUI.
The Windows GUI in this case, so this is not something the NAS can fix.
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