Word Documents




When viewing word documents, you may see the error

Augean Media tab displaying a 'plugin is not supported' error when viewing an attached Word document. Identifying this error helps genealogists troubleshoot missing research files in their family tree.


To fix this, add the Office Plugin to Chrome.
From the  Chrome web store search for and add to chrome the extension   Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides 

Searching the Chrome Web Store for the 'Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides' extension to enable native viewing of genealogy research documents within Augean.



Chrome Web Store page to install the Office Editing extension, a required plugin for genealogists to seamlessly view attached Word and Excel family history records directly in Augean.



The chrome extension allows for the embedded viewing of Word / Excel and PowerPoint documents in Chrome.
Augean (which displays in Chrome), can then view these documents.

The media for Winston Churchill has a word document, which can now be viewed using the chrome extension.

Successfully embedded Word document in the Augean Media tab showing the right-click context menu. This allows genealogists to easily manage, resize, and interact with attached family history files.


The following options are available using Right Click 

 Right Click  ⟶  Change Media Size     Change the size of the media.
 Right Click  ⟶  Enable Click Through     Enable click through, and access the media controls.
 Right Click  ⟶  View Media     View an enlarged copy of the document.
 Right Click  ⟶  Copy File Path     Copy the path to the original file.