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WebOffice 10 R3 is able to use the ArcMap table of content (TOC), therefore you should provide exactly the structure in the ArcMap table of content that you want to have available in the WebOffice 10 R3 client.

WebOffice 10 R3 is optimized to use the ArcMap TOC, therefore you should not configure a specific table of content in a WebOffice 10 R3 project at all because it takes a lot of extra work. Anyway you may want to override some properties of the TOC or add some properties not available in the TOC by configuring specific elements of the table of content in WebOffice 10 R3. The most commonly set properties for specific TOC-elements in WebOffice 10 R3 are

 

•Is a layer group expandable at all or not (this way you can hide layers within the specific layer group if you want)

•Metadata information for the layer

•Support for multiple languages - ArcMap is not able to support a multiple language project (e.g. serving one service in German, English and Italian language)

 

Below you find the list of properties of the ArcMap TOC which get used by WebOffice 10 R3:

•Structure: It is possible to use groups and nested groups without any restrictions. Anyway a deep structure (3 or more group levels) is not user friendly at all

•Names: WebOffice 10 R3 uses the names used in the TOC. Therefore for projects which do not need to be provided in multiple different languages, configure the names you want to see in the WebOffice 10 R3 client.

•Visibility: WebOffice 10 R3 uses the visibility information set for each TOC-element. This way it is possible to specify exactly which layers will be visible and which layers will not be visible in the WebOffice 10 R3 client by default (for dynamic services only).

•Expand/Collapse status: An expanded layer group will be shown expanded in the WebOffice 10 R3 table of content as well. The behavior is exactly the same for collapsed layer groups. So take care of the status you store your ArcMap document in.