Installation bundle or manuallly? how to enable some options

[vandals]

Hello,

I want to deploy Alfresco community edition 4.2c in a very small institution on windows server 2003.
I have the following questions:

1- is it better to install it using the installation bundle or manually?, I found that it's not easy to install manually, but, I noticed that when I install it using the bundle, during the installation I got a message says that this Alfresco installation is for evaluation use only!, so, is the bundle installation method the suitable one for production use ?. if no, then, I need a good article describing how to install each of Alfresco components and modules on an existing Tomcat and
PostgreSQL servers.

2- Will I be able to edit PDF files online directly from Alfresco?, if yes, what module should I install to enable this feature?

3- All documents of types doc, image, and PDF will be signable, that means that some one should be able to sign and email as attachments all these types of documents, how to do that in Alfresco?.

4- Can I access my Alfresco documents structrue using Windows folder explorer?, how to do that ?

5- How to send a document as an email from ALfresco?

6- Will I be able to archive documents in Alfresco?, how to to that.

Sorry for those many questions, but I'm new to Alfreso and need to know these info.

Any other tips and useful info for a new commer would be appreciated.

Best Regards

[vandals]

Are there some answers guys ?

[vandals]

BTW, I just discovered another issue with community edition that I've installed using installation bundle with separate PostgreSQL 9.2 server. the problem is in editing Microsoft words doc and docx documents online!, also, I wasn't able to edit any image online!, the PDF editing is not working either!, I think that there is a problem with Image Magic?

thanks for helping me out.

[mrogers]

1- is it better to install it using the installation bundle or manually?
Start with the installer until you are familiar with alfresco.    Read the documentation.

2- Will I be able to edit PDF files online directly from Alfresco?, if yes, what module should I install to enable this feature?
Sorry don't know the answer.

3- All documents of types doc, image, and PDF will be signable, that means that some one should be able to sign and email as attachments all these types of documents, how to do that in Alfresco?.
A document within alfresco already has security.   You need to explore and clarify your requirements.

4- Can I access my Alfresco documents structrue using Windows folder explorer?, how to do that ?
Either use CIFS or WebDav

5- How to send a document as an email from ALfresco?
Use the email action.

6- Will I be able to archive documents in Alfresco?, how to to that.
Alfresco is an "archive"   what do you mean by archive (Its a term that means many different things)

[vandals]

Start with the installer until you are familiar with alfresco. Read the documentation.

Is it better to stick with Alfresco installed by the installation bundle when using it in production or to install manually, I didn't find any good documentation on how to install it manually with existing tomcat and PostgresSQL servers!. please give me a clear answer brother.

A document within alfresco already has security. You need to explore and clarify your requirements.

I mean, I need to be able to sign the docs with some handwritten signature in forms of jpeg photo, that means I should be able to edit any doc online from Alfresco and adding my handwritten signature, can I do that ?

Either use CIFS or WebDav

how ??

Use the email action.

how??

Sorry brother, I'm new to Alfresco, I need more information to stick with it.

Thanks