The Office Connector in Confluence allows you to edit a wiki page in Microsoft Word or in another Office application. This allows you to open the Confluence page in the Office editor of your choice and use the Office editor's rich editing functionality to update the wiki page. You can then save the page directly back to Confluence.
This is just one of the ways Confluence can interact with Office documents. For an overview of all Office Connector features, please refer to Working with the Office Connector.
The 'Edit in Word' option is disabled by default. Your System Administrator can enable or disable the Office Connector or parts of it. The Office Connector options can appear in different places on your Confluence page, depending on the themes and configuration of your Confluence site. Please refer to Configuring the Office Connector in the Confluence Administration Guide and discuss any configuration problems with your administrator.
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Prerequisites
The entire content of this page is included into other pages via the {include} macro.
The Office Connector allows you to edit:
- Office files embedded in a wiki page or from the page's attachments view
- The contents of a wiki page in a compatible Office word processor application.
To make use of these editing capabilities, you will need the setup described below.
Browsers
- If you are using Firefox, you will need to install a Firefox add-on. Firefox will prompt you to do this, the first time the add-on is required. You will find instructions in Installing the Firefox Add-On for the Office Connector.
Office File Editors
To edit Office files, you will need to have Microsoft Office, OpenOffice
or NeoOffice installed. (See the configuration matrix below.)
- If you are using Firefox, you can choose which of the above editors you want to use. The Firefox add-on allows you to configure this option for each file type. See Installing the Firefox Add-On for the Office Connector.
- If you are using Internet Explorer, you will need Microsoft Office. You cannot edit Office files in OpenOffice when using Internet Explorer.
Configuration Matrix
You need one of the following software combinations to edit Office files from your wiki page:
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Editing a Confluence Page in an Office Application
To edit a Confluence page in your Office editor,
- View the Confluence page that you want to edit.
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Open the 'Tools' menu and select 'Edit in Word'.
The 'Edit in Word' option can appear in different places on your Confluence page, depending on the themes and configuration of your Confluence site. By default, the 'Edit in Word' option appears in the 'Tools' menu, as described above. Other possible locations are described in Configuring the Office Connector in the Confluence Administration Guide.
Screenshot: 'Edit in Word' option in the 'Tools' menu
- A window will pop up, asking you to confirm that you want to open this document.
Screenshot: Confirmation window in Firefox
Screenshot: Confirmation window in Internet Explorer
- Click 'OK'. Your Office application will open, containing the content of the Confluence page as rich text.
- Make the necessary changes, then save the document. The content will be saved back into Confluence.
All you need to do is save the document, via the 'Save' button or Ctrl-S or whatever. You do not need to do a 'Save As' and navigate back to the WebDAV repository. Your Office application knows where the document came from and does the work of saving back to the WebDAV file system. - Reload the Confluence page to see that your changes have been applied.
Troubleshooting
Problems? Please refer to our guide to the Office Connector limitations and known issues.
RELATED TOPICS
Edit in Word Link Macro
Working with the Office Connector
Configuring the Office Connector in the Confluence Administration Guide
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