Confluence Docs 2.10 : Displaying an Office Document in Confluence
This page last changed on Nov 11, 2008 by smaddox.
You can display and view an Office document that is attached to a Confluence page. If you have an Office application installed, you will also be able to edit the Office document in your Office application. 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.
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PrerequisitesIf you want to make use of the View File macro or to view Office documents attached to a wiki page, you need the setup described below. Browsers and Flash PlayerYou can use any browser to view an Office document on a wiki page, provided that you have installed Adobe Flash Player version 9 or later. You do not need to have an Office desktop application installed on your computer, in order to view Office documents in Confluence. Document TypesTo be displayed in Confluence, the document needs to be valid Microsoft Office 97-2003 document, of the following types:
If you are using OpenOffice to create and edit the documents, you will need to save your document in Microsoft Office 97-2003 format before attaching it to a Confluence page. Attaching and Displaying an Office DocumentTo attach and display an Office document in Confluence,
Viewing and Editing the Attached Office DocumentIf an Office document is attached to a Confluence page, you can view the attached Office document from within Confluence. View the Office document in one of the following ways:
Any Confluence user who has an Office application installed will also be able to launch their Office editor from within Confluence:
TroubleshootingProblems? Please refer to our guide to the Office Connector limitations and known issues. RELATED TOPICSView File Macro
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