Confluence Docs 3.0 : Editing a Confluence Page in an Office Application This page last changed on Nov 26, 2008 by smaddox. 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. On this page: Prerequisites Editing a Confluence Page in an Office Application Troubleshooting ## Prerequisites The Office Connector allows you to edit Office documents embedded in a wiki page or to edit a wiki page in Word. 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. ###### Editors To edit documents, 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 document 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 documents in OpenOffice when using IE. ###### Configuration Matrix You need one of the following software combinations to edit Office documents from your wiki page:
Operating System | Office Version | Browser
--- | --- | ---
Windows Vista, or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or 3 | OpenOffice 2.x, or Microsoft Office XP, 2003 or 2007 (all documents must be in Microsoft Office 97-2003 compatible format) | Internet Explorer 6 or 7, or Firefox 2.x or 3.0
Mac OS X | NeoOffice | Firefox 2.x or 3.0
Linux | OpenOffice 2.x The only known supported Office editor for Linux is OpenOffice. But in theory it should work with any WebDAV-aware application. | Firefox 2.x or 3.0
## 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. 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 Office Connector Prerequisites Installing the Firefox Add-On for the Office Connector Editing a Confluence Page in an Office Application Importing an Office Document into Confluence Displaying an Office Document in Confluence Editing an Office Document from Confluence Editing an Office Presentation from Confluence Editing an Office Spreadsheet from Confluence Configuring the Office Connector in the Confluence Administration Guide Take me back to Confluence User Guide

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