Confluence Docs 3.0 : Office Connector Prerequisites This page last changed on Nov 11, 2008 by smaddox. The page describes the software and setup you need to use the Office Connector. 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: Overall Prerequisites Prerequisites for Displaying and Viewing Documents in Confluence Prerequisites for Importing Documents into Confluence Prerequisites for Editing Confluence Pages and Documents in Office ## Overall Prerequisites Ensure that Java 5 (JDK 1.5) or higher is installed on your Confluence server. The WebDAV plugin must be enabled, because the Office Connector uses WebDAV to transfer information to and from Office documents. Note that the WebDAV plugin is bundled with Confluence, and can be enabled or disabled by the System Administrator. If necessary, refer to the instructions on enabling plugins and configuring the WebDAV options. Ensure that your Confluence server's base URL is set correctly. (Check it by going to the 'General Configuration' screen in the Confluence Administration Console, as described in Configuring the Server Base URL.) When a user edits a wiki page in Word and then uploads the page back to the Confluence server, the base URL determines where the document will be saved. If the base URL is incorrect, the documents may be saved to a different Confluence server. ## Prerequisites for Displaying and Viewing Documents in Confluence If 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 Player You 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 Types To be displayed in Confluence, the document needs to be valid Microsoft Office 97-2003 document, of the following types: `.doc` `.xls` `.ppt` `.pdf` 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. ## Prerequisites for Importing Documents into Confluence Document import can import documents of the file type `.doc`. These must be valid binary Word 97-2003 documents. ## Prerequisites for Editing Confluence Pages and Documents in Office 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
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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
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