Confluence can display Office files that are attached to a page. If you have an Office application installed, you will also be able to edit these Office files in your Office application. These are two of the ways that Confluence can interact with Office files. For an overview of all Office Connector features, please refer to Working with 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:

Prerequisites

Attaching and Displaying Office Files and PDF Files

There are two ways to do this in Confluence:

• Attach Office files to a page and display them in a Confluence page using the View File or Attachments macros
• Attach an Office or PDF file to a page and embed its contents onto the page by simply dragging and dropping it into the Rich Text Editor window

To attach and display Office files in Confluence using macros:

1. Attach the Office file(s) to a Confluence page:
   • View the Confluence page on which you want to display your document.
   • Choose 'Tools' > 'Attachments'.
   • Browse for your Office files and upload them to the Confluence page.
     Refer to detailed instructions in Attaching Files to a Page.
2. Now you have two options for displaying the attached document:
   • You can embed the document into the Confluence page, using one of the Office Word, Office Excel, Office PowerPoint or View PDF macros. These macros can be found using the macro browser. Refer to the detailed instructions in the View File macro topic.
   • You can display a list of page attachments using the Attachments macro. People viewing the page will be able to click the 'View' link to see the Office or PDF document in Confluence. Alternatively, you can use the Wiki Markup syntax

     {attachments}

     to display the list.

To attach and display an Office file on a Confluence page using 'drag and drop':

• Drag the Office file from your computer and drop it into the Rich Text Editor window. Only one file can be dragged and dropped at a time. The appropriate View File macro markup will appear in the position where you dragged the file. However, the contents of the file will be rendered in full when you preview, or save and view, the page.
  Older browser versions require Google Gears to have been installed for you to use drag and drop. Refer to Using Drag-and-Drop in Confluence for information about setting up Google Gears.

Viewing and Editing the Attached Office Files

Any Confluence user who has an Office application installed will also be able to launch their Office editor from within Confluence:

• Editing an Office Document from Confluence.
• Editing an Office Presentation from Confluence.
• Editing an Office Spreadsheet from Confluence.

Troubleshooting

Problems? Please refer to our guide to the Office Connector limitations and known issues.

Related Topics

View File Macro
Working with the Office Connector

Configuring the Office Connector in the Confluence Administration Guide

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