Office Connector plugin
The Office Connector allows you to use Microsoft Office or OpenOffice to create and edit rich content for your Confluence wiki.
The features of the Office Connector plugin:
- Import Word documents
- Seamlessly edit Confluence content in Microsoft Word
- View and edit Office documents from within Confluence
- Choose between OpenOffice and Microsoft Office, if you are using Firefox as your browser.
This plugin includes the following macros:
- view - Display an Office file in a Wiki page.
The Office Connector only supports .doc and .xls file types. You can convert the format of a file by clicking "Save As.." and selecting 'Word 97 - 2004 Document' in the "Format" dropdown
You can import a Word document into the Wikis and convert it into a Wiki page.
Importing an Office Document as a Wiki Page
1. Navigate to the page where you wish to import to.
2. Click on the 'Tools' menu and select 'Doc Import'.
3. Select the document you want to import and click 'Import'.
You can also export a Wiki page as an editable Office document.
Exporting a Wiki page as an Office Document
1. Navigate to the page you wish to export.
2. Click on the 'Tools' menu.
3. Select 'Export to PDF' or 'Export to Word' and click the 'Ok' button in the pop-up window to export the Wiki page as a PDF or Word document. If the Wiki page is exported as a Word document - it can be opened and edited using Office Software.
Displays an Excel (xls) or Word document (doc) file in a Wiki page.
Viewing Powerpoint and PDF files with the *view* macro is not supported
The Code
Displays an Excel file:
{viewxls:name=workbook.xls}
Displays a Word document file:
{viewdoc:name=Testdoc.doc}