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Accessing Connections content from Microsoft Office

Use this plug-in to share files and information between HCL Connections and Microsoft™ Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

The following features from Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint):

  • Features added to Word:
    • Add a document to Files or Communities
    • Attach a document to an Activity or Wiki page
    • Publish a document to a Blog entry
    • Search for content in IBM® Connections
  • Additional Word features (Connections only):
    • Add someone's profile information into a document
    • Add a document to a library
    • Add a bookmark from HCL Connections into a document
    • Add a URL from a document as a bookmark in HCL Connections
  • Features added to PowerPoint:
    • Add a presentation to Files or Communities
    • Attach a presentation to an Activity or Wiki page
    • Search for content in IBM Connections
    • Add a document to a library (Connections only)

  • Features added to Excel:

    • Add a spreadsheet to Files or Communities
    • Attach a spreadsheet to an Activity or Wiki page
    • Search for content in IBM Connections
    • Add a document to a library (Connections only)

  • Adding Office content to Connections
    Add Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents to the Files application.

  • Working with Office documents in a library
    Libraries enable Community members to upload, manage, organize and collaborate on files shared on the FileNet Document Management system. A community can contain multiple Libraries.
  • Adding Connections content to Word documents
    Add people's HCL Connections profiles to Word documents.
  • Searching from Office for HCL Connections content
    Search for HCL Connections content without leaving your Microsoft Office applications.

Parent topic:Using the Connections plug-in for Microsoft Office