Using the Connections plug-in for Microsoft Office
Use the plug-ins to share files and information between Microsoft™ Windows™ applications and HCL Connections or HCL Connections Cloud.
The following features from Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint):
- Features added to Word:
- Add a document to Files or Communities
- Add a document to a library
- Attach a document to an Activity or Wiki page
- Publish a document to a Blog entry
- Search for content in HCL Connections
- Additional Word features (Connections only):
- Add someone's profile information into a document
- 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, Communities, or to a library
- Attach a presentation to an Activity or Wiki page
- Search for content in HCL Connections
- Features added to Excel:
- Add a spreadsheet to Files, Communities, or to a library
- Attach a spreadsheet to an Activity or Wiki page
- Search for content in HCL Connections
Limitations
Some features are not available when you are connecting to a Connections Cloud server. For example:
- Type-ahead is not available to assist you in finding a group name.
- Type-ahead is not available to assist you in entering the names of external users in the Add to File dialog and the Share dialog.
- If you are uploading a file or email to Activities, the option to create a new activity is not available.
Note: If you previously installed any version of the HCL Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows, installing this plug-in silently removes the Microsoft Explorer features from the older plug-ins.
You have two options for installing the plug-in. Individual users can install the plug-in, or you can perform a silent installation to install the plug-in for a group of users.
- Accessing Connections content from Microsoft Office
Use this plug-in to share files and information between HCL Connections and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Parent topic:Integrating with other products