Integrating Office FilesWord DocumentsThis feature integrates Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, and NeoOffice with the wikis. Users can also import or attach an Office document and convert the content into wiki format. Attached Office documents Wiki pages can also be edited directly from the wiki using an Office application. This feature supports: - Text documents (.doc)
- Powerpoint presentations
- Excel spreadsheets
exported as a plain text file and edited in a word processor. In order to use this feature you will need one of the following configurations: Operating System | Office Software | Browser |
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Windows Vista or WIndows XP with Service pack 1 & 2 | - Open Office 2.x
- Microsoft Office XP, 2003, or 2007
| - Internet Explorer 6 or 7
- Firefox 2.x or 3
| Mac OS X | | | Linux | | |
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- All Microsoft Word documents must have the .doc or .PDF file extension, with Mac OS X, the default extension is .docx. You can change the file extension by clicking "Save As" and finding either format in the "Change Format" drop-down menu.
- Certain features of the Office Connector like editing, modifying, and saving an office document from the wikis, requires the WebDAV plugin which is not compatible with our authentication software
- If you are using Firefox, you will need to download an add-on. Firefox will prompt you to do this automatically.
- If you are using Internet Explorer, you must use Microsoft Office. You cannot edit documents in OpenOffice when paired with Internet Explorer.
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Importing an Office Document into a Wiki Page1. Choose which wiki page you want to import into.
2. Open the  menu and select 
3. Click  or  and find the document you want to import.
4. Click the  button. 5. Once the document has been imported, it becomes a Wiki page and can be edited using Rich Text or Wiki Markup. This process is also used when importing spreadsheets or presentations. Editing an Office Spreadsheet in WikisExporting a Wiki Page into a Word Document1. Open the spreadsheet in the Wikis. You can do this several ways:Search for the Office document by file name, then click the 'View' link next to the Office document on the Search results page. - Search for the spreadsheet by file name, then click the 'View' link next to the spreadsheet on the Search results page.
- View the list of attachments for a specific Wiki page, then click the 'View' link next to the spreadsheet on the Attachments page
2. Move your cursor to the top of the spreadsheet so that the hidden title appears (in this case the spreadsheet is titled spreadsheet.xls).
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3. A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm that you want to open the document. Click 'Ok' 4. You will then be prompted to log into your Wiki. Login and click 'Ok'. Image Added menu and select  Image Added 2. A plain text file version of the Wiki page will be downloaded onto your computer. 3. You can open and edit this file using a word processor5.The spreadsheet will open in your Office application. Any changes you make will be automatically saved to your Wiki page when you save the presentation through the application. |