About the edit

We'll cover the different ways to edit your documents on Jira using the SharePoint Connector app, expanding the topics presented on the page about the file manager.

While some files are preview-only, like images and PDF filesPDFs, when it comes to Office documentsfiles, you can also edit the most popular formats right inside Jira. You can edit documents on the file manager and issues in which you attached files and folders without downloading to edit and re-uploading multiple copies or locking other people out while editing the document.

This way, it's easy to use your Jira issues as your one source of truth, with content always accessible, updated, and editable.

Editing a Microsoft, or OpenOffice

file

You can edit an Office file from the file manager, including the full-screen preview. You can also edit documents that are , and when they’re attached to your issuespages.

Regardless of the context, you can edit documents Office files by clicking the Edit button (1). A new tab opens, where the appropriate editor opens, and you can edit your document file in a few seconds.

When You and your team can work together when editing a Microsoft Office document, spreadsheet, or presentation, you and your team can work together, as the . The Microsoft 365 editor supports real-time collaboration, so there are no file lockdowns. There's also an autosave feature, so when you finish, you can close the tab .

when you finish.

Open Office documents files work the same way as Microsoft Office documentsfiles, using the Microsoft 365 editor, but do not support real-time collaboration.

Real-time collaboration

As mentioned before, Microsoft Office and Google Documents Docs files support real-time collaboration, and it's effortless to use.

Start You can start editing a document that is attached to an issue a page or even from the file manager. When The editor seamlessly creates a collaboration session when another person clicks to edit the same document, the editor creates a collaboration session seamlessly. You can continue to edit the document as before and leave it at any time anytime by closing the browser tab.

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Supported file formats for edit

• Microsoft Office documents: DOC, DOCX, DOCM, XLS, XLSX, XLSM, XLSB, PPT, PPTX, and PPSX

• Microsoft Office templates: DOT, DOTX, DOTM, POT, POTX, and POTM

• Microsoft Visio files (VSDX)

• Open Office documents: ODT, ODS, and ODP

We support preview of the old formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt), but only the new formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) can be edited using Microsoft 365 editor. This is a Microsoft 365 restriction as the old formats are considered legacy. Also, some complex Word documents or some Excel spreadsheets with macros may not be possible to edit due to Microsoft limitations.

Wrap up 

That's all for editing documents. Did you know you can also create new documents on the file manager? 

If you still have questions about any of the topics covered on this page, visit our our support portal and and send them to us your questions. Our team is always happy to help.