Previewing files with Office Editor for Confluence

Owned by Miguel Jesus
Last updated: Jun 19, 2024
2 min read

Learn how to preview files with Office Editor for Confluence.

About the preview

With the Office Editor app, you can preview attached files on pages. You can preview the most common Office document formats, including Open Office formats. You can also preview PDF files and images.

Preview Office on your pages

The Office Editor app lets you preview files attached to your Confluence pages.

OE-B1-file.png

  1. Disclosure button 

  2. Document info

  3. Edit document

  4. Full-screen Preview

  5. Download

Inline preview

By default, every attached file displays in a collapsed view to save screen space. You can expand each file by clicking the disclosure button (1) on the left to preview its content.

 

Full-screen preview

Click the name (2) or the “Preview” button (3) of the file you want to open the full-screen preview.

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  1. Back button 

  2. Document info

  3. Edit document

  4. Download

You can change the preview settings with the layout options.

Supported file formats for preview

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

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

  • Open Office documents: ODT, ODS, and ODP

  • PDF files

  • Images: GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG

Wrap up 

That's all on previewing files. Did you know you can also edit documents attached to your issues?

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