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Integrating with other products
You can integrate HCL Connections applications with other products and features.
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.
Accessing Connections content from Microsoft™ Office
Use this plug-in to share files and information between HCL Connections and Microsoft™ Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Searching from Office for HCL Connections content
Search for HCL Connections content without leaving your Microsoft® Office applications.

Integrating with other products
You can integrate HCL Connections applications with other products and features.
- Connections Engagement Center
  Connections Engagement Center provides the corporate office, management, and workforce with a single user experience for all communications, as well as a state of the art enterprise social collaboration features and the possibility of adding custom applications. All this runs at the office and on all mobile devices, so the entire workforce – from CEO to intern – can access this most valuable tool regardless of where they are, what their role is, or what devices they prefer.
- Installing integration plug-ins for HCL Connections
  Access and update your Connections content from other applications.
- Using the HCL Connections desktop plug-ins for Microsoft™ Windows™
  Use this plug-in to upload and work with files in HCL Connections from Microsoft™ Windows™ Explorer and Microsoft Office.
- Using file sync for HCL Connections for Mac
  Use HCL Connections for Mac to keep local files in sync with copies of those files on the server.
- 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.
  - Accessing Connections content from Microsoft™ Office
    Use this plug-in to share files and information between HCL Connections and Microsoft™ Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
    - 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.
- Using Connections with Microsoft Teams
  Enabling support for Microsoft Teams integration with Connections is an optional task. Enable this support only if your organization is using Microsoft Teams.
- Using the HCL Connections Add-in for Microsoft™ Outlook
  The power of Connections from your Outlook inbox. Use the Connections Add-in for Microsoft™ Outlook to work with Connections content from within your Outlook inbox.
- Using the HCL Connections community app for Microsoft Sharepoint
  As a Microsoft SharePoint administrator you can register the Sharepoint app with Microsoft Azure and edit its configuration file in HCL Connections to make it available for your organization.
- Using plug-ins from HCL Connections with other products
  Get help using the plug-ins that integrate the capabilities of HCL Connections with other products.

Searching from Office for HCL Connections content

Search for HCL Connections content without leaving your Microsoft® Office applications.

About this task

Find content in HCL Connections using the Search feature.

Procedure

Enter a search term in the search bar on the Connections ribbon.
The default is to search all of Connections and return matching results. If you connect to more than one site, you can select a different server to search.
To refine a search, click Advanced Search.
The Advanced Search opens in a browser window. Use the Advanced Search filters to refine your search.