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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.
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.

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.

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.

About this task

Note: Interaction with libraries from Microsoft Office is only available when you are connecting to a HCL Connections server. This feature is not supported on Connections Cloud.

When the HCL Connections Content Manager add-on is deployed on a Connections server, community owners can create community libraries directly in Office. Community libraries provide owners and members with the content management capabilities and enhanced social features.

Procedure

Navigate to a Library in the HCL Connections namespace extension and Open a Microsoft Office document. Then, click HCL Connections on the Office ribbon. Choose from one of the following File Actions options:

Table 1. Options for working with an Office document in a libraryOptions for working with an Office document in a library
Action	Description
Check out	Members can check out files and edit them using private drafts. Checked out files are locked to prevent other users from making updates at the same time. Making changes to a library file creates a new local draft. You are notified about the draft in the Library Drafts Monitor.
Check in	After you are done editing a file, choose Check in. Your changes are uploaded to the server and the file is unlocked so that others can edit it.
Upload draft	Choose Upload draft to upload the updated file and update the draft on the server.
Share	Choose Share to change default sharing settings on this file.
Comments	To provide feedback on the file, click Comments to open the file in a browser so that you can add a comment.
Open in Browser	Click Open in browser to view the file in Connections. You then have full access to all of the supported features for working with library files.
Properties	Click Properties to view and edit properties for the document.
Links	Copy or send a link to the browser version of the document. Send URL generates an email with a link to this document. Copy URL copies the URL to the clipboard so you can paste it into a message or document.