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Confluence security: how to limit users' ability to edit page, yet maintain 'Edit in Office'?

claire.simonson

I have tried different settings in space admin and page restrictions, also tweaking user and group permissions. It seems that ability to add a page (space admin) also controls whether the Edit in Office link appears for attachments on that page. Has anyone been able to provide editable attachments and at the same time disallow general users from editing the page layout?

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Renjith Pillai

A simple workaround will be to define the layout in one page (which has restrictions) and use the attachments from another page which general users can keep adding newer versions of attachements.

claire.simonson

Please give me an example of what you mean by "use the attachments from another page." The Attachments macro only applies to the current page. I have tried the 'include' macro to display another page's contents, but the tighter restrictions always seem to dominate --the attachment list on the included page no longer has 'Edit in Office' available when it displays in the more-restricted page. Thanks!

Renjith Pillai

What I understood was that you need to maintain the page layout by restricting the users from editing the page, at the same time allow them to upload attachments.

The solution was, let's say Page A is the restricted one and you need to use an attachment from Page B (unrestricted). The {viewfile} macro of course accepts the page name, in this case it will be Page B

claire.simonson

That's still not what I need: it displays the contents of a single doc within another page. What I am looking for is a way to present a list of Attachments with Add Attachments, Properties and Edit in Office available as options, but disallow the Edit button that lets users edit the page layout. I want the page structure to be locked, but the attachments to be editable. I hope that's clear!

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