Office files are not linked to the correct macro with drag and drop in CONF 5.7

Robin

Hello,

We want to update Confluence 5.4 to 5.7 and we have a problem:
In 5.4 you can drag and drop an office file to the edit view and the correct macro was used. For Word-Files it was viewdoc etc.

Now, in 5.7, all Office2013 Files (docx, pptx, ..) are linked with the viewfile-macro. You have to drag and drop, delete the viewfile macro, insert the viewdoc macro and link it to the attachment. Three steps more then in the old version..

Is there the possibility to fix these links in the settings?

 

Best,

Robin

Stephanie Arnaud

Hi Robin,

Thanks for posting your question. I understand it was important for you to be able to have Office documents embedded on pages and scrollable, but using the viewfile-macro from Confluence 5.7 is the intended behaviour.

We made the decision to use the new macro for all file types, because it allows you to click on the document and access the new previewer and its powerful features, like the ability to comment on the file or upload new versions. You can now scroll through the file from within the previewer, instead of within the page. You will still have a preview on the page, but agreed that it's only a thumbnail, which is not scrollable.

Did you like the previous behaviour better?

Kind regards,

Stephanie