Can I edit a Word doc from SharePoint via a SmartLink in Confluence?

Ryan Bullock
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February 26, 2025

I have created a SmartLink page in my teams Confluence space that is linked to a Word document on our SharePoint site. The doc appears correctly; however, I am not able to edit within Confluence. I see a message about permissions possibly affecting users' ability to edit but as far as I can tell I have full edit permissions in both the Confluence space and in SharePoint. Is there something I am missing here?

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Danno
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February 26, 2025

I'm not a paid shill but this is one of the few add-on apps I use for both Confluence and Jira.

 Microsoft SharePoint OneDrive Excel Connector for Confluence

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Aaron Geister_Sentify
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February 26, 2025

@Ryan Bullock 

Yes, if you have permission to the document in sharepoint and use a smart link in Jira and or Confluence you should be able to edit that document in Confluence smart links. You will need to highlight the smart link and make sure its in full embed option which is the last link option. 

I would try to click in the the smart link open the smart link to the biggest option and try to edit document. I have done this before and it has worked. 

Another thing you can try is to create a new sharepoint document that you have full permisison to and see if you can embed it and edit it.

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Mike Maurer
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February 26, 2025

Hi @Ryan Bullock ,

the common smart links are just for previews.

You could try the Office 365 Connector for Confluence Add-on.

 

Best

Mike

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