Exporting to xls directly from task lists or list of user stories

[Sarah Dosanjh]

Currently we only can export data from Jira or confluence to Word or PDF format but not in excel.  I would like to attach docs directly into Jira where it has icon for attachments in different formats.  Instead of drag and drop.  Does the confluence have ways to keep track of file versions such as in word or excel based on date stamp.

[Petter_Gonçalves]

Hello Sarah,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

I'm not sure if I have clearly understood your requirements, but please allow me to bring you some concepts so we can confirm we are on the same page.

About this statement:

Currently, we only can export data from Jira or confluence to Word or PDF format but not in excel

Actually, you can also export JIRA data in CSV (XLS) format, by creating a filter with the issues you want to export and using the export functionality in the issue navigator as displayed in the screenshot below:

About this statement:

I would like to attach docs directly into Jira where it has icon for attachments in different formats.

Analyzing this statement, It seems you are looking for a way to import (Not export) your attachments to JIRA, without need to drag and drop each one for each task. Is it correct?

If that's what you are looking for, you can easily import attachments by following the steps below:

1 - Upload your attachments to a public host (Like google drive) accessible by JIRA Application

2 - Create a CSV file, mapping the issue key on tasks and adding an attachment column where you are going to map the URL of the attachment, like in the example below:

Assignee, Summary, Description, Attachment, Comment
bob@example.com, "Issue demonstrating the CSV attachment import", "Please check the attached image below.", "https://jira-server:8080/secure/attachment/image-name.png", "01/01/2012 10:10;Admin; This comment works"
bob@example.com, "CSV attachment import with timestamp,author and filename", "Please check the attached image below.", "01/01/2012 13:10;Admin;image.png;file://image-name.png", "01/01/2012 10:10;Admin; This comment works"

3 - Choose the Jira icon (, , , or ) > Jira settings > System.

4 - In the Import and Export section, click External System Import and then click CSV.

5 -Choose your CSV source file. 

P.S: If the task you would like to import attachments to are already created in your JIRA instance, export them to CSV (using the export functionality mentioned above) and add a column called attachment, mapping the link/address from the directory you added the attachments to the column

For more information, you can check the "Importing Attachments" section of the documentation below:

Importing Attachments 

Let me know if this information helps.