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Integrating with other products
You can integrate IBM® Connections applications with other products and features.
Using the Connections plug-in for Microsoft Office and Outlook
Use the plug-ins to share files and information between Microsoft™ Windows™ applications and IBM® Connections or IBM Connections Cloud.
Accessing Connections content from Microsoft™ Office
Use this plug-in to share files and information between IBM® Connections and Microsoft™ Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Integrating with other products
You can integrate IBM® 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 IBM Connections
  Access and update your Connections content from other applications.
- Using the IBM Connections desktop plug-ins for Microsoft™ Windows™
  Use this plug-in to upload and work with files in IBM® Connections from Microsoft™ Windows™ Explorer and Microsoft Office.
- Using file sync for IBM Connections for Mac
  Use IBM 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 and Outlook
  Use the plug-ins to share files and information between Microsoft™ Windows™ applications and IBM® Connections or IBM Connections Cloud.
  - Accessing Connections content from Microsoft™ Office
    Use this plug-in to share files and information between IBM® 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 IBM® Connections profiles to Word documents.
    - Searching from Office for IBM® Connections content
      Search for IBM® Connections content without leaving your Microsoft® Office applications.
  - Accessing Connections content from Microsoft™ Outlook (Deprecated)
    Use this plug-in to share files and information between Connections or Connections Cloud and Microsoft™ Outlook.
  - Searching IBM Connections from Microsoft Office and Outlook
    Search for IBM Connections content from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Using plug-ins from IBM® Connections with other products
  Get help using the plug-ins that integrate the capabilities of IBM® Connections with other products.
- Sharing IBM Connections Files in Slack
  Allow users in Slack to open an IBM Connections file picker, select a file, and share a link to that file in a Slack channel or a direct message.

Accessing Connections content from Microsoft™ Office

Use this plug-in to share files and information between IBM® Connections and Microsoft™ Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

The following features from Microsoft™ Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint):

Features added to Word:
- Add a document to Files or Communities
- Attach a document to an Activity or Wiki page
- Publish a document to a Blog entry
- Search for content in IBM® Connections
Additional Word features (Connections only):
- Add someone's profile information into a document
- Add a document to a library
- Add a bookmark from IBM® Connections into a document
- Add a URL from a document as a bookmark in IBM® Connections
Features added to PowerPoint:
- Add a presentation to Files or Communities
- Attach a presentation to an Activity or Wiki page
- Search for content in IBM® Connections
- Add a document to a library (Connections only)
Features added to Excel:
- Add a spreadsheet to Files or Communities
- Attach a spreadsheet to an Activity or Wiki page
- Search for content in IBM® Connections
- Add a document to a library (Connections only)

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