Add a Microsoft Word document to a blog or a wiki
In addition to posting a Microsoft™ Office document to an activity, you can post a Microsoft Word document to an IBM Connections blog or wiki.
Before starting
To post to a blog or wiki have the plug-in installed and be configured to use that application. See the topic Configure the IBM Connections plug-in for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows
About this task
Use Microsoft Word to author a document that you want to share with blog readers or with wiki members.
Procedure
- Open a Word document.
- Do one of the following:
- (Office 2003) Click Add Document to -> Blog.
- (Office 2007, 2010) Click Add -> To Blog.
- To add the document to a blog:
- Click Add Document to -> Blog (Office 2003), or click Add -> To Blog (Office 2007, 2010).
The name for the entry is completed by default with the file name. You can edit this name if you want.
- Select the name of the blog where you want to post this entry.
- Add tags.
Tags are keywords you assign to describe your posting. Tags must be entered as a single word, separated by commas or spaces. Payroll, human-resources, and event_planing are examples of valid tag formats.
- Click Save as draft if you want to save the entry to the blog without publishing it for others to read.
- Click Preview to see how the entry looks.
- Click OK to add the document as a blog entry.
- To add the document to a wiki:
- Click Add Document to -> Wiki (Office 2003), or click Add -> To Wiki (Office 2007, 2010).
The name for the entry is completed by default with the file name. You can edit this name if you want.
- Select the name of the wiki where you want to post this entry.
Use the Find field to filter the list of wikis.
- Enter a name for the posting.
- Select a page in the navigator and specify whether to add the new page as a peer or child of the selected page, or as an attachment.
- Click OK to add the new page to the wiki.
Parent topic
Use the IBM Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows