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    • We collect Confluence feedback from various sources, and we evaluate what we've collected when planning our product roadmap. To understand how this piece of feedback will be reviewed, see our Implementation of New Features Policy.

      NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion.

      Atlassian Status as of 23 January 2019

      We know from your feedback that the existing View File macros provide important functionality that the newer file upload and preview experience does not. For this reason, we've decided to reverse the decision to stop supporting these macros. 

      The following View File macros are fully supported from Confluence 6.14:

      • Office Excel
      • Office PowerPoint
      • Office Word
      • PDF

      This means we will fix bugs relating to these macros, and will not remove the macros from Confluence. 

      As you may know, Confluence Cloud are in the process of releasing a new viewer for the View File macros. While we may consider this approach for Confluence Server in future, we plan to wait for the experience to be rolled out and refined in Confluence Cloud before we evaluate the suitability of this approach for Server customers. 

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            [CONFSERVER-39829] Plans to remove the view file macros

            Hi tanya.botta, I can see how this would have been confusing for users. Sorry about that. I have removed all the warnings from older versions of the docs now.

            Rachel Robins added a comment - Hi tanya.botta , I can see how this would have been confusing for users. Sorry about that. I have removed all the warnings from older versions of the docs now.

            Can you update your documentation comments that the function is going away?  This just adds confusion and workload for Admins to respond to users.

            https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf66/office-powerpoint-macro-943962124.html

            https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf613/office-powerpoint-macro-964960863.html

             

            Confluence Bot added a comment - Can you update your documentation comments that the function is going away?  This just adds confusion and workload for Admins to respond to users. https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf66/office-powerpoint-macro-943962124.html https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf613/office-powerpoint-macro-964960863.html  

            After the welcome news that the View Excel macro will continue to be supported, users of that macro may wish to vote for this related bug fix:

            CONFSERVER-31741

            Jonathan Greene added a comment - After the welcome news that the View Excel macro will continue to be supported, users of that macro may wish to vote for this related bug fix: CONFSERVER-31741

            Wonderful news!Unable to render embedded object: File (  This is one of the most important features to many of our users) not found.  Thank you for listening!

             

            Kathryn Moye added a comment - Wonderful news! Unable to render embedded object: File (  This is one of the most important features to many of our users) not found.   Thank you for listening!  

            I am concerned that this just means fixing bugs and maintaining the plugins and not adding new features, but at least it ensures that it will keep working with the latest versions of Confluence. Its a step in the right direction, because frankly abandoning it would have been a big slap in the face to the enterprise customers who bought Confluence based on this feature.

            Steve Rhodes added a comment - I am concerned that this just means fixing bugs and maintaining the plugins and not adding new features, but at least it ensures that it will keep working with the latest versions of Confluence. Its a step in the right direction, because frankly abandoning it would have been a big slap in the face to the enterprise customers who bought Confluence based on this feature.

            Excellent, thanks for hearing our comments!

            Normand Brousseau added a comment - Excellent, thanks for hearing our comments!

            PERFECT!!!!

            Cathy Soller added a comment - PERFECT!!!!

            Absolutely briljant, even though it took more than 3 years to decide.

            Auke Miedema added a comment - Absolutely briljant, even though it took more than 3 years to decide.

            Thank you for reconsidering your decision. You have made many people happy as we have been living for about six months without it and get many comments from team members wishing it was available.  

            Thanks for listening, Atlassian!!!

            Kelly Besmar added a comment - Thank you for reconsidering your decision. You have made many people happy as we have been living for about six months without it and get many comments from team members wishing it was available.   Thanks for listening, Atlassian!!!

            Thanks People, it is important to continue with this Macro!

            Gustavo Bongiovanni added a comment - Thanks People, it is important to continue with this Macro!

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