Bring Confluence's spreadsheet-style Excel viewer to Jira attachment previews

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      Title: Bring Confluence's spreadsheet-style Excel viewer to Jira attachment previews

      Description:

      Confluence Cloud recently received an improved Excel file viewer that renders spreadsheets in a proper grid/spreadsheet layout with tab support, scrollable data, and visible gridlines — essentially how users expect to see Excel files (see A new way to view Excel files in Confluence).

      Jira Cloud's attachment previewer, however, still renders Excel files in a paginated, print-style layout. This makes it very difficult to review spreadsheet data without downloading the file first.

      Current behavior:

      • Excel attachments in Jira are rendered as paginated "printed" pages
      • No gridlines, no sheet tabs, no scrollable spreadsheet view
      • Users must download the file to properly view the data

      Expected behavior:

      • Excel attachments in Jira should render using the same spreadsheet-style viewer already available in Confluence
      • Grid layout with visible cell borders
      • Sheet tab navigation for multi-sheet workbooks
      • Scrollable, zoomable data view

      Why this matters:

      • Downloading files just to view them is not user-friendly and breaks workflow
      • The technology already exists within Atlassian's platform (Confluence Cloud)
      • Many competing tools offer proper inline spreadsheet rendering
      • Teams that work with Excel data in Jira (logistics, finance, operations) are particularly impacted

      Related tickets:

      • JRACLOUD-64979 — marked as fixed, but only enabled basic preview, not spreadsheet-style rendering
      • CONFCLOUD-74094 — Excel grid display issues in Confluence, showing the viewer is still evolving

      Request: Please bring the Confluence Excel viewer experience to Jira Cloud attachment previews for feature parity across the Atlassian platform.

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              Reporter:
              Arjan van de Wiel
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