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CI HUB for Microsoft Office

A getting started guide for using the CI HUB Connector for Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

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This is a companion article to the CI HUB Beginners Guide. You will need to review both articles to get started using the Connector.

Installing the Connector

Microsoft 365 Online - Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

  1. Go to Microsoft Office 365 Excel, PowerPoint, Word, or Outlook.

  2. Click Add-ins in the toolbar

    1. Outlook: Click Apps on the left side toolbar

  3. Click More Add-ins on the bottom right of the dropdown.

  4. Search for CI HUB

  5. Select CI HUB Connector for Office 365

  6. Click Add

Microsoft 365 Local Applications - Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

  1. Go to https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-gb

  2. Search for "CI HUB Connector" and select the app you'd like to use the plugin in.

    • Note, there are three connectors select:

      1. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint: CI HUB Connector for Office 365.

      2. Outlook: CI HUB Connector for Outlook

The site will ask you to open the corresponding program, click okay.

This will need to be done for Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.

Microsoft Office - Specific features and limitations

Features

Supported File Formats

The following file formats for Microsoft Office are fully supported in the CI HUB Connector:

  • Word: *.docx, *.dotx and *.odt

  • PowerPoint: *.pptx

  • Excel: *.xlsx, *.xltx and *.ods

Limitations

No External Content Panel (ExCoP)

You may see mentions in other CI HUB help articles of an external content panel marked with a link icon. This is not supported within the Microsoft connector. It’s worth noting that these limitations are due to lack of need/support within Microsoft Office itself, and may not be noticeable while using the Connector.

This means there is no support for:

  • Checking the version of the placed asset

  • Warnings when a used asset has been updated in Frontify

  • Linking assets to their local or cloud version

  • Status regarding local availability

  • Information regarding missing assets

  • Moving the source of the asset (from Cloud to local)

FAQ

Q: How do you open Word/Sheets/Slides documents using the Connector?

A: Find the document you wish to open. You can either right click and select "open in Word" or hit the "use file" icon when the document is selected. Note: this will open another document in a new window, and not place the content within your existing document.

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