# Let readers edit a Smartsheet from a Confluence page

To let readers edit a Smartsheet from a Confluence page, choose **Editable sheet** under **How readers see the sheet** in the **Smartsheet** macro and select **Apply**. The app publishes the sheet with editing turned on and embeds it. Anyone who has the publish link can then edit the sheet, even outside Confluence, so use it with care.

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## Before you start

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**An editable publish link is not limited to your Confluence readers.** Anyone with the link can change the sheet. Use **Interactive table** if readers only need to look.

* You are logged in to Smartsheet in the macro, with permission to change the sheet's publishing. See [Who may change sharing](https://help.gocapable.com/smartsheet/who-may-change-sharing.html).
* Your Smartsheet administrator allows sheet publishing.

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## Steps

1. Edit the page and insert or open the **Smartsheet** macro.
2. Choose the sheet under **Your sheets**, or paste its link.
3. Under **How readers see the sheet**, choose **Editable sheet**.
4. Select **Apply**. The notice confirms **Published with editing enabled.**
5. Publish the page.

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## What happens next

Readers edit the sheet inside the page, and changes save to Smartsheet straight away. If the sheet already had an edit link, the macro reuses it and nothing changes in Smartsheet.

To withdraw editing later, see [Stop sharing a published Smartsheet link from Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/smartsheet/stop-sharing-a-published-smartsheet-link-from-confluence.html).

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## If it does not work

* **Your Smartsheet admin has turned off sheet publishing**: ask them, or use **Interactive table**. See [this troubleshooting page](https://help.gocapable.com/smartsheet/your-smartsheet-admin-has-turned-off-sheet-publishing.html).
* **Could not publish this sheet**: publish it in Smartsheet and paste the publish link into **Publish or sheet URL** instead.

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## Related

### [Smartsheet](https://help.gocapable.com/smartsheet/smartsheet.html)

Every setting of the macro.

### [Who may change sharing](https://help.gocapable.com/smartsheet/who-may-change-sharing.html)

Who can publish or unpublish a sheet.

### [Stop sharing a published Smartsheet link from Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/smartsheet/stop-sharing-a-published-smartsheet-link-from-confluence.html)

Remove the link again.

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_Update the sheet without leaving the page._