Connect the Word Online Add-in to Smokeball Boost

Learn how to add Smokeball to your Microsoft Word Online add-ins, allowing you to easily create letters from a matter in Smokeball.

1. Log in to your Microsoft365 account and open a new or existing Word document in Word Online (i.e. Microsoft Word on your web browser).
2. Select Add-ins under the Home tab.
   
3. Select More Add-ins.
   
4. Search for "Smokeball for Word" in the Store tab and follow the prompts to install the add-in.
   • If the add-in does not appear in search results, use this direct link to install it: Smokeball for Word
     
5. Once the add-in has been installed successfully, the Smokeball tab will appear in Word Online. Select Show Details to open the right-hand menu.
   
6. Confirm your Country and click Connect to Smokeball.
7. A new window will open in your browser. Follow the prompts to log in. You may also be asked to log in to Microsoft to authorise the connection.
   
8. Once you have logged in successfully, the Smokeball for Word toolbar will appear on the right-hand side. This is where matter details will appear when you create a letter from a matter in Smokeball or save a document to a matter through Word Online.
   

Depending on your firm's IT configuration, you might not have permissions to download add-ins from the Office Store. Consult your IT provider to install and gain access to this add-in.

Next Steps

Once you have connected Word Online to Smokeball Boost, you can now save any Word document to a matter, or Show Details of a matter that this document is saved to.

You can also open any document in your matter in Word Online by selecting the three dots icon over a document and selecting Open on Web.

Any changes made to the document will be saved as a new version in the document details.

You can also create a letter directly from your matter in Smokeball Boost.