Published release ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 8.1 with the implementation of a server for ONLYOFFICE online editors and organization of collaboration. Editors can be used to work with text documents, tables and presentations. Project code distributed by under the free license AGPLv3.
Simultaneously formed release of ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 8.1, built on a single code base with online editors. Desktop editors are designed as desktop applications, which are written in JavaScript using web technologies, but combine in one set client and server components designed for self-sufficient use on the user’s local system, without recourse to an external service. To collaborate on your premises, you can also use the Nextcloud Hub platform, which provides full integration with ONLYOFFICE. Ready-made assemblies formed for Linux, Windows and macOS.
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ONLYOFFICE claims full compatibility with MS Office and OpenDocument formats. Supported formats include: DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT, PDF, HTML, EPUB, XPS, DjVu, XLS, XLSX, ODS, CSV, PPT, PPTX, ODP. It is possible to expand the functionality of editors through plugins, for example, plugins are available for creating templates and adding videos from YouTube. Ready-made assemblies are generated for Windows and Linux (deb and rpm packages).
- A full-fledged PDF file editor has been implemented, allowing you to edit text, add, rotate and delete pages, insert and change objects (tables, shapes, text, images, links, etc.), attach comments and footnotes to selected text. Switching between PDF editing and viewing modes is done using a new button on the toolbar.
- To create and edit fillable forms, the PDF format is used instead of the previously used DOCXF format. The user can now create a template with the necessary interactive fields in the PDF editor, configure the properties and save the created form as a PDF file.
- Changes in the document editor:
- The top panel has a button for switching between editing, reviewing and document viewing modes.
- Added support for changing the page background color (Layout -> Page Color) and showing the correct background set when editing in other office packages.
- It is possible to customize the page numbering format.
- Updated built-in paragraph styles.
- Added elements to the menu and toolbar to control paragraph indentation.
- Line spacing settings have been updated.
- The top panel has a button for switching between editing, reviewing and document viewing modes.
- Changes in the table processor:
- Added the ability to restrict access to a certain range of cells (in ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer, through the “Protection -> Protect Range” dialog, you can allow or prohibit individual users from viewing selected cells containing confidential data).
- The version history panel of the spreadsheet provides highlighting of changes made in the selected version.
- Implemented GETPIVOTDATA and IMPORTRANGE functions.
- Added hints for inserting your own functions.
- Added the ability to copy and move sheets between workbooks opened in the same browser.
- Provided highlighting of row and column numbers for selected cells.
- Added the ability to restrict access to a certain range of cells (in ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer, through the “Protection -> Protect Range” dialog, you can allow or prohibit individual users from viewing selected cells containing confidential data).
- Changes in the presentation editor:
- Added “Slide Master” for quickly changing slides, allowing you to apply certain changes to multiple slides in a presentation at once, without having to repeat the operation on each slide.
- A new sidebar has been implemented with advanced slide background settings.
- An additional bottom panel has been added to the Animation tab, showing all applied effects on the timeline.
- On Linux and Windows platforms, a new interface for playing files with sound and video is used, designed as a panel built into the presentation.
- Added “Slide Master” for quickly changing slides, allowing you to apply certain changes to multiple slides in a presentation at once, without having to repeat the operation on each slide.
- All editors have added support for enabling shadows for inserted shapes, as well as the ability to change the transparency, size, angle and distance of the shadow.
- The set of color schemes has been expanded.
- It is possible to configure the presence of the “Save”, “Print”, “Undo” and “Redo” buttons in the quick launch area in the header.
- The design of interface elements has been changed. For example, the placement of many buttons in the toolbar has been changed.
- IN online library templates, in addition to forms, templates for text documents, spreadsheets and presentations are now available.
- A command line option “–lock-portals” has been added to desktop editors to hide the page for connecting to cloud services, for example, if you plan to work only with local files. To return support for connecting to the cloud, the “–unlock-portals” option is provided.
- An option has been added to the settings to enable/disable hardware acceleration of graphics operations.
- Desktop editors for the Linux platform provide the ability to specify a file name to open from the terminal.
- A button for selecting a local file has been added to the hyperlink insertion dialog.
- Added the ability to use TLS to encrypt the connection to MySQL.
- The ability to change the interface through plugins is provided.
- Fixed 11 vulnerabilities (no CVEs assigned), including buffer overflows when converting EPUB to PDF and ODP to PPTX.
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