The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 7.2.0 has been published, implementing a server for the ONLYOFFICE online editors and facilitating collaborative work. The editors can be used to work with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The project code is distributed under the AGPLv3 open license.
Simultaneously, the product release of ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 7.2 has been formed, built on a unified code base with the online editors. The desktop editors are offered as desktop applications, written in JavaScript using web technologies, but they combine client and server components in one package, designed for self-sufficient use on the user's local system without external service calls. The Nextcloud Hub platform can also be used for collaborative work, providing full integration with ONLYOFFICE. Ready-made builds have been created for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
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. The functionality of the editors can be extended through plugins, for instance, plugins for creating templates and adding videos from YouTube are available. Pre-built packages are available for Windows and Linux (deb and rpm packages).
Key innovations:
- Warning requesting user permission when executing macro requests (fix for CVE-2021-43446)
- Vector printing of text if there are no gradient fills on the page
- Minimum window size removed
- Buttons on the toolbar have been reduced by moving text
- "Dark Contrast" and "System" interface themes
- Updated behavior of icons on the toolbar
- Updated the "Additional Settings" page
- Changed the color selection component
- Added the option to disable the alternative menu call in the editors
- Completely redesigned the search window in the editors
- Hotkeys for "Special Paste" added
- Added "Cut" and "Select All" buttons on the main toolbar next to "Copy" and "Paste"
- Significantly improved work with text and fonts, and added support for languages such as Bengali and Sinhalese (only in document and presentation editors)
- Added ligature settings
- Implemented the ability to insert spreadsheets as OLE objects
- Added the ability to choose an image as a bullet for the list
- Significantly improved display of files in "EMF" and "WMF" formats
- Implemented removal of headers via the toolbar
- Added a button to include the current heading in the table of contents
- A warning has been added when updating the table of contents if it is not present in the document
- The navigation panel has been renamed to "Headings"
- Significant improvements have been made to the conversions of "PDF", "DjVu", and "XPS" to "DOCX"
- The ability to use Greek characters in numbered lists has been added upon opening
- The chart settings now include the option to "Switch Row/Column"
- Row numbers are now highlighted when filtering data
- The "First Page" and "Last Page" buttons have been removed from the status bar
- The selection of the copied range has been implemented
- A setting to disable "Automatically adjust column width on update" has been added
- A setting for the 1904 date system has been introduced
- Motion animation "Custom Path" has been added
- A new "Position" tab for graphic objects has been added
- VLC libraries have been added for video and audio playback
- A search window has been added
- The cell width setting for forms with the "Combine Characters" option enabled has been implemented
- Tag setting for fields has been added
- New settings for "Format" and "Allowed Characters" for fields
- New input fields for "Phone Number", "Email Address", and "Compound Field" have been added
Source: opennet.ru
