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OnlyOffice 9.0.0

OnlyOffice Desktop Editors is an open-source office suite distributed under AGPL v.3 that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit documents stored on your computer. The application does not require constant connection to the Internet and allows youto create, edit, save and export text, spreadsheet and presentation documents. It is fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx.

One pack - five editors - multiple features

  • Create, view and edit text documents, spreadsheets and presentations of any size and complexity. Work on documents of most popular formats: DOCX, ODT, XLSX, PDF, ODS, CSV, PPTX, ODP, etc. Deal with multiple files within one and the same window thanks to the tab-based user interface. Highest compatibility with Microsoft Office formats.

Real-time collaboration within your favorite cloud

  • Connect ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors to the cloud platform of your choice: ONLYOFFICE, Nextcloud or ownCloud to collaborate on documents with your team - co-edit in real time, review, comment and interact using chat.

Extending your editing capabilities

  • Take the most of your editing with the collection of third-party plugins. Insert a YouTube video, add special symbols or a ClipArt object, automatically translate any word or sentence, highlight code, etc. Do even more! Create your own plugin using the API documentation and ready-to-use examples available on GitHub.

OnlyOffice key features:

  • View, edit, and collaborate on docs, sheets, slides
  • Build fillable PDF forms and fill them in online
  • Read and edit PDFs, export/import to/from PDF
  • Convert docs to Markdown and HTML
  • Turn your textbooks into e-books
  • Generate texts with the AI helper

OnlyOffice 9.0 changelog:

New features

All Editors

  • Redesigned interface of the main application window
  • Added new interface themes: Modern Light and Modern Dark
  • Added saving of the last selected languages in spellcheck lists
  • Added Arabic spellcheck dictionary used in sixteen dialects
  • Added AI-powered macro generation from descriptions and VBA-to-JavaScript conversion
  • Added the interface translation into Urdu (ur-PK, Urdu (Pakistan))
  • Added support for TextArt text settings inside chart labels
  • Added support for drawing the Up/Down Bars chart elements
  • Merged local and cloud template lists into a unified view
  • The list of templates is now processed on the client side, not on the server
  • The installed system languages are now displayed at the top of the text/document/dictionary list
  • Added a contrast-reducing effect for control buttons in inactive windows
  • Added the option to select a printer in the print preview menu
  • The Print using the system dialog option has been added to the print preview menu
  • The ability to configure format associations for modern Windows OS in the EXE package installation wizard has been unlocked

Document Editor

  • Added correct display of previews for paragraph numbers for RTL
  • Improved positioning and settings of TextArt for RTL
  • Improved drawing of borders and fill for paragraphs with RTL direction
  • Enabled accurate cursor navigation with arrow keys based on the paragraph's text direction
  • Added the ability to display numbers using Hindi digits
  • Added a setting in the File menu for selecting the preferred font size: Western/Chinese for the Chinese interface language (Chinese (Simplified))
  • Added a Borders button to the Home toolbar to quickly set paragraph settings
  • Added support for the MD format for reading

Spreadsheet Editor

  • Added support for displaying bidirectional text
  • Added the ability to select external data from another spreadsheet

Presentation Editor

  • Added the ability to set the paragraph direction (Text Direction > RTL) on the toolbar and in the advanced settings
  • Added the ability to view animations with text
  • Added the "Preserve" option to the Slide Master context menu

Forms

  • Changed the appearance of the Signature and Image fields: the placeholder and signature icon are now always displayed
  • Improved user experience when filling in the Signature and Image fields
  • Added a new "type": "signature" for the Signature field, used in the process of filling out forms

PDF Editor

  • Added the ability to set RTL direction for text
  • The Edit Text option is available in the Community Edition build
  • Implemented a PDF form editor
  • Added copying pages between PDF files

Diagrams

  • Release of the first version of the Diagram Viewer with the ability to open VSDX files for viewing

Convert

  • Added conversion of the XLSB format to the editor's internal format, allowing editing and saving in XLSX without preliminary conversion