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Precise Presentation Design: Using Snap to Grid and Align in Collabora Online Impress
Creating professional, engaging presentations has never been easier with Collabora Online Impress. Features like Snap to Grid and Snap to Align empower you to effortlessly format slides and design visually appealing presentations. These small yet powerful tools ensure precise positioning of slide elements, guaranteeing a polished, professional look. This blog…
Interactive Elements: Enhance Your Presentations with Dynamic Interactions
Collabora Online Impress lets you add dynamic interactions to images and objects, transforming static slides into engaging experiences. This powerful feature allows you to guide viewers through your content in a personalized way, catering to their specific interests and keeping their attention. How to Use Interactive Elements Adding interactivity is…
4 More Reasons Impress is the Powerpoint Replacement for You
After our recent post outlining Why Impress is the best PowerPoint Alternative, we’re excited to share yet another reason to release your presentations from their proprietary shackles, into a flexible, open environment. https://youtu.be/U9LzlG207TE Smarter Presentations Building on the success of the Present in Window feature, which allows users to share…
Sign PDFs from Collabora Online, Secure Your Documents Now!
Secure Seamless Signatures TLDR; Collabora Online now supports electronic PDF signing, bringing secure and legally recognized document authentication to your collaborative workflows. We’ve taken a major step forward by integrating eID Easy, enabling Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES)—the strongest form of electronic signatures. Key Benefits of PDF Signing in Collabora Online…
Boost Your Productivity: Top Collaboration Features in Collabora Online
Collaborative working is at the heart of Collabora Online. We’ve packed it with powerful features like Follow the Editor, Track Changes, Comments and flexible Sharing Options to make teamwork smoother and more efficient than ever. These tools ensure keep everyone on the same page (literally!), ensure edits are transparent, and…
What We Achieved Together in 2024
Going into the second decade of our life, we are enjoying the fruits of many years’ hard work, quality partnerships, wonderful customers, and continual improvement. 2024 was a year of great achievement – product enhancements, partnership milestones, new training opportunities, new partnerships, and of course our unwavering commitment to open-source…
How to Use Sparklines in Collabora Online
What are Sparklines? Sparklines are miniature charts that are heavily simplified and typically fit into a line of text or a cell on a spreadsheet. Their first appearances date back to 18th century chivalric novels and the display of barometric signatures of the notorious 19th century Krakatoa eruption. Unlike classic…
Streamlining Comments in Collabora Online
Collabora Online continues to improve its collaborative editing experience with powerful features designed to streamline document review and feedback. In this blog, we’ll explore the latest upgrades to the comment system, enhancing clarity and usability in Writer for teams working with large volumes of comments. From indented comment views and…
How to Track and Manage Changes in Collabora Online
When working on a shared document, tracking changes is essential to ensure smooth collaboration and keep track of the process. Collabora Online’s Track Changes feature allows you to easily record, review, and manage edits made by multiple users. In this article, we will explore how to efficiently track and manage…
How to Use Find and Replace in Collabora Online Writer
Efficient text management is a key part of any word processing workflow, and one of the most powerful tools to help with this is the Find and Replace feature. Whether you’re looking to replace specific words, phrases, or even paragraph styles, Collabora Online Writer has got you covered. In this…
New Features in 2 Weeks? A Success Story of Productive Pivoting Spreadsheets
At Collabora Productivity, we like to be productive by name and by nature. One recent feature fix for Danish insurance company – balticfinance, has shown this to be the case. Ten working days after being requested, the updated pivot table functionality was delivered. Pivot tables are an extremely powerful feature,…
Automatic Document Creation
Responding to the needs of one of our partners, we have created a new API to read and populate fields in documents without the need to open the document. This means that certain fields can either be automatically detected and extracted from a document for an end user to fill…
How to Optimise PDF Exports in Collabora Online
The PDF format, short for Portable Document Format, has become one of the most widely used file types across various industries and for good reason. The consistency of this document format, combined with its universal compatibility, security features, and ease of use, makes it the go-to choice for both professionals…
How to Hide and Group Rows and Columns in Collabora Online Calc Spreadsheets
Hiding rows and columns is an important feature, especially when it comes to handling large amounts of data, allowing you to conveniently tailor your spreadsheets’ layout according to your own needs. In this article, we will walk you through the process of using Collabora’s hiding tools to enhance your data…
Collabora Office 24.04 for Mobile
All the latest features in your pocket Following on from our latest releases for Collabora Online in your browser and Collabora Office for desktop, we are pleased to announce Collabora Office for Android and iOS 24.04 is now available to download. Our mobile apps is built upon the foundations of our…
How to use Find and Replace in Collabora Online Calc Spreadsheets
Find and replace is a powerful tool in Collabora’s Calc spreadsheets. Starting from the Home tab, you can access features such as wildcards, regular expressions, similarity search, formatted display, and many, many more. In this article, we will guide you through the many different ways you can use this feature…
How to Freeze Rows and Columns in Collabora Online Calc Spreadsheets
Freezing rows and columns is an important feature for managing your data, especially if you want to make sure that a certain part of your sheet is always visible. In this article, we will walk you through the process of using Collabora’s freeze feature to enhance your data management skills.…
How to Use Filtering in Collabora Online Calc Spreadsheets
Filtering is an essential tool when handling large amounts of data, allowing you to sort and manage information according to various criteria efficiently. In this article, we will guide you through the process of using Collabora’s filtering features to enhance your data management skills. Understanding the Basics: Auto-Filter The Auto-Filter…
Collabora Office 24.04 is Here, Keeping You Productive on your Desktop and Online
Bringing the latest improvements from your browser to your desktop We are happy to announce the new major release of Collabora Office 24.04. Collabora Office for Linux, Windows and Mac, is the companion desktop application for our browser-based, fully-supported, enterprise-ready office suite – Collabora Online, and also powers our apps…
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger! Collabora Online 24.04 is here with enhanced performance, interoperability, and useability
The annual major release of our flagship product Collabora Online is here Cambridge, 23 May 2024 – We are happy to announce the new major release of Collabora Online 24.04. Collabora Online is our fully-supported enterprise-ready office suite, with millions of supported users globally. Collabora Online is a powerful,…
Introducing CODE 24.04: Enhancing Performance, Interoperability, and Accessibility
Introducing Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) 24.04: Enhancing Performance, Interoperability, and Accessibility Cambridge, 23 April 2024 – We are happy to announce the new major release of Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) 24.04. CODE, the development version of our enterprise-ready office suite, Collabora Online, has over 88 million docker image…
Unlocking Protection with Locked Cells in Collabora Online
Our road map and new feature development is driven by our users, and we’re excited to announce a new feature inspired by a number of our customers, including a French government ministry – the ability to lock and protect individual cells within spreadsheets. This exciting new feature empowers users to…
Collabora Office 23.05.6 Introduces STYLEREF and Advanced Header/Footer Functionality
Our latest and greatest version of Collabora Office is now ready for your document editing needs. Bringing ever-increasing interoperability with Microsoft Office, further advanced options for floating frames, headers and footers, STYLEREF fields and more, your favourite open-source document editor just got better! Support of STYLEREF fields in Writer STYLEREF…
Professional PDF Export Features in Collabora Online
Professional PDF Export Features in Collabora Online PDF, the Portable Document Format, is currently the most important exchange format for finalised documents. Its major advantages include platform independence and consistency in the presentation of content. A significant proportion of the text documents created in Collabora Online (and of course a…
CODE & Collabora Online 23.05.4 Released with New Font and QR Code Features
They say time waits for no man, and that’s certainly the case at Collabora. Our latest update to Collabora Online Development Edition has now been released, with a number of exciting new features and improvements, including font previews, QR and barcode generators, as well as a number of bug fixes…
Six Reasons Why Collabora Online is the Best Microsoft Office Alternative
Microsoft Office has led the office productivity market for many years, but is now no longer the only option for your online document editing. Collabora Online is perfect for businesses who are looking for a modern and secure workspace. Here are six reasons why Collabora Online is the best Microsoft…