A few days ago, the release of the new version of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 6.3 was announced, featuring a server implementation for ONLYOFFICE's online editors and collaboration tools. These editors can be used to work with word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
OnlyOffice claims to be fully compatible with MS Office and OpenDocument formats. Supported formats: DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT, PDF, HTML, EPUB, XPS, DjVu, XLS, XLSX, ODS, CSV, PPT, PPTX, ODP. It is possible to extend the functionality of the editors through plugins, for example there are plugins available to create templates and add YouTube videos.
Main news of ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.3
This new version adds support for interface themes, along with a separate dark and light theme. Themes can be changed via the menu "File -> Advanced Settings -> Interface Theme".
The document editor now has the ability to export to HTML, FB2, and EPUB formats . Indentation settings have been added to the side panel, and a button to wrap text around images has been added to the top panel. Multilevel lists have also been improved.
Document tracking mode was redesigned (Collaboration tab -> Change tracking), added support for writing changes to a file.
In spreadsheets: support was added for the date formats "YYYY-MM-DD" (ISO 8601), mm/dd, mm/dd/yyyy and mm/dd/yy.
Settings were also added to align cells to the sidebar, and support for opening Microsoft Office XML 2003 files was implemented. For pivot tables, operations to create and delete groups were implemented. Support for combo charts was added, chart settings were redesigned, and the ability to set axis labeling was provided.
Slide transparency settings have been added to the presentation editor. Buttons to change the text case and highlight text with color have been added. A button to customize columns has been added to the top panel. The ability to save animations after exporting has been implemented.
Other notable changes include:
- For displays with high pixel density, the interface can be scaled up to 150% (in addition to 100% and 200%). In future updates, they promise to add support for 125% and 175% tiers.
- XLOOKUP function added
- The spell checker has been redesigned in the form of SharedWorker, which runs on the browser side and does not require a separate backend to run on the server.
- Added support for adding files to the "favorites" section directly from edit modes.
- The ability to protect documents, spreadsheets and presentations with a password has been implemented (File tab -> Protect -> Add password).
- Added support for line charts and scatter plots.
- Provided the ability to assign names for anonymous users.
- When opened in Firefox, it supports printing.
- Tooltips have been added with information on macro methods.
In the near future, the ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors product update, built on a single code base with online editors, is expected. For on-premises collaboration, you can also use the Nextcloud Hub platform, which provides full integration with ONLYOFFICE.
How to install ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.3 on Linux?
For those interested in trying this office suite or upgrading their current version to this new one, you can do so by following the steps we share below.
If you are a user of Debian, Ubuntu, or any distribution that supports deb packages, you can download the application package from the terminal using the following command:
wget -O onlyoffice.deb https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/releases/download/v6.3.0/onlyoffice-documentserver_amd64.deb
After downloading, you can install with:
sudo dpkg -i onlyoffice.deb
If you have problems with the dependencies, you can solve them by executing the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt -f install
Installation via RPM package
Finally, for those who are users of RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE or any distribution with support for rpm packages, you should obtain the latest package with the command:
wget -O onlyoffice.rpm https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/releases/download/v6.3.0/onlyoffice-documentserver.x86_64.rpm
Once the download is done, the installation can be done with the following command:
sudo rpm -i onlyoffice.rpm