Connections Cloud Docs has been upgraded last weekend.  The highlights are:

20 simultaneous co-editors, 50M Presentation file size support, Data validation and 3-D formula reference in Spreadsheet editor, Orphan paragraph control in Document editor

Here is the complete list of changes:

Common services:

• The maximum number of co-editors in a co-editing session is increased from 10 to 20. You can share a file with as many editors as you want, but only 20 editors can co-edit the file at the same time.
• When opening a file that exceeds the file limitation, the warning message will show precise reasons, letting users know what exactly the cause is.

Documents editor:

• In co-editing, you can hover over an editor’s underlined changes to display his or her name.  
• Enabled Orphan and Widow paragraph control, where you can access from the Format > Paragraph Properties menu.

Presentations editor:

• The presentation file size limitation is increased from 30MB to 50MB.
• In .pptx files, you can set line type and line weight for shapes. You can also set line endpoints for arrows and lines.         

Spreadsheets editor:

• You can create and edit data validation.
• You can copy images form external applications and then paste into spreadsheets editor in Firefox and Internet Explorer 11.
• Enabled 3D reference formula.
• You can drag images from desktop and drop them into spreadsheets.

File Viewer:

• The presentation file size limitation that can be viewed is increased to from 30MB to 50MB.
• The formula with 3-D reference can be correctly calculated in Viewer

If you are using IBMs Cloud for Social Business: The Docs team has upgraded IBM Connections Docs in the cloud with the latest new functions for you to check out:

What’s new in SmartCloud August:
Documents editor:

• Personalized cursors show who is editing the document and where they are in it.

Presentations editor:

• You can set transparency for images, shapes, and text boxes in .pptx files.
  • For shapes and text boxes, you can adjust transparency in the color palette.
  • For an image, click Format > Image Opacity.
• You can select three or more objects and then evenly distribute them, vertically or horizontally.