ONLYOFFICE 8.1 released

-New Features

• Switching to the creating forms in the PDF format
• Added the ability to disable the Connect to cloud page via the --lock-portals key
• Added a window to restart the application if the settings marked with the asterisk are applied (Windows, Linux)
• Added the Use graphics acceleration option to the application settings
• Added the progress of unpacking downloaded update to the About page (Windows)
• Added the ability to open a file by specifying its name in the terminal (Linux)
• Updated images for the error pages
• Added the translation into Serbian (sr-Latn-RS, Serbian (Latin, Serbia and Montenegro))
• Added a button to select a local file in the hyperlink insertion dialog window
• Changes in program interface: manageable functional buttons, Replace button is now on the Home tab, Copy style, Clear style, Select all
• Autoshape shadowing settings
• Updated the set of color themes available in editors
• Added internal help in Portuguese (pt-BR)
• Added Arabic to all regional settings
• Added a title and a button to close the panel to the Chat panel

Document Editor

• New button on the top toolbar for changing document editing mode: Editing, Reviewing, Viewing
• Added tooltips for new or updated functionality (displayed when loading the editor or when switching to the corresponding tab)
• Implemented the ability to set the format for page numbering
• Added support for the page color
• Updated built-in paragraph styles
• New items in the indents menu for opening the right panel and managing paragraph indents, the ability to manage paragraph indents via the top toolbar
• Color theme button is now on the Layout tab
• Mail merge button is now on the Collaboration tab
• Line spacing options updated
• Improved work of the algorithm for displaying numbers and punctuation in Arabic text for the Neutral and Weak classes
• Improved fitting for paragraphs with main RTL direction

Spreadsheet Editor

• New languages added: ligature support
• Selected cells are highlighted on their respective row/column numbers
• New functions: GETPIVOTDATA, IMPORTRANGE
• New function category: Custom based on jsdoc
• Version history update: edited cells are highlighted
• Users get custom protected range cells viewing rights
• Implemented the ability to copy/move sheets between opened books
• Changed the appearance of the sheet list in the embedded viewer in accordance with the styles of the main spreadsheet editor

Presentation Editor

• New slide settings on the right panel: show background graphics, reset background to the theme background, apply settings to all slides
• Added Animation pane
• Added a mode for editing master slides and templates
• Updated the player interface for playing audio/video files (Windows and Linux)

Forms

• When adding a fixed form, now it is inserted without wrapping in front of the text
• The color of the Picture placeholder corresponds to the color of the role for this form
• The thickness of the frame for required fields is now 2 px with any zoom
• Added a button to switch to the editing mode (similar to the button in the editor header) for forms opened in the View or Fill forms mode

PDF Editor

• Added buttons for switching editing/viewing (annotations) modes to the toolbar and the editor header
• Added tooltips for new or updated functionality (displayed when loading the editor or when switching to the corresponding tab)
• In the Edit mode, it's possible to add various objects (using the Home and Insert tabs) and configure them using the right panel and context menu
• Added the ability to add, delete or rotate pages using the context menu and the toolbar
• Added a mini toolbar for adding annotations when selecting text

Fixes Security

• Fixed vulnerabilities in the PtgName::assemble, PtgNameX::assemble, PtgParen::assemble, PtgRef3d::assemble, PtgList::assemble and PtgArea3d::assemble methods which cause crash when converting XLS to XLSX
• Fixed the vulnerability in the CDataStream::ReadEmrTextBase method which causes crash when converting ODP to PDF
• Fixed the vulnerability in the GlobalsSubstream::UpdateDefineNames method which causes crash when converting XLS to XLSX
• Fixed the vulnerability in the WorkBookStream::UpdateXti, WorkBookStream::UpdateXti, methods which causes crash when converting XLS to XLSX
• Fixed Heap Buffer Overflow when converting EPUB to PDF
• Fixed the vulnerability in the CPPTUserInfo::LoadExternal method which allows writing a file to a folder with restricted access when converting PPT to PPTX
• Fixed vulnerabilities which allow reading data from a third-party file when converting OOXML to ODF and vice versa
• Fixed Heap Buffer Overflow in the CSvmFile::Read_META_BMP method when converting ODP to PPTX