IBM Docs V1.0.5
IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Software Announcement ZP13-0699December 17, 2013
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IBM® Docs is a web-based socially enabled online office productivity suite that is designed to help teams more efficiently create, share, edit, and review documents. Think of IBM Docs as an online group pen and paper. Teams can share, create, edit, and review word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation documents together. Or, individuals can work alone, whatever the need calls for. IBM Docs, however, does not have its own filing drawer. Instead, it depends on an existing file repository ( IBM Connections). IBM Docs improves productivity by reducing team collaboration burdens and also helps cut costs by decreasing reliance on desktop software.
IBM Docs integrates with IBM Connections V4.5 and supports both Microsoft™ Office and OpenOffice file formats. With IBM Docs V1.0.5, you can co-edit documents directly from the Apple iPad using IBM Connections Mobile App V4.4. You can also connect the iPad to a projector and play a slide show in full screen while seeing your slides, speaker notes, a timer, and an annotation tool in dual screen mode.
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| Key prerequisites |
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IBM Docs V1.0.5 requires:
- Users have an entitlement to IBM Connections Files
- IBM Connections Files V4.5
Refer to the Hardware requirements section for additional details.
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| Planned availability date |
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December 17, 2013: Electronic availability
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| Description |
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IBM Docs V1.0.5 enhancements
- New mobile option that connects the Apple iPad to a projector so you can play a slide show for your audience in full screen while seeing your slides, speaker notes, a time and an annotation tool in dual screens.
- Spreadsheet performance improvements with improved styling of toolbar and menu layout, more multicolumn operations, .xlsx export, 10k row support, additional formulas, and new preference setting to set .xlsx as default format when creating new spreadsheet.
- Presentation updates include hyperlinks, shape and chart rendering, a new shared slide show mode, .pptx export, and new preference setting to set pptx as default format when creating new presentations.
- Support for SUSE Linux™ Enterprise Server (SLES)
In use cases where real-time collaboration is needed, IBM Docs allows multiple editors to simultaneously co-edit a document. When you need to work on a document together but at different times, IBM Docs supports commenting and discussions, allowing conversations to take place in context. Comments are anchored to the text, spreadsheet cell, or presentation artifact allowing easy navigation to the context of the comment. Comments can be general comments or directed (@userid). IBM Docs gives users the ability to filter comments by author and recipient.
IBM Docs leverages the file management features of IBM Connections Files allowing users to upload and share documents and manage versions so users can always work on the most current version or restore back to a previous version if needed. Furthermore, IBM Docs lets users share online documents with others as readers or editors. Editors have full rights to edit the document with other editors. Readers have the ability to view the most recent version of a document. IBM Docs also leverages the features of IBM Communities so that community documents, including Microsoft Office templates, can be shared or edited within the context of that community.
IBM Docs can be purchased as an add-on for IBM Connections 4.5x customers. IBM Docs can also be purchased by IBM Notes®, Domino®, and Portal customers with Connections Files entitlement.
To ease or facilitate the process of deploying IBM Docs in your organization, you can also purchase services from IBM or an IBM Authorized Reseller.
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| Program number |
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Program VRM Program name number 5725-E22 1.0.5 IBM Docs
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| Offering Information |
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| Publications |
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Specified operating environment
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Packaging
IBM Docs is available via electronic software distribution (ESD).
Security, auditability, and control
The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.
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Product information
Licensed function title Product group Product
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IBM Docs IBM Docs IBM Docs
Program name PID Charge unit
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IBM Docs 5725-E22 PA Per
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IBM Docs
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IBM Docs
IBM Docs per Authorized User Annual SW S&S Rnwl E0CMNLL
IBM Docs per Authorized User Lic + SW S&S 12 Mo D0KXJLL
IBM Docs per Authorized User SW S&S Reinstate 12 Mo D0KXKLL
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Increased uptime: The Electronic Service Agent tool is designed to enhance the Warranty or Maintenance Agreement by providing faster hardware error reporting and uploading system information to IBM Support. This can translate to less wasted time monitoring the symptoms, diagnosing the error, and manually calling IBM Support to open a problem record. Its 24 x 7 monitoring and reporting mean no more dependence on human intervention or off-hours customer personnel when errors are encountered in the middle of the night.
Security: The Electronic Service Agent tool is designed to be secure in monitoring, reporting, and storing the data at IBM. The Electronic Service Agent tool securely transmits either via the Internet (HTTPS or VPN) or modem, and can be configured to communicate securely through gateways to provide customers a single point of exit from their site. Communication is one way. Activating Electronic Service Agent does not enable IBM to call into a customer's system. System inventory information is stored in a secure database, which is protected behind IBM firewalls. It is viewable only by the customer and IBM. The customer's business applications or business data is never transmitted to IBM.
More accurate reporting: Since system information and error logs are automatically uploaded to the IBM Support center in conjunction with the service request, customers are not required to find and send system information, decreasing the risk of misreported or misdiagnosed errors. Once inside IBM, problem error data is run through a data knowledge management system and knowledge articles are appended to the problem record.
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