Release note V6.8.39 - 11/09/2023

New Features:

• Footnotes in PowerPoint are now generally available.
• Same UI as the library for the dynamic libraries: help the support to better understand why a user do not have access to the dynamic library
• Add "S" icon on the top right corner of the preview when a slide is the source of multiple slides

Bugs:

• In PowerPoint, users can now update Excel links in grouped shapes and view them in Update All or in the Excel Link Manager.
• Users already logged in no longer see a second authentication prompt when UpSlide is opened.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.38 - 28/08/2023

New Features:

Preview: 

• Footnotes: when customizing the footnote section (the area containing footnotes), users have a "Line break" option to return to the line each time a new footnote is inserted.
• Excel Link Manager: The wording of Excel link update issues (no source, multiple sources, outdated source) has been revised and simplified for greater clarity.

Bugs:

• Opening Send and Finalize with no slides selected no longer results in an error message: if no slides are selected, Send and Finalize will open with "Full presentation" selected by default and the "Selected slides" option disabled.
•   Fake dependent slide found when an admin click on the view-dependent slide button

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.37 - 14/08/2023

New Features:

• Custom borders in Excel:
  • a setting has been defined so users can choose to override or not existing borders when applying an UpSlide custom border
  • If the setting is off, applying a custom border no longer overrides existing borders unless there is an overlap (e.g. If the border style impacts only the top border, only the top border should be applied without overriding the rest). 
• Users now have a shortcut for the "Clear Format" feature in Excel.
• Table of Contents section has been renamed Refrences.
• Outlook Signatures: the pane has been redesigned.
• Outlook Signatures: Users can choose the signature to apply to their current emails.
• Outlook Signatures: Administrators can deactivate the ability for the user to edit their personal information.

Bugs:

• When saving a presentation as PDF with a long name impossible to delete the document 

Preview: 

• Footnotes:
  • users can insert footnotes into their PowerPoint presentations, either via the "Insert" drop-down menu in the References section, or via the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + F (can be modified).
  • if footnotes are deleted, users can update the numbering of their footnotes using the Refresh drop-down menu in the References section.
  • Users have the ability to personalize the shape and formatting of the footnote section (the area containing footnotes) through a dedicated pane. The footnote section is an integral part of the template and becomes accessible to users once the template is published.

Internal preview:

• Administrators can identify the dependent slides of a source slide.

Bugs:

• Users can now correctly apply line styles in Excel. Current formatting will not be preserved.
• Finalize: Fixed UI issue preventing long-named PDF files to be deleted.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.36 - 31/07/2023

New Features:

• Users can now break one or several Excel links in PowerPoint.
• Users can reset Smart Painter properties to be applied with a single click.
• Users will receive an error message when attempting to use shortcuts to launch features not enabled outside the PowerPoint normal view.
• Admins can identify a source slide from a linked deck.
• Users can add several sections at once

Bugs:

• Fixed pixelation issues when inserting background images in PowerPoint using the "Insert & Resize" feature.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.35 - 17/07/2023

New Features:

• The Clean feature now works for files stored on SharePoint, in addition to files stored locally or on OneDrive.
• The Clean feature now works for binary Excel files (.xlsb).
• Users can now create Excel links even from an unsaved Excel workbook, thanks to integrated workbook save flow.

Public Preview:

• Excel Link Manager: Users can now view problematic links grouped by issue type (no source, multiple sources, outdated sources)

Bugs:

• SmartFormat: charts with markers are now properly formatted

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.34 - 03/07/2023

New Features:

• Library access: new users can send a request asking to their admin to give them access to the libraries

Internal preview:

• Footnotes: users can define a custom footnote (shape, formatting, position, etc.) for each PowerPoint template.  
• Excel Link: users can update Excel tables exported as editable tables in PowerPoint while preserving the formatting applied in PowerPoint.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.33 - 19/06/2023

New Features:

• Send & Finalize: users can now check an option to remove notes and comments.
• Excel Link Manager can be accessed by users who activate the preview mode.
• Users can now request to activate their license directly from the product without having to ask to the support team or to find internally the admin in charge.
• Power BI Link: cropped page exports are now lighter.
• Activation License: new users can send a request asking to their admin to activate their license in the portal

Internal preview:

• Footnotes: users can create and update footnotes in PowerPoint. 

Bugs:

• Dynamic Library preferences are now stored in a user folder.
• Numbered subsections in unnumbered appendix are now displayed with their numbers.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.32 - 05/06/2023

New Features:

• Swap features: a uniform error message is now displayed when Swap shortcuts are launched in the absence of a selection of 2 shapes.
• Admins are now able to set up a TOC with Arabic numbers for sections and Roman for subsections.
• UX improvements: Users can now configure automated footers content with tags

Internal preview:

• Internal preview:

  • Proof of concept for exporting an Excel table as an editable table in PowerPoint.

Bugs:

• Hide/Unhide text links button in PowerPoint switches according to the state of text links (hidden / unhidden).
• Publication description does not allow special characters.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.31 - 22/05/2023

New Features:

• Images are no longer distorted when inserted from the library using the "Insert and resize" feature.
• Admins are now able to add a 0 before the section number only from 1 to 9.
• Power BI link: Users can choose the export language.

Preview

• Admins can now see the deleted templates in the publish windows.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.30 - 09/05/2023

New Features:

• Swap text: users can now swap text between shapes. Swapped texts take the formatting of the destination shape.
• Admins can now customize their breadcrumbs among a list of existing text variables.
• Power BI link: visual quality and export timeout can now be configured. Ask the support team if you need to edit them.

Preview (limited to internal users)

• Admins can now identify newly added/edited/moved templates that are ready to be published with a red dot.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.29 - 24/04/2023

New Features:

• Number Format Dropdown: preview is now be based on what is defined in the Excel theme and can be customized.
• The sample table styles that a user can insert from the Tables drop-down list now have 5 rows and 4 columns instead of 4 rows and 3 columns to better illustrate table styles with banded rows.
• Publish button is disabled if no change has been detected.

Preview (limited to internal users):

• Excel Link Manager: pane with top-notch UI/UX to overview, navigate and update Excel links sorted by slide and by workbook, intended to replace the Update All feature:
  • Users can now update links and resolve issues (no source, multiple sources, outdated source) from the pane using the link information window.

Bugs:

• Users can cycle through the Title, Item and Result styles separately using their respective shortcuts, instead of all Line Styles at once (bug introduced in 6.8.26 and fixed in 6.8.27).
• Updating in PowerPoint an exported range containing hidden cells with the advanced export "preserve cell visibility" option no longer generates an exception (bug fixed in 6.8.28).
• Power BI link: Updating the links of a presentation is not disturbed anymore when the focus is on another presentation.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.28 - 11/04/2023

New Features:

• The 'Insert and Resize' option in the Library can be used in two ways:
  • A shape is selected: the image is resized to fit the shape and sent to the back,
  • Nothing is selected: the image is inserted as the background of the slide.
• Dynamic Library: the format name can now fit on two lines instead of one and a tooltip gives the full name on hover.
• "New templates and styles" toaster is now also displayed after manual installation

Preview (limited to internal users)

• Admin can now publish their changes directly from the manage templates window

Bugs:

• We have identified and corrected some inconsistencies in the shortcuts available for each of the UpSlide offerings.
• Clicking Update after making a selection of shapes containing text links on the one hand, and other image and text links not included in shapes on the other, will correctly update all XL links in the selection.
• Create a new style feature or duplicate a style in Excel no longer crashes Excel (v 6.8.20.1)

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.27 - 27/03/2023

New Features:

• As in PowerPoint, text links to Excel are highlighted by default in Word, and a button on the ribbon allows users to hide/unhide them.
• The F4 key reapplies any UpSlide formatting action in Excel.
• Slide Converter: After conversion, the font size is rounded to the nearest integer (e.g. 10.3 becomes 10 / 10.8 becomes 11).
• Dynamic Library files can now be stored in SharePoint in .txt format in addition to .json.
• A setting has been defined at the account level to allow the download of new versions of UpSlide without using the BITS service.

Preview (limited to internal users)

• Admins can share templates with specific user groups: templates are stored in the library but accessible directly from the templates dropdown
• Admins can manage their templates and move them to different locations

Bugs:

• Opening the Dynamic Library in a presentation without slides no longer generates an error message.
• Power BI authentication window now shows up on top.
• Updating Power BI page exports is now faster.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.26 - 13/03/2023

New Features:

Preview (limited to internal users)

• Excel Link Manager: pane with top-notch UI/UX to overview, navigate and update Excel links sorted by slide and by workbook/worksheet, intended to replace the Update All feature:
  • In addition to the Slide view, there is now a view to display links sorted by workbook/worksheet

Bugs:

• Slide Check is no more interrupted in the presence of Thinkcell shapes.
• Skip slide numbers on hidden slides: the feature takes into account the pagination start number

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.25 - 27/02/2023

New Features:

• Excel Link: when exporting a single cell with a shape selected in Word, the user can choose to create either an image or a text link. The text link created in this case replaces the existing text in the shape.
• There is now an UpSlide setting at the account level to disable the automatic display of the native Design Ideas feature.

Bugs:

• Updating a formatted text link no longer duplicates it.
• Slide Check is no more interrupted even if one or more checks throw an exception.
• Line Styles: Clear Format works as expected and clear all formatting.
• HTML parsing: first item of a bullet point list is now well imported as a bullet point

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.24 - 13/02/2023

New Features:

• The slope of the CAGR arrow follows the data series (it still comes flat for waterfalls and stacked waterfalls).
• Excel Link Contextual Menu: end-users can now create Excel links through the contextual menu even when copying/pasting from an unsaved Excel workbook, as we have integrated the workbook save into the flow.
• Admins can now restore the last version of a selected templates.

Preview (limited to internal users)

• Excel Link Manager: pane with top-notch UI/UX to overview, navigate and update Excel links sorted by slide and by workbook, intended to replace the Update All feature:
  • By opening the XL Link Manager, the user can see the links grouped by slide,
  • Adding, deleting, moving a slide, or editing a slide title is automatically reflected in the pane,
  • Adding/deleting links is reflected in the pane after pressing the refresh button.

Bugs:

• Using F4 to reapply an UpSlide custom color no longer leaves a copy indicator on the cell.

• End-users see numbered sections and subsections displayed in accordance to current options.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.23 - 30/01/2023

New Features:

• When selecting an XL image link, a contextual menu (prompt) in PowerPoint appears, allowing users to identify it and perform actions (update, go to source, etc.) without having to go to the ribbon.
• A new option to configure the UpSlide tab shortcut is now available in the Ctrl+Shift+X menu.
• Power BI Link - You can select and unselect all visuals in one click when you edit the slicers.
• Admins can now easily import and deploy a new version of templates & styles shared by their consultants.

Preview (limited to internal users)

• Excel Link Contextual Menu in Word: It appears upon copying and pasting an Excel object (tables and charts) so that users can create an Excel link.

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.22 - 16/01/2023

New Features:

• Dynamic libraries: Dynamic Library can parse HTML language (only for admins)

Bugs:

• The Clean and Prepare features now work for files stored on OneDrive in addition to locally stored files
• Applying a custom background color to a chart works properly (bug introduced in 6.8.21.0 and fixed in 6.8.21.1)
• Cycling too quickly through custom background colours with CTRL + SHIFT + C works properly and is no longer interrupted by a dialogue box (bug introduced in 6.8.21.0 and fixed in 6.8.21.1)
• Slide Converter: migration of slides from a presentation without sub-section dividers (but which may have them) to a presentation with sub-section dividers works properly (and no longer gives empty sub-section dividers in the destination presentation)

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.21 - 02/01/2023

New Features:

Internal preview:

• The CAGR arrow follows the trend of the chart (up, down) instead of a flat line
• Hiding section dividers: End-users can now hide section dividers slides (not delete them)
• Pagination: End-users can now skip hidden slides in the pagination
• Restore last publish: Admins can restore the last published customisation

Bugs:

• Clicking F4 after applying a custom background colour reapplies that colour instead of cycling through the colours

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.20 - 19/12/2022

New Features:

• Workbook Explorer: once opened, the pane receives focus and the user can start navigating without the need for a mouse
• Admins can now set gap width and series overlap for regular and waterfall graphics, so that they are applied automatically by end users througt the Smart Format

Internal preview:

• A new contextual menu allows users to identify UpSlide image links and perform actions (update, go to source, etc.) without having to go to the ribbon

Bugs:

• The performance of Hide Text Exports feature has been significantly improved

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.19 - 05/12/2022

New Features:

• Excel Link Contextual menu is now generally available. As a reminder, it appears when pasting an Excel object (single cells, tables and charts) into PowerPoint so that users can create an Excel link.
• Excel Link Contextual menu: an onboarding message will be displayed the first time end-users copy an Excel object into PowerPoint.
• Slide Converter+, which was under development and limited to internal preview, is now generally available via a button in the Content group of the UpSlide ribbon and replaces the former Slide Converter, which is no longer available.

Preview mode only:

• Preview button: Admins can see their agenda changes in a separate window

N.B.: Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.18 - 21/11/2022*

New Features:

• Table Styles: if nothing is selected, clicking on a preview in the Table Styles drop-down list inserts a formatted table of standard dimensions (4 rows, 3 columns)
• The CAGR arrow can now be removed with a single click
• Dynamic Library: info card window is now limited in height to avoid spillover onto other screens

Preview mode only:

• Agenda setup Wizard: Admins can now pick up the design from an open presentation

Dates are the beta releases – most clients receive the update approx. two weeks after the date indicated.

Release note V6.8.17 - 07/11/2022

New Features:

• Slide Converter: a new version is available in the Content group of the Upslide ribbon.
• Excel Link: when exporting a single cell with a shape selected in PowerPoint, the user can choose to create either an image or a text link. The text link created in this case replaces the existing text in the shape.
• Users can now use the F4 button to replicate the application of Upslide custom background colours in Excel.

Preview mode only:

• Agenda options: Admins can customize the Agenda through Options
• Manage templates: Admins can add/edit/delete their static templates

Release note V6.8.16 - 24/10/2022

New Features:

• Finalize & Send: new option to add PDF documents to the final PDF presentation.
• Dynamic Libraries: users can now save a search and use it later.
• Power BI Link: The possible values for slicers are now available in the update pane
  • Ability to select multiple values through a list, exactly as in Power BI
  • Ability to add a value manually in case the value is not displayed in the list

Preview mode only:

• Slide Converter+ (internal): Implementation of a new algorithm to match layouts based on their content.
• Agenda setup Wizard: Admin can setup the agenda on their own and choose between two templates

Release note V6.8.15.0 - 10/10/2022

New Features:

• Excel formatting: By hovering over a custom background color, end users can see its HTML code.

Internal preview only:

• Slide Converter+: Option descriptions have been reworded and the "Auto-Fill placeholders" option has been made a default operation.

Release note V6.8.14.0 - 26/09/2022

New Features:

Internal preview only:

• Excel link contextual menu: In PowerPoint, clicking on the contextual menu after copying a single cell with a shape selected replaces the original text and creates a text link from the pasted text.
• Slide Converter+: The conversion of bullet styles no longer overrides the "Convert Fonts" and "Freeze Colors" options. 

Bug Fixes:

• Dynamic Library: Significant improvement in performance following a performance degradation reported by a client (fixed in 6.8.13.5).
• Old tombstones module filters are displayed again (bug introduced in 6.8.12 and fixed in 6.8.13.5).

Release note V6.8.13.0 - 29/08/2022

New Features:

• Dynamic Library: Filters dropdowns are now searchable and users can see the selected values in a combobox.
• Excel Table of Content: End-users have the possibility to reference a sheet heading cell to display it in the table of contents with the sheet names.

Bug Fixes:

• Slide Converter: No Fill is converted to No Fill.

Release note V6.8.12.0 - 15/08/2022

New Features:

• Dynamic Library: For dates and doubles fields, slicers have been replaced by much more usable inputs boxes.
• Table of Contents: When created, sections/sub-sections will be given default names that can be changed by end users.
• Library / UI enhancements: Each item in the library has a toolbar at its bottom, which allows end-users to navigate the item and access the different actions they can perform on it.
• Slide Converter: Options have been added in the user settings instead of being serialized, thus simplifying adding/removing options in the future.

Internal preview only

• Slide Converter+:
  • Bullet conversion has been improved to reflect bullet hierarchy in the source presentation. Besides, bullets in grouped shapes are now converted.
  • Margins conversion has been disabled for layout placeholders.
  • Recoloring tool: The colours selected in the source and destination colour drop-downs are highlighted as in the native colour drop-down lists.

Release note V6.8.11.0 - 01/08/2022

New Features:

• Dynamic Library: Introduction of an "Apply" button to retrieve search results instead of retrieving them after each filter change to avoid performance problems.
• Excel link toasters: Both success toasters for creating and updating a link have the "Do not display again" checkbox.

Internal preview only:

• Slide Converter+:
  • Users can convert to third-party presentations other than Upslide templates.
  • Recoloring tool:
    • End users now have a tooltip containing the HTML colour codes when hovering over the colours in the source colour picker.
    • If there is no text, the recoloring tool does not detect the font color of a shape. In addition, it is now able to detect multiple font colors in the same shape.
• Excel link context menu: When a user pastes a single Excel cell into a text selection in PowerPoint, the context menu appears right next to their text cursor.

Release note V6.8.10.0 - 18/07/2022

New Features:

• Dynamic Library: Filters (not filter values) and the sort order defined by users are saved between sessions.
• Dynamic Library: The logs mention the letter of the column in addition to the number of the line where the error occurs.
• Excel Link: When exporting to Word, the exported image is automatically resized to fit the page width while preserving width to height ratio.
• Excel Link - Update All: End-users now have the ability to resize columns in the Update All interface.

Internal Preview only:

• Excel link context menu: In addition to linking tables and charts, it is now possible to create text links upon copying and pasting a single Excel cell into a PowerPoint shape.

Bug Fixes:

• Dynamic library: The alphabetical order of the values in the drop-down filters is no longer lost after they are reset.
• For all new accounts, the Print option Scale to Fit Paper is no longer automatically on for UpSlide presentation. Users can enable it through PowerPoint options [V6.8.9.2].

Release note V6.8.9.0 - 04/07/2022

New Features:

• The Table Styles contextual menu is displayed when end-users select a table and allows them to apply predefined table styles.
• Excel link: a success toaster is displayed each time a user creates a link.
• Settings: the users can force the update to the latest version of UpSlide.

Internal Preview only:

• Slide Converter+:
  • The Conversion tools pane has been finalized and contains two tabs to fine-tune layouts and colors.
  • A wait window is displayed during the conversion.
  • When converting to an UpSlide template, the destination presentation doesn’t have any default slides.

Bug Fixes:

• Adding a new section no longer triggers the Refresh Agenda wait window.
• Agenda recovery is now possible even if there are only dynamic templates.

Release note V6.8.8.0 - 20/06/2022

New Features:

• Table Styles: Bold, italic and underlined text formatting is preserved when a table style is applied. However, when a table style implies the application of bold, italic or underlined text formatting, this property no longer holds.

Internal Preview only:

• Slide Converter+: In addition to static Upslide templates (V6.8.7), users can also convert their slides to a dynamic Upslide template to choose from a drop-down list.
• Excel Link Contextual Menu: It appears upon copying and pasting an Excel object (tables and charts) into PowerPoint so that users can create an Excel link.

Bug Fixes:

• Table styles: The relative heights of the rows are no longer taken into account when applying a table style.

Release note V6.8.7.0 - 07/06/2022

New Features:

• Excel Link: When AutoSave is enabled, users no longer receive a warning to save the Excel file after an export.

Internal Preview only:

• Slide Converter+:
  • Users can convert their slides to an Upslide template to choose from a drop-down list, eliminating the need to open a presentation first.
  • Once the slides are converted, a success toaster appears in the destination presentation and prompts the user to open the Conversion Tools pane to fine-tune layouts and colors.
  • The options have been separated from the main flow and are now accessible and configurable in a dedicated settings tab.

Bug Fixes:

• Excel Link: due to latency issues, the default use of “Microsoft Print to PDF” printer for exports and updates to avoid image quality issues (V6.8.4), has been rolled back.
• Closing and reopening PowerPoint while the library is loading no longer prevents it from synchronizing and no longer triggers an error message.
• Saving a presentation with breadcrumbs containing alt text to PDF using the Finalize feature no longer triggers an error message if the table of contents is refreshed.
• The Send feature in Excel no longer triggers an unnecessary error message.

Release note V6.8.6.0 - 23/05/2022

New Features:

• Paragraph Styles: it is now possible to apply them to text containing hyperlinks.
• Slide Check: Slide Master paragraph styles that are not in the custom layout no longer trigger a warning.
• The reactivation service doesn’t reactivate UpSlide if it has been manually disabled.

Internal Preview only:

• Recoloring tool: In addition to the theme colors, custom colors have been added to the destination color picker.
• Proof of concept: create an Excel Link upon copying/pasting an Excel object in PowerPoint.

Bug Fixes:

• Excel Link - Exported chart is blank: The Support team can now change an Account setting to fix the issue.
• When opening large csv files, Excel could sometimes fail to load the last lines. It is now possible to disable some of UpSlide functionalities to avoid this.
• Dynamic Library: The Open Settings button works and redirects to the Library tab of the Settings interface.

Release note V6.8.5.0 - 09/05/2022

New Features:

• Excel Link/Update All: Removal of an unnecessary and untimely information message triggered after clicking on Open Source.
• Excel link: The success message triggered after updating a link has been replaced by a success toaster (V6.8.4.0).

Internal Preview only:

• New design of the Table Styles context window, which allows end-users to display and apply predefined table styles when selecting a table. End-users also have the option to disable it.
• Slide Converter paragraph conversion: bullet styles are now converted to match the destination template.

Bug Fixes:

• Arrange pane is now scrollable.
• Dynamic library now support variables in the path.
• Clicking the cross to exit the Publish window cancels the publication.

Release note V6.8.4.0 - 25/04/2022

New Features:

• Paragraph Styles: End users can preview and apply styles containing bold, italic and underline formatting. For paragraph styles that do not contain bold, italic or underline formatting, these attributes are preserved (V6.8.3).
• Excel Link: When the user chooses the “As shown when printed” in Export Settings, exports and updates are made using the "Microsoft Print to PDF”.
• Library notifications: Administrators only see notifications for libraries to which they have write access.
• Library notifications: A notification deleted in one Office application (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) is deleted in the other Office applications when the library is restarted.

Internal Preview only:

• Slide Converter+: replicates the current feature and will include all the improvements to be tested.
• Slide Converter margin conversion: the margins of the shapes and text boxes are now adjusted to match the margins of the shapes and text boxes of the destination template, respectively.”
• Recoloring tool: Choosing a fill, outline or font color from the original color drop-down list activates the fill, outline or font respectively in the options.

Bug Fixes:

• Excel Smart Format: The labels on the Y axis do not have a background.
• Finalize: All links are broken at the same time when the "Break Excel Links" option is selected.
• Smart Painter: the formatting of the reference headshot shape is applied to the other headshots without duplicating it (this is now possible by disabling the "All formatting" option for the dynamic library items).

Release note V6.8.3.0 - 11/04/2022

New Features:

• Power BI to Word link is now generally available.
• PowerPoint Table Styles feature is now generally available.
• Publish button is now available directly in the ribbon for administrators.
• PowerPoint formatting features (Shape, Paragraph and Table buttons): end-users will now be prompted with an onboarding window the first time they click on a table or on a shape.
• Paragraph Styles: preview is now compatible with numbered paragraphs.
• Excel Link to PowerPoint/Word: improved warning when a source file is closed without save after export.
• Internal Preview only - Recolouring tool: end-users can now replace fill, outline and font colors through a new interface.
• Internal Preview only - Table Styles context window: shows available table styles when you select a table.
• Template Manager: Integrators now have a button to replace a template with the active presentation.
• Internal preview - Agenda design: first version of a new window to edit the agenda design directly in the slide master.
• Import Excel styles button: Integrators receive a toaster once Excel table styles have been successfully imported.

Bug Fixes:

• Settings/Templates&Styles/Published content location: fixed DPI issues.
• Dynamic Library: double-clicking on tombstones inserts them correctly.

v6.8.2.0 - 24/03/2022

New Features

• Table Styles: admins can now create table styles with banded rows in PowerPoint.
• Table Styles: the button is disabled if no table or many tables are selected.
• Table Styles Manager: clicking on “Replace with selected table” triggers a confirmation window.
• Table Styles Manager: clicking on “Insert into current slide” closes the action menu and inserts the table style replica in the middle of the slide.
• Table Styles Manager: pressing escape closes the window.
• Customization installation window: wording review.
• Notifications: a user receives only notifications subsequent to Upslide set up.
• Power BI to PowerPoint link: when exporting into a shape, the exported image is resized to fit the width of the placeholder.
• Internal Preview only: in the absence of table styles in PowerPoint, UpSlide generates default styles from available UpSlide Excel themes.
• Internal Preview only - Table Styles popup window:
  • it no longer shows up in the alt tab menu nor in the task bar.
  • it no longer steals focus (it is possible now to delete or edit a table even if the popup is open).
  • it now appears at the top of the selected table.
  • it now displays a topbar with an Upslide logo and a close button.
• Internal Preview only - Table of Contents: users can edit the Table of Contents directly from the Template Manager.
• Internal Preview only: Power BI to Word link : users can now edit slicers.
• Internal Preview only: Power BI to Word link : visual is inserted where the cursor is located.

Bug Fixes

• Dynamic Templates: ShapeVariables are no longer case-sensitive.
• Smart Track: clicking on Smart Track no longer triggers an error message (bug introduced in 6.7.27).
• Deleting folders from the library: the preview pane of the library is now refreshed after a folder is deleted.
• Arrange pane: fixed a bug where, when using both the dynamic libraries and the standalone arrange pane, an error could pop up.

v6.8.1.0 - 10/03/2022

New Features

• Power BI to PowerPoint/Visual quality: end-users have a better screenshot quality.
• Paragraph styles: end-users can now preview and apply all paragraph styles defined in the slide master.
• Paragraph styles: each paragraph preview shows the bullet style, text level, font name, font size, and font color.
• Table Styles: The input box to add a style has been redesigned.
• Table Styles Manager: when deleting a table style, admins get a confirmation message.
• Table Styles manager: when there are no table styles, an information message appears in the window.
• Library /TOC Reminders: admins no longer need to remove TOC reminders before publishing them to the library.
• Deleting folders from the library: end-users receive a confirmation message with the correct number of items, as well as a warning message to manually delete folder items not recognized by Office applications.
• Settings/Templates&Styles: the wait window following Publish or Delete has been redesigned.
• Settings/Templates&Styles: Excel Themes changes are no longer listed as "Excel Styles" changes.
• Internal Preview only: when inserting or selecting a table, a pop-up window for previewing and applying table styles appears.
• Internal Preview only: Integrators have a button to preview and manipulate the TOC.

Bug Fixes

• Dynamic Templates: ShapeVariables are no longer case-sensitive.
• Smart Track: clicking on Smart Track no longer triggers an error message (bug introduced in 6.7.27).
• Deleting folders from the library: the preview pane of the library is now refreshed after a folder is deleted.

v6.8.0.0 - 26/02/2022

New Features

• Settings/Templates & Styles: admins can now see their local changes in a much clearer way.
• Library Suggestions: users can now delete notifications.
• Redesign of the confirmation message admins get when installing a template or style update.
• Redesign of the window to create a new folder in the library.
• Redesign of the wait window admins receive when installing a template or style update.
• Redesign of deletion confirmation windows.
• Removal of the success window after an admin exports a template or a style update.
• Arrange Pane: default alignment is set to “Middle” and default margin to “Auto”.
• Internal preview (only): Redesign of table styles thumbnails.
• Internal preview (only): a dedicated interface for admins to manage table styles (rename, insert, replace, delete).
• Integrators can generate in PowerPoint default tables styles from Excel table styles

Bug Fixes

• Bullet styles: you can now apply a style on an empty line.
• Excel Add-in: fixed a UI ribbon exception on startup.
• Settings window: fixed the close button.

v6.7.26.0 - 11/02/2022

New Features

• Arrange pane: Margin and alignement options are now preserved between sessions.
• Library administration: admins can now delete mutliple items in one click.
• Library suggestion: clicking the suggestion notification now directly displays the suggestion pane.
• Library suggestion: accepting/rejecting a suggestion now removes the notification.
• Internal preview (only): a dedicated button for table styles and for bullet point styles
• Internal preview (only): a dedicated button for table styles and for bullet point styles
• Internal preview (only): a publish button is now displayed in the ribbon when an admins modifies templates & styles.
• All administrator windows: replaced a lot of error messages by validation controls.

Bug Fixes

• Slide chek: fixing highlight warnings could change font size. (introduced in 6.7.22).
• Excel link: UpSlide will now be able to update links from workbook with 100k+ names. There will be a small performance impact (only for workbooks where UpSlide previously crashed).

v6.7.25.0 - 28/01/2022

New Features

• Library: folder name can now contain the following characters: . ~ & {}
• Library suggestions: Admins can also submit suggestions.
• Excel Themes: added validation to make sure that Themes names are: unique, without unauthorized chars & below 100 chars.
• Shortcut CTRL+Shift+B for inserting a subsection.
• Insert Section window redesign.
• UI improvements to the Finalize feature window.
• Reworking of Ribbon tooltips in the English version to make them to make them more readable and user-friendly.

Bug Fixes

• SharePoint hosted library: admins can delete a folder even if it's not empty.
• Dynamic library stored on Azure blob storage: Fix a regression introduced in 6.7.14.0 where blobs could not be accessed by Dynamic Libraries.
• Settings window: if user email address contains a "_" it's now visible (it used to be removed by the UI).
• Dynamic library: “Clear all filters” resulted in an error message.
• “Hide Text Exports” broke the link when text was bold or the font size was changed.
• If there are hyperlinks in SmartArt, clicking on "Update All" no longer triggers an error message. “Update All” simply ignores them and opens normally.

v6.7.24.0 - 12/01/2022

New Features

• New Arrange pane: UX that makes it easier for end-users to change alignments and margins.
• Excel charts - Last series as total: End-users can now show last series as totals from the charts dropdown menu. The feature already existed but was only visible if you right-clicked on the chart.
• Excel theme manager - Rename theme: Admins can now rename Excel themes.
• Library suggestions: Admins have buttons (instead of a context menu) to preview, accept and reject suggestions.

Bug Fixes

• Smart Painter: reference shape name is trimmed if too long relative to the pane.
• Library suggestion system: Suggestion is sent without comment when a user doesn't type anything in the Message's textbox.
• When opening a PPT presentation in protected view, all controls in the ribbon are disabled, apart from "Templates", "Feedback", "Help" and "Settings”.
• Fixed Smart Clean tooltips.
• The Theme button is grayed out when a user is in cell editing mode.
• Library suggestion system: Accept suggestion button is disabled in Office 2013.

v6.7.22.0 - 06/12/2021

New Features

• Table of content options: settings are now accessible directly from the PowerPoint ribbon (e.g. Show/Hide subsection dividers, show/hide reminders...).
• Cross reference system: the insert cross reference button is now part of the Insert menu.
• Library notification system: user who made a suggestion are notified when an administrator accepts/rejects it.
• Table styles: previews give more context on the impact of the styles button.
• Excel theme manager: admins have a new interface to manage the styles. It makes edition and ordering of themes much faster.

v6.7.21.0 - 06/12/2021

New Features

• Library Content Suggestion: end-users can now suggest the replacement of library content to administrators.
• New language: Polish language is now available in the language dropdown.
• Native "Re-use slides" pane: the annoying native "Re-use slides" pane that would appear after each library insertion is now automatically closed by UpSlide
• Library Drag and drop for shapes: end-users can now insert shapes into the current presentation by drag and dropping them from the library pane

Bug Fixes

• The "checkProcesses" parameter is now set by default to false in the UpSlide setup.
• When saving Excel stylesheets theme colours are now unliked from Office the theme.
• Excel library sheet thumbnails were not accurate under certain conditions.
• The reference shape width and height information was not updated as the shape was redimensioned in the smart painter.
• The search on linked slides was not working as expected.

v6.7.20.0 - 22/11/2021

New Features

• Feedback: a new Feedback button is now available in the UpSlide ribbon. This button opens a satisfaction survey aiming at collecting the user's satisfaction rating and an associated comment.
• Line style: the Excel line styles borders are now correctly previewed.
• Excel theme manager: the new Excel theme manager now allows integrators to create and delete themes.

Bug Fixes

• The Excel link with Word wasn't performing as expected when the preview pane was displayed in the Windows explorer.