v6.7.19.0 - 09/11/2021

New Features

Send/Finalize: finalize options allowing to remove cross-references, remove redundant dividers and break Excel links can be selected when exporting to PDF format.
Dynamic libraries: admins can now store their Dynamic Libraries' data and schema in XL files,, thus preventing encoding issues experienced by some admins when using CSV files.
Table of Contents: integrators (for now but soon end-users as well) can pick options from a user-friendly pane that will be more visible and accessible in the UpSlide ribbon.
Excel Theme: integrators (for now but soon admins as well) can update their XL themes more easily using a new XL Theme Manager. The latter does not require admins to rely on the complicated and time-consuming "get"/"set" legacy system for the changes to be taken into account.

Bug Fixes

When changing reference shape, the user was moved its current slide to the previous reference shape's one.
Dynamic templates created using the new template manager were not displaying the bolt icon in the template list.

v6.7.18.0 - 25/10/2021

New Features

Linked slides: admins now can create a single-slide linked deck.
Smart Painter: the tool's UI got some final adjustments.

Bug Fixes

Template Manager: recently used colors are emptied when saving a static template after editing it.
Template Manager: adminsitrators can no longer create templates with names containing windows reserved characters.

v6.7.17.0 - 11/10/2021

New Features

License Renewal: license expires after 3 days and no longer after 10 days.
Excel link: updating links when the source file has too many names defined (e.g. more than 100k names) no longer crashes. The end-user is also informed the update may take a while because of the high number of names and asked if he wants to proceed.
PowerPoint styles: end-users can now set and apply table styles to their existing PowerPoint tables.
Smart Painter: end-users can now navigate to the reference shape on a single click.
Excel styles: admins get an error message if they try to edit the excel theme source tabs name to avoid breaking macros.
Template Manager: integrators now can find the Legacy Template Managers in the Integrators tab. Only the new Template Manager appears in the UpSlide tab.
Recoloring tool: integrators can now choose the scope of the recoloring (selected objects or slides, current slide or the whole presentation).

Bug Fixes

Smart Painter no longer allowed users to select tables as reference shapes.
Users were sent to the top nodes of the library tree when expanding a folder at the bottom of the tree just after the library loading.

v6.7.16.0 - 27/09/2021

New Features

Smart Painter V2 Available for End-users: end-users can now use the new smart painter we've had internally for integrators for weeks!
New End-user TOC Options: if the template is set for it, end-users can now hide/unhide subsection titles in section dividers or hide/unhide slide titles in (sub)section dividers.
Delete Template: integrators now have the ability to delete a static or dynamic template in the new Template Manager.
PPT Table Styles (integrators only for now) - Integrators can now create table styles in PPT allowing them to quickly format existing tables.
PPT Bullet insertion in shapes or text boxes - Integrators can now apply the same bullet points as the slide master in text boxes and shapes.

Bug Fixes

The trim titles option for breadcrumbs would not work as expected when the breadcrumbs shapes where parallelograms.
Slide check would fail on 2 specific presentations with specific shapes.
Some usage stats were not correctly received.

v6.7.15.0 - 13/09/2021

New Features

PBI link - Slicer Edit on Specific Visuals: end-users can choose which visuals they want to edit when editing slicer's values
Template Manager available for Admins: the new feature allowing to edit static and dynamic templates is now available for administrators
Smart Painter v2 (integrators only for now): the feature now allows for users to open it without having a reference shape selected but also to change the reference shape when there is one

v6.7.14.0 - 31/08/2021

New Features

Template Manager (integrators only for now): integrators are now able to edit the default presentations from static and dynamic templates in the new Template Manager feature. They are also able to edit a dynamic template's JSON configuration in the Template Manager.
Dynamic Libraries: dynamic libraries can now be hosted in Azure Blobs.

Bug Fixes

Library decks with more than 10 decks could have their sides presented in the wrong order in the library preview.

v6.7.13.0 - 17/08/2021

New Features

Broken Link Warning: Admins get a warning if they are about to break linked decks by deleting or replacing by a deck a source slide
Smart Painter v2 (integrators only for now): a new version of the smart painter tool is now available for integrators to try.

v6.7.12.1 - 04/08/2021

New Features

End-user Breacrumbs ON/OFF Option: a new option now allows end-users to turn OFF/ON in a single click, breadcrumbs on a presentation whose template has the necessary breadcrumbs setup.
Rename & Set as Default: The new PPT template manager now allows integrators to rename static or dynamic templates. They can now also set a static template as default.
Dynamic Libraries Migration Tool: Image quality is now better when migrating Tombstones from the old to the new module using our internal CS migration tool

Bug Fixes

Opening the settings window without an active presentation in PPT would fail.
Option to publish as a linked deck would show even when one couldn't publish as a linked deck.

v6.7.11.1 - 20/07/2021

New Features

PPT Styles on Selected Text: End-users can now apply a style just to the selected text within a given shape or placeholder.
Power BI Link: End-users can now edit time-interval slicers.
Template Manager (integrators only for now, admins soon): A new feature allowing integrators to easily reorder the list of static and dynamic templates in their config is now available.

Bug Fixes

Breadcrumb generation was not placing the shapes correctly when shapes were set to fit to the text.

v6.7.10.0 - 01/07/2021

New Features

Excel link: source file path is now fully visible instead of being trimmed in the Link Information window.
Breadcrumbs: a new option that trimms titles that are too long to fit in the breadcrmubs shapes is now available.
Library: users can mark all notifications as read.
Linked Decks: the feature is now available for administrators.

Bug Fixes

When unhiding broken text links PPT would flicker.
Mouse scroll would not work on th broken exports window's list.
Library and Smart Print buttons would disappear when renaming a sheet or in edit mode in XL.

v6.7.9.0 - 17/06/2021

New Features

Power BI link: users can refresh reports in PBI import windo.
Broken Text Exports: broken text export warning has been redesigned to offer a better look & feel and to provide the information necessary to fix the presentation.
Linked Decks (integrators-only for now): end-users inserting linked decks with broken links (ex: original linked slide deleted or inacccessible...) are now shown a warning informing them broken linked slides are present in the deck. Each broken linked slide also gets an overlay with info on the original linked slide that can no longer be accessed.
Linked Decks (integrators-only for now): when opening the local copy of a linked deck containing outdated linked slides the end-user will be warned and invited to SlideCheck and apply update fixes to the deck.

Bug Fixes

Smart Format & Co-Authoring: end-users editing the same workbook simultanouesly now see other users' edits using SmartFormat correctly applied.
Dynamic Libraries: the migration feature now extracts images with the same quality as those from the legacy tombstone shapes.
The display of the Number Format dropdown in Excel with Office dark theme was not ideal.
Tooltips in the Advanced Export dialog were not correctly displayed.
The context menu was not closed as expected after inserting a library item in the current presentation.
The UpdateAll dialog in Word was not opening properly.

v6.7.8.0 - 03/06/2021

New Features

XL Link: there is no longer the need to save the presentation when hiding text exports. Opening the UpdateAll dialog or creating a new text export now also unhides all text exports.
Licensing: 3 new license types have now been made available.

Bug Fixes

It was not possible to exit the suggestion list in the library tags management dialog using keyboard navigation.
Some chart editing options that should have been available were disabled for users using the Branding license.

v6.7.7.1 - 19/05/2021

New Features

XL Link: the loading time of the UpdateAll dialog in Word has been improved by loading link page numbers asynchronously.

Bug Fixes

v6.7.6.1 - 07/05/2021

New Features

Dynamic Libraries: a new arrange pane with an optimized UX is now available for end-users.
Advanced Paste: $ references within the copied range are now also translated when using Paste Duplicate.
Libraries: insertion into the current presentation has had its performance optimized an is now up to 4 times faster.
Libraries (integrators only for now): integrators are able to create library decks that are linked to library slides meaning that if the latter is updated the former will also be automatically updated.

Bug Fixes

The TOC option UseSlideTitleAsSubsectionMarker was not working as expected due to a regression introduced in v.6.7.3.
Dynamic Libraries were having compatibility issues with .Net 4.7.

v6.7.5.1 - 22/04/2021

New Features

Excel link: hidden Text Exports will no longer be broken when the text preceding or following them is edited.
TOC: the outline pane is now also refreshed when a (sub)section has its title edited in the divider and the user hits the refresh button. Before, the user needed to hover over the outline pane for it to be refreshed.
Slide Converter: when converting a shape with text, the text's font will be converted to the theme's default font instead of the font from the first placeholder.

Bug Fixes

v6.7.4.0 - 9/04/2021

New Features

Dynamic library: new option, at format level, to generate images instead of shapes (major request from marketing teams).
Dynamic library: new option, at format level, to condition visibility upon a field being filled. For example, only display deal as a case study if the case study is available.
Dynamic library (beta): Arrange pane was redesigned and the flow made more intuitive.
Dynamic library: selection mode was changed. To select multiple tombstones, you now need to user Ctrl and Shift buttons.
Breadcrumbs: a new option has been introduced allowing to display only sections even when subsection exist in the presentation.
Library Tags: admins can now add tags to multiple items at the same time.

Bug Fixes

Dynamic libraries: minor performance optimizations with preview computation.
Slide Check: the check would modify slightly connector shapes.
Excel Link: after updating a link in the UpdateAll dialog double-clicking would not open the link info dialog as expected.
PPT Send: the user's email signature was no inserted in the email message.
TOC: the SlideTitle option was not behaving as expected when empty.

v6.7.3.0 - 26/03/2021

New Features

Dynamic library: script system now supports functions and intermediary variables.
Dynamic library: multi-value fields can now be used in templates with a customizable separator. Ex: FRANCE || US || UK, can be displayed as France & UK & US).
Dynamic library: when inserting one item per page, the destination placeholder is now removed (if empty).
Libraries: moving files and folder with drag & drop, now requires confirmation (to avoid unwanted moves).
Libraries (integrators only for now): a new insertion option called "Insert & Resize" was added to the library that automatically converts the elements of the inserted slide or deck to best fit the size of the current presentation when the latter and the inserted content have different slide formats (e.g. inserting a US Letter slide into a A4 presentation).

Bug Fixes

Dynamic libraries: closing PowerPoint immediately after opening a DL could result in an the PowerPoint process not stopping.
Dynamic libraries: format window could load incorrectly when previews where still being generated.
Table of contents: removing subsections was blocked when the "subsections have divider slides" was unchecked.
Table of contents: numbering in two-column TOCs was badly placed in some cases for templates using the scripted shapes algo.
License Activation: automatic activation was not running for Azure AD enrolled devices.
License Activation: the wrong error message was displayed to users when activation could not be completed due to ability to wirte to registry.

v6.7.2.0 - 11/03/2021

New Features

TOC: (sub)section title editing directly in the divider slide is now supported for templates using the "Scripted Shapes" algorithm.
Dynamic libraries: update user interface to select and clear filters.
Dynamic libraries (beta): migration tool to convert an legacy tombstone module database into a dynamic library.
Dynamic libraries (beta): administration tool to modify the list of formats.
PowerBI Link: multi-value slicers are now editable through the update pane.

Bug Fixes

The number of section titles that could fit in a first TOC slide would vary depending on the total number of sections in some specific cases.
The XL Sizing guide would not work for users without integrator priviledges.
Opening contextual menu dialogs when right clicking an XL link then hitting the return key would not work correctly.
Maximize state of a workbook would not be reinstated after SmartCleaning it if at least two workbooks were open.

v6.7.1.0 - 25/02/2021

New Features

XL Link: we now offer a PPT sizing guide allowing users to preview in XL the dimensions of the selected placeholder/shape in PPT. This way they can easily resize their XL content to best fit its target container in PPT.
Add-in Notifications: our notification toaster has had its UI skin redone in order to match our most recent UI standards.

Bug Fixes

SmartPainter pane would be a shrunk on Surface screens.
A PPT update caused for some breadcrumb shapes to not fit to the text they contain as expected.
When the end-user options to display reminders and sub-sections dividers were unticked one could not create sub-sections under specific conditions.
The UpdateAll function that is not supported in Slide sorter view was still enabled.
Secondary axis titles were not SmartFormatted as expected.

v6.7.0.2 - 12/02/2021

New Features

PPT Table of Contents: one can now move a 3rd-level section.
Smart Clean: the tool's UI has been redone to fit our most recent UI standards.
AutoUpdate: the add-in now checks and downloads updates at every startup and at least every 24 hours if the user doesn't restart their add-in.
Content generation module: end of the beta period. Module is now generally available under the name Dynamic libraries.
Getty Image integration (beta): content generation module can now use Getty image as source.

Bug Fixes

Library (introduced in 6.6.14): thumbnails would be blurry and, in specific circumstances, blank.

v6.6.18.0 - 02/02/2021

New Features

PowerPoint Table of Contents: Add the ability to set a 3rd-level section.
Content generation module (beta): scripting system now supports functions to move and resize shapes.
Content generation module (beta): date format can be customized directly in the shape template, making it possible to use custom local date formats when generating Tombstones or CVs.
Content generation module (beta): source data (CSV file, script and images) can now be stored in SharePoint.

Bug Fixes

Provisioning: adding a new user already existing in a different account would stop the provisioning process. If this happens, the user is now moved to the provisioned account.

v6.6.17.0 - 01/14/2021

New Features

Excel Formatting: chart title position is now taken into account in Smart Format. UpSlide takes the exact chart title position in Excel style and applies it to the destination chart. Available only if the customization was generated with this version and above.
Library: tags are now displayed in alphabetical order in the filters menu.
You can now propose a new feature by mail (instead of the website page).
Content generation module (beta): Support for CSV files in a UNC path. Images and data can now be directly pulled from a network folder (previously, we needed an external API).
Content generation module (beta): Administrators can now configure the module to run a script during generation of tombstones or CVs. For now, this script supports only concatenation of columns in the same text part and the deletion of shapes. This new feature makes it possible to handle advanced tombstones formats where the layout depends on the values found in the CSV.
Library administration: it's now possible to add a slide to the library even if it's not coming from an UpSlide template currently configured on the machine. For example, a slide coming from an old template (now remove from the customization) can be used.

Bug Fixes

Finalize & Send Mail: multiple UI fixes, especially in French.
Waterfall: Gridlines are no more activated at creation. Also, the white line on top of waterfall charts has been removed.
Stacked Waterfall: Total data labels would not have their color smart formatted.
PowerPoint would crash at startup if the templates have to be regenerated.
Title and legend of some charts would have a black background after Smart Format.
Dynamic templates: fixed a bug which prevented the use of shape parts in the Slide master.

v6.6.16.0 - 18/12/2020

New Features

Excel Formatting: chart SmartFormat now also formats the secondary axis when it exists in the exact same way as it formats the primary one.
Library: we are now able to host read-only libraries on Azure Blob Storage containers.
Content generation module (beta): in case connection is down, display a retry message to reload the pane (before user needed to restart PowerPoint).
Content generation module (beta): added an account wide option to access directly the library tab via a ribbon button.
Content generation module (beta): support of markdown syntax in the source text.

Bug Fixes

The "go to source" feature would not work in Word on a text export placed within a shape.

v6.6.15.0 - 3/12/2020

New Features

Content generation module (beta): display first 4 filters by default.
Content generation module (beta): possibility to include ribbon buttons to directly access each content source.
Excel number format dropdown: display the excel format code in tooltip and use it as preview when none can be computed.
Added a keyboard shortcut for the Excel explorer button.

Bug Fixes

Content generation module (beta): preserve sort order when adding filters.
Content generation module (beta): field edition for legacy tombstone module was broken by 6.6.13.4.
Multiple bug fixes when dealing with ctrl + alt + key shortcut handling.

Technical

Integrator only: when masking table of content storage layout, we also make sure it will be ignored by spell check.
Library stored in Azure blob storage: allow our library system to point to a blob storage (nothing functional yet).
Error reporting: all settings files are included when mailing support.

v6.6.14.0 - 23/11/2020

New Features

The SmartClean tool in Excel has had its performance significantly increased when cleaning names with errors.

Technical

Add more logs to our content generation module (beta).
Autoupdate settings (is it on, off or limited to a certain version) can now be controlled at user level.

v6.6.13.4 - 19/11/2020

New Features

UpSlide now checks the license against UpSlide servers at each startup. In particular, this means that new options are immediately available to users.
Dynamic templates now support dynamic slide parts where multiple slide decks can be pulled from the library based on a multiple-choice menu.
Breadcrumbs navigation bars can now be set to not be displayed on specific contents slides.

Bug Fixes

Users without a license would be displayed a confusing message saying their license would expire in one day.
An error would be raised when SmartFormatting the same Excel table twice.
Library "insert & resize" would not place an inserted shape in the expected position.

v6.6.12.10 - 09/11/2020

Bug Fixes

Office 2016 build 13328.20292 prevents UpSlide link system to function with charts. We implemented a fix to workaround this Office bug.

v6.6.12.9 - 06/11/2020

Bug Fixes

Office 2016 build 13328.20292 prevents UpSlide link system to function with charts. We made the error signalled to the user clearer and paved the way for a permanent fix.

v6.6.12.4 - 21/10/2020

New Features

Excel Formatting
- Number Format Gallery: End-users now have the ability to access directly a given number format set in their stylesheet using a dropdown list just like they were already able to do with background fills, borders and fonts.
New Graphic Identity
- Logo Update: across all 3 add-ins (i.e. XL, PPT and WRD) we have updated the UpSlide logos to the ones of our company’s new graphical identity.
Clients Administration Site
- Listing and Deleting users: administrators are now able to list and delete users in the new customer facing admin platform.

Bug Fixes

Items cycle button in Excel would not cycle if two adjacent styles had the same background color.
UpdateAll dialog could freeze PowerPoint or Excel if it was closed while a large number of links was being updated.
Onboarding screen would through an error on a specific case.
The wrong error message was being displayed to users when they where trying to publish sheets with forbidden characters in their names.
UpslideMonitoringService.exe was not working properly on AzureAD machines.
Non-admin users were having access to the export customization feature that should be available only for administrators.
The list of options the user has access to displayed in the settings dialog was not being correctly refreshed when those were changed on the license server.
The number of licenses/options displayed to the admin in the client admin site after a concurrent purchase/transfer was not the server value.
The login page would not be the first to be displayed to the admin if his token expired.

v6.6.11.4 - 13/10/2020

Bug Fixes

PBI Link Slicer editing would slice incorrectly when inputting the new value in date, numeric and boolean filters.

v6.6.11.3 - 07/10/2020

New Features

Slide Check
- Shortcut Entry: end-users are now able to set a keyboard shortcut to launch slide check.
Clients Administration Site
- Transfer Licenses: administrators are now able to transfer licenses between accounts they can manage like they could in the legacy site.

Bug Fixes

Trying to edit anyway a PPT presentation marked as read-only was not refused and could fail.
Users could make server activation requests with the phony email address "mail@example.net".
Adding a PPT style with a horizontal line without outline would give a bad preview.
Specific straight connectors in the PPT style gallery could not be applied to a compatible shape.
Editing chart labels could corrupt a specific XL file.
A search query typed during library synchronization would disappear once the latter was finished.
The breadcrumb solution would fail if a subsection without a parent section was created.
Administrators were able to buy high numbers of licenses (<500) on the client admin site.
The display of validation errors was wrong in the settings page in the client admin site.

v6.6.10.3 - 06/10/2020

Bug Fixes

Security Fixes (for more info https://support.upslide.net/hc/en-us/articles/360016844099).

v6.6.10.1 - 24/09/2020

New Features

Excel Link
- Replace Destination Selection: a new setting has been introduced to allow end-users to have target empty placeholders/shapes in PowerPoint/Word replaced by the export image when an Excel export is performed.
Table of Contents
- Breadcrumb Navigation: Integrators can now create templates that will have Breadcrumb navigation bars added to content slides when the TOC is refreshed.
Clients Administration Site
- New Graphical Identity Makeover: The clients administration site has had its UI completely remodelled to fit UpSlide’s new graphical identity.

Bug Fixes

On a specific XL workbook a link creation was raising a multiple-source conflict it shouldn't at update.
Administrators were able to export customizations with names containing special characters like "+" while they shouldn't be.
Adding and applying a line style in PPT was failing on straight lines.
While publishing the top shape of a stack on a PPT slide all shapes placed below it were also being stored in the library storage even if just the top shape was actually used later when inserting it into PPT presentations.
The Finalize form validation in PPT was not working as expected.
The enabling/disabling of the "Advanced Export" button in the ribbon was preventing the selection of entire columns with merged cells.
The field order in the Template Wizard form was not necessarily the one defined in the wizard's config.

v6.6.9.0 - 10/09/2020

New Features

Table of Contents
- (Sub)Section name edit in divider: end-users are now able to edit the name of their (sub)sections directly in their dividers instead of doing it using the outline pane.
- Appendix Divider Layout: integrators are now able to set a specific layout for appendix dividers so those can have a different background than standard sections.
Excel Link
- Default Export Options: the “preserve visibility” and “preserve width” options previously only available in advanced export can now be set to be used by default on exports created using the “(Resize &) Export” ribbon buttons.
PBI Link
- Edit Slicers: end-users can now edit single value slicers directly from PowerPoint.
- Visuals with borders: end-users can now import Power BI visuals with a border.

Bug Fixes

Default shortcuts stored in the config were not loading.
SmartCheck would miss punctuation errors if they were placed before a new line.
Shape insertion in the library would fail on PPT if the user was using the "Notes" view.

v6.6.6.0 - 12/08/2020

New Features

Licenses Administration Site: administrators are now able to purchase both new licenses and options directly in the site.
The "Advanced Export" button in Excel is now disabled if a single-cell is selected instead of having a message saying such selection is not supported by the feature as before.

Bug Fixes

Library synchronization could fail when deleting and re-adding a library in the settings dialog.
The import of PBI links could fail on some specific reports.
Tombstones selection had a weird behaviour in some cases.

v6.6.4.0 - 01/07/2020

New Features

Dynamically Generated Tombstones: integrators or administrators are now able to setup a tombstones DB in a few minutes using just an Excel file and a set of images (e.g. logos...) as those tombstones will be dynamically generated when end-users perform a search.
Library Tags Filtering: end-users are now able to filter library contents using tags.
Existing Library Tags Suggestions: administrators are now suggested existing tags matching their typed string when adding new tags to a library element.
Licenses and Options Figures in Clients Admin Site: the Licensing page in the new client administration platform has the licenses and options figures like in the legacy one.
Power BI PowerPoint link: Integrators can edit slicers with a single value

Bug Fixes

The new UpdateAll window was very slow. Updating multiple hundreds of links could take up to 45minutes.
The XL link correction ratio that was applied to exports has been removed so as to have a closer result to the actual source content.
Power BI to PowerPoint link: Import window reconnects automatically when the token expires

v6.6.3.1 - 17/06/2020

New Features

Client Administration Site

Team Libraries: Administrators are now able to edit their team libraries autonomously without having to rely on UpSlide consultants or support.
Shared Repository: Administrators are now able to edit their shared repository path in the new site as they already could in the legacy one.

Tombstones: administrators are now able to add image path fields to their tombstones databases

Power BI to PowerPoint: integrators can now see the list of editable filters

Bug Fixes

Slide check would raise a false negative font color warning when all levels of the corresponding placeholder were set to the same color
Most used content list in the library would have a weird display behavior in some cases
Library item names were not properly trimmed when being renamed

v6.6.2.2 - 03/06/2020

New Features

Library: End-users are now able to see the tags added by their admins in the library items' preview.
Tombstones: In order to prepare the road to the dynamic generation of tombstones, we have changed the way end-users preview them by displaying the first 15 Tombstones in the results and having them click on Display more to load the next 15.
Dynamic Template: You can now access your Dynamic content opening the template gallery
Page-level filter appear on page export from Power BI to PowerPoint
Error message when the update of Power BI visual failed because they have been deleted

v6.6.1.0 - 20/05/2020

New Features

Library:

Most used items: When starting a library search, end-users are now displayed their personal top 5 most used items and can easily access them.
Library Item Tags: Administrators are now able to further categorize their library content by adding tags to their items.

Template Wizard:

Shape from library: Integrators are now able to setup dynamic templates that will be able to pick and insert library shapes in the same way it was already possible to do with slides.

Excel Link:

New features onboarding: End-Users upgrading their UpSlide version will now be presented in Excel new onboarding panels informing them of the new Link features that have been delivered in Q1.

Bug Fixes

shortcuts deactivated by users were still kept active in some cases

v6.6.0.1 - 06/05/2020

New Features

CSV Dynamic Lists (Template Wizard): dynamic list fields previously only available with an API integration can now also be set using a simple CSV file stored on a network share or an URL (no authentication support for now).
Publish sheets individually in Excel Lib: users are now able to publish multiple sheets individually in their Excel Library just like they are able to do with slides in PowerPoint.

Bug Fixes

library items being renamed could be drag and dropped by administrators are yield unexpected behaviors
Date filter value of Power BI visuals look like a date and not like millions

v6.5.13.3 - 23/04/2020

New Features

Move Library Items: administrators are now able to drag and drop elements from one folder to another within the same library.
Persistent Library Zoom Level: End-users have now their library preview zoom-level preserved across their sessions for each add-in (PowerPoint, Excel and Word).
UpdateAll Dialog Skin: the UpdateAll dialog has had its UI skin fully changed to fit our most recent UI standards.
Power BI to PowerPoint link is ready to be used with improved update panel UX and new onboarding video

Bug Fixes

PPT or Word export could render unexpected results at the update on some very specific cases
Server end-points were answering with "400" error codes for unknown users when they shouldn't.

v6.5.12.0 - 07/04/2020

New Features

Advanced Export: A new Advanced Export feature has been added in Excel. This feature allows for users to create Excel links with additional update options such as preserving cells' visibility and export image width.
Highlight Links: users are now able to highlight all linked tables and charts in their active Excel sheet.
Auto SmartFormat Team Setting: a new team setting can now be set by UpSlide integrators allowing them to turn on and off auto SmartFormat for all users of a given account.
Universal Agenda Team Setting: UpSlide integrators are now able to set on and off the Universal Agenda setting that allows an account's users to easily insert an agenda slide when working on a "non-UpSlide" presentation.
Facing Pages with one-side printing: when two-side printing is off, print versions' slide numbering will be adjusted so that it matches its equivalent with the two-side printing on.

Bug Fixes

Some multiple-source conflicts that could be automatically solved where being asked to be solved manually by the the users.
UpdateAll dialog was failing when being opened on some specific circumstances.
Axis ticklabels were not being correctly applied by the chart SmartFormat.
Data labels borders were not correctly applied by the chart SmartFormat.
Corrupted installations were not immediately detected as expected.
Some Excel dialogs had cursor spinners displayed when the mouse was not over them which could be misleading for users.

v6.5.11.2 - 24/03/2020

New Features

The Link Information dialog in PowerPoint has had its skin improved to better fit our current UI standards.
The Go to last export feature for WRD exports has been improved to select and focus the exported object in the destination file.

Bug Fixes

Cancelling a text export would fail since the recent change of dialog skin.
Inserting a table from the library on Office 2010 could fail in some cases.
Some labels were missing in the dialog of the Go to last export feature informing the user the last exported file could not be found.

v6.5.10.1 - 10/03/2020

New Features

End-users are now able to activate a setting that results in all native charts created being automatically Smart Formatted.
End-users are now able to choose on a given presentation if Table of Contents reminders should be visible or not.

Bug Fixes

Shortcuts management was improved to better function when working across multiple keyboards.
Go to last export/update could leave some zombie processes that are now properly removed once they are no longer needed.

V6.5.9.1 - 02/03/2020

New Features

Excel Links

The Go to last export feature delivered in the last version for PowerPoint exports has now been made available for _Word exports as well.
The Update Successful dialog has had its look & feel improved to better fit our new UI quality requirements.

Bug Fixes

Issues impacting library loading and search performance especially in Word have been solved.
The behavior of the freeze function, when applied to small shapes, has been improved when a whole slide is frozen.
A fix on the library folder renaming, which could fail in a specific case, has been corrected.

V6.5.8.0 - 11/02/2020

New Features

Excel Link

Multiple-source conflicts caused by copying a linked chart in the same excel sheet are now resolved without the need for user intervention.
Users are now able to go to the PPT presentation (WRD exports are not yet supported) to which an XL chart was last exported.
When updating a PPT link without a valid source XL file open, users are now able to let UpSlide try to open the last source file that was used to update the link.
The text export format (i.e. export as text or image) prompt has had its look & feel improved to better fit our new UI quality requirements.

Excel Charts

Chart SmartFormat has been enhanced to now set nearly all possible chart element styles available (Axes, Title, Legend, Data Label, Gridlines, Outline....).
One can now convert the last series of a stacked bar chart into total data labels if the series' values correspond to a total of the others.

Bug Fixes

Library image insertion in the header could fail sometimes in Word.
XL formatting features could fail in some very specific cases.
Ctrl-Z undoes on tables SmartFormat was mistakenly deactivated.
Creating a print version could fail in some specific cases.
Exporting XL chart or table could fail on coauthored Word documents.
Library slides being inserted directly in a new presentation were not raising the expected outdated content warnings.

V6.5.7.1 - 13/01/2020

New Features

XL Formatting: In order to help users save time when complying to their company's graphical charter, the border and font formatting features have been extended to also be supported when working with charts. The font formatting feature has also been enhanced to allow users to define a dedicated style list in their theme file for increased flexibility for users formatting their cells and charts.
Sharepoint: The SharePoint library synchronization has been improved for better performance and overall a better administrator experience.
Licencing: A new licensing option better suited for large corporate clients has been added.
UI Improvements: Many minor UI improvements such as texts and icon updates have been processed for a better application look and feel.

Bug Fixes

XL Formatting: minor bugs on SmartFormat, number format and border styles were corrected
XL Modeling: new advanced paste and fast fill functions were enhanced to cover some cases in which behavior wasn't what a user would expect
XL Operations: multiple and divide by a thousand were not working on accounting and currency cell formats
Dynamic Templates: wizard text inputs weren't validated as the user filled them in
Slide Check: double space warnings were not raised in some specific cases
PPT in general: ctrl+shirft+arrow navigation was not working is some cases
Settings Window: window could be resized until some items were made invisible

V6.5.6.0 - 06/12/2019

New Features

XL Explorer Pane: a new pane to help users easily find and navigate through their open workbooks and sheets
XL Formatting: Background Color and Custom Borders "cycle" buttons have been complemented by a dropdown list for faster access to cycle items.
Background Color fill which until now could only be applied to cells, can now also be applied to chart elements such as series, points...
An analogous combination of "cycle" button and dropdown for font styles has been added to the formatting section.
Finally, the latter has been reorganized to help users find the desired styling features more easily.
XL Advanced Paste: four new advanced paste functions (Preserve Formulas, Duplicate Formulas, Row Heights and Number Formats Only) have been added to help users save time when building their workbooks and sheets.
XL Fast Fill: two new fast fill functions and shortcuts (Fast Fill Right and Fast Fill Down) have been added to help users save precious clicks and key strokes when propagating content in their sheets.
Slide Check: our Font Deviates from Layout check now also verifies if the font color is compatible with what's defined in the layout.
Sharepoint: we are now able to log into Sharepoint using a single-tenant application and to push autoupdates through Sharepoint folders.

Bug Fixes

PPT Library: migrating from previous versions could cause undesirable behaviors in some specific cases. Publishing connectors could fail in some cases.
Slide Check: Misaligned Shapes warning correction could fail in a very specific case.
Word Templates: template preview could be empty in some cases.
Others: dialog boxes could not be properly maximized across multiple screens with different resolutions.

V6.5.5.1 - 07/11/2019

New features

Ability to insert library slides into a new presentation directly
New partial finalize feature
Template Wizard: Tombstones, a few UI improvements, ability to set up static lists fields
Ability to support Sharepoint on Premises libraries
Ability to set a custom tab name

Bug Fixes

(Un)hide text export could fail in some specific cases
Outdated slides warning wasn't shown if presentation's first slide had been deleted
Excel Link update failed when Upslide was deactivated on Excel
Saving a PrintVersion to a OneDrive synched folder could fail
Smart Track Precedents was missing in the Shortcuts tab in Settings dialog
Library items with numerical names were wrongly ordered in the preview

V6.5.4 - 11/10/2019

New Features

a new type of library item called Dynamic Template is now supported. It allows users to easily generate presentations using library slides and external data sources (i.e. through APIs).
2 new warning types (font difference with layout and shape compliance with theme) have been added to the slide check.

Bug Fixes

slide check pane was improved for better navigation.
improved library synchronisation for better performance when hosted on sharepoint.
improved support of very specific cases for easier library migrations.
partial customization exports who are no longer relevant were removed to prevent issues with customization versioning.

V6.5.3.4 - 19/09/2019

Bug fixes

Improved performances for the dynamic template system.
iManage integration now works with custom echo and portable.
Library publish: fixed a bug where some shapes with connectors could not be published in the library.

V6.5.3 - 6/09/2019

New features

Beta version of our PowerPoint dynamic template system

Bug fixes

Waterfall generation could fail when data format was date or currency
Formatting was sometimes lost when publishing in the library

V6.5 - 15/08/2019

New features

Libraries can now be stored and fully synchronized on SharePoint.
Tombstones can be synchronized from SharePoint.
Export appearance is now a per link option. Meaning that when updating a link the option used for exporting is also used.

Bug fixes

Autoupdate and statistics collection now supports authenticated proxies

V6.4 - 24/04/2019

New features

Complete redesign of UpSlide ribbon: new icons, a new layout to simplify onboarding
Native Office buttons are now available in UpSlide!
Complete redesign of the Send feature in PowerPoint to simplify the UX.
Save feature in PowerPoint is replaced by Finalize. Designed to make a presentation ready for Sharing, this feature makes a copy of the current presentation and applies of a series of operations on the presentation. As of V6.4, possible operations are: updating the table of content, breaking Excel links (in particular to hide the hyperlinks materializing text exports), hiding cross-references (for the same reason), and saving as pdf. New options will be added in the coming month.
Operations in Excel can now be applied either to all numeric cells (formula, links and constants alike) or only to numeric constants.
Operations in Excel now supports undo (Ctrl+Z)
Library system now has a default library option. This content is used as long as the location of the library has not been set. Very useful for deployment for multiple teams, where some of the teams have not yet set up their libraries.

Bug fixes

Force compatibility mode on install for Word, PowerPoint and Excel when using multiple displays: to avoid issues with task panes.

V6.3.1 - 19/02/2019

New features

Redesign of the settings window. We reorganized the settings window and made it compatible with a Surface connected to a secondary monitor.
Add more chart customization. Label style and position can be customized on the waterfall chart.
Improved library filters. All the library folders and files can now be filtered by type of content.

V6.3.0.3 - 29/01/2019

New features

Undo in Excel for 'Resize & Export'

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug where Office could take a dozen seconds or more before closing, or appear to close when it wasn't really closed yet
'Resize & Export' of a range doesn't cause the cells indent to be lost anymore
Fixed the '--silent' command line option in Azure Sync (see here)

V6.3 - 21/12/2018

New features

Redesign of the Word library. New content is automatically synchronized with all the team. The Word library now supports shapes, in addition of text and documents.
Synchronisation of shape files in the 3 Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). For example, a shape published from PowerPoint is accessible on Excel and Word too.
Multi-admin tombstone system. A new tombstone system allows several admins to manage different tombstone databases. The admins can choose which team have access to the databases.

V6.2.1 - 06/11/2018

The new version includes an onboarding for new users and some minor bug fixes.

New features

Welcome window
Redesign of the activation window
Tip windows that highlight the main features of UpSlide

Bug fixes

Setup prerequisites

V6.2 - 25/09/2018

New features

Evolution of library navigation in PowerPoint
The brand new Library system in Excel. Multiple content sources, simplified administration, simplified permission system, full-text search... You name it!
New user onboarding in PowerPoint
Usage Statistics metadata can now be retrieved. Sample usage: see which items in the library were most inserted
The library is now compatible with Google Drive

Bug fixes

Link update in Word could still fail when 'track changes' was active

V6.1.1 - 26/06/2018

New features

Rename folder in PowerPoint library
Evolution of library UI
Waterfall label positions and format can now be customized to depend on the sign of the effect.

Bug fixes

Ignore accentuation in PowerPoint library search
UpSlide link system is now robust to a parallel install of multiple office versions (TypeLib issue)
Fix multiple usage statistics bug
Reduce the occurrence of DPI issues with UpSlide link

V6.1 - 06/06/2018

New features

Major improvement to library ergonomy
All team settings can now be centrally managed and updated (library location, export options, support address...)
Waterfall charts source worksheet is now hidden instead of very hidden
All communications between UpSlide and our servers are now in https and encrypted with an AES 256 algorithm
Library status is now directly accessible in the settings form
An additional option for UpSlide link: by default, an export is made using the "As displayed" option in Excel. It is now possible to use the "As printed" options (useful when using multiple monitors and scaling).
New admin action in the library: create a new folder
UpSlide link can now function with the track changes option on in Word

Bug fixes:

Slide check: Library content is now updated automatically before running the slide check.
Marimekko: fix a memory issue.

V6.0 - 23/03/2018

New features

Each user can now choose not to send usage statistics
Brand new Library system. Multiple content sources, simplified administration, simplified permission system, full-text search... You name it!

V5.2.2.2 - 26/01/2018

New features

UpSlide is now compatible Google Drive File Stream
When looking for UpSlide updates, the local repository is preferred over UpSlide servers

V5.2.2 - 12/01/2018

New features

Beta version of UpSlide new library system
New install switch to allow install while Office processes are running

V5.2.1 - 12/12/2018

New features

Slide check: new check to detect highlighted text

Bug fixes

Stacked waterfall had some rounding issue
Autoupdate feature compatible with the latest version of Office 2016
Quotes are accepted in email addresses

V5.2 - 10/10/2017

New features

14 days grace period automatically granted when the licence ends
Tombstone module: new deals can now be added using a PowerPoint file
UpSlide is now compatible with a single user install on a windows server
Waterfall: it is now possible to change source
Excel to PowerPoint/Word link: when files are stored in IManage, UpSlide displays the document name version and ID
Deployment: the local content (tombstone database and local cache for the libraries), stored by default in the user profile can now be redirected using the applicationsettings.xml file

Bug fixes

PowerPoint: new template button failed to activate the backstage view on certain configurations
Excel, PowerPoint/Word link: when the scaling of the primary monitor changes (in windows 8 and windows 10), the enhanced metafile format is no longer usable. This behavior can be bypassed in certain particular configurations (ex: office 2016 on windows 10) but for others, UpSlide falls back to bmp format until the next restart
Excel, PowerPoint link: increased performance when exporting into native PowerPoint tables
PowerPoint: when refreshing table of content, the content inserted in the footers is trimmed to avoid new lines and spaces
All applications: shortcuts are now active right after activation

V5.1.6 - 01/08/2017

New features

Automatically try to retrieve the "Active Directory" Windows user mail and use it to activate UpSlide at first launch
Support.exe "v1": This small support tool can detect and fix various technical issues impacting your system and UpSlide install

Bug fixes

PowerPoint: When no Upslide template is set as default, the New Presentation shortcut will choose the first template in the list instead of opening a blank presentation

V5.1.5 - 19/07/2017

New features

PowerPoint: Template list is now directly available from the file/new button
PowerPoint: the default UpSlide template is now used as a default PowerPoint document
Modeling module: new feature to insert a table of content listing all visible worksheets and providing a hyperlink to each

Bug fixes

Performance optimization for large tombstone database
Fixed and improved Smart track keyboard navigation

V5.1.4 - 07/06/2017

New features

Customizations can now be exchanged via a SharePoint site
Autoupdate: UpSlide can now update automatically from a network folder or a web API

V5.1.3 -26/04/2017

New features

Slide check: largely reduced the number of false positives in shape alignment warnings
Word library: compatibility with protected documents
Tombstones: less click needed to arrange shapes in default use case

Bug fixes

Multiple bug fixes/optimizations of the UpSlide link system

V5.1.2 - 20/03/2017

New features

Slide check: sort warnings by type
Slide check: new user interface
PowerPoint shape style: new deletion window with additional features

Bug fixes

Improved previews in the Word library for inline shapes
Large improvement of the table of contents refresh speed

V5.1.1 - 20/02/2017

New features

Notifications when new UpSlide customization is ready to be installed
Improved slide conversion results when the slide size changes
Slide conversion now impacts shape fonts

Bug fixes

Slide conversion now compatible with the latest PowerPoint 2016 version

V5.1 - 27/01/2017

New features

Brand new user interface for the slide converter. This feature is now accessible to all users.
Publish, Facing pages and Find the source features are now compatible with files saved on SharePoint.

V5.0.2.5 - 12/02/2017

Bug fixes

Alignment issues were fixed in the Insert/Edit window from the Tombstone module.
Fix text export in PowerPoint tables (2010 and 2013).
Fix crash issues in PowerPoint 2010.

V5.0.2 - 05/12/2016

New features

UpSlide installer can also deploy a Windows Service that can prevent UpSlide from being deactivated. To deploy it, simply add "DeployReactivationService=1" to the command line.

V5.0.1 - 02/12/2016

New features

UpSlide language can now be changed directly through the Settings menu.
Export options can now be changed directly through the Settings menu.
New option for UpSlide link: you can now force specific formatting for the exported images. For example, you can force all fonts in grey in PowerPoint/Word while retaining a custom formatting in Excel.
Tombstone module: database can now be imported/Exported from/to an Excel file.

V5.0 - 16/11/2016

New features

Slide check: review your presentation to ensure compliance of your content and the quality of your design. First checks included: double spaces, misaligned shapes, empty placeholders (ex: XXXX), punctuation spacings (ex: space before: in English) and compliance check for library content (warns you for every item inserted from the library that has since been updated).
Outdated items pop-up: when you open a presentation that contains outdated library elements, you receive a message urging you to run the slide check.
Major improvements to slide converter in the presence of old presentations created with Office 2003.
Slide lib can now be accessed from any presentation.
Default shortcuts can now be deployed along with UpSlide.

V4.5.1

New features

Arrange pane: new design, new options for margins and the possibility to split your shapes on several slides!
Tombstone: many small improvements and a new design.
Shape library: you can now insert shapes in several slides in a single click.

New admin features

New Template file to customize Excel styles.

V4.5

New features

Introduction of the “Shape Styles” feature in PowerPoint, to store, manage and apply your appearance preferences to any shape.
The "Number to Words" feature in Word lets you select the desired language and currency in which your numbers are expressed.
The "Tombstones" feature now keeps track of creation and modification dates of every Tombstone in the database.
Small UI adjustments have been made to the "Tombstones" feature as well.
The customization shared folder path supports windows environment variables such as %userprofile%.
Word:

New admin features

Introduction of the “Slide Converter” in PowerPoint. This feature allows administrators to convert slides from one slide master to another while automatically adapting its layout to the destination presentation.
Introduction of the “Shape Styles” feature in PowerPoint, as an administrator, you will manage the Team Styles which you will be able to share with your workgroup.

Bug fixes

Fix Multiple issues with libraries and task panes.
Fix "Undo" issue in Excel.
Fix Thumbnail generation has been improved.

V4.4.1

New features

Introduction of the “Tombstones” feature in PowerPoint, to manage your tombstone database, with facilitated search and filtering options, and insertion in presentations.
The “Go-To Source” feature now directly focuses on the source.
The “Go-To Source” feature now handles conflicts and hidden sheet.
The titles of Waterfall and Marimekko charts are now linked to the title cell.
The “Number to Words” feature now allows you to choose the currency.

New admin features

Some UpSlide features can be called directly from VBA macros.

Bug fixes

Fixed multiple issues with libraries and task panes.
Fixed some issues that occurred when the Windows file explorer preview pane is on.
in PowerPoint, some links were not properly restored after disabling “hide text exports”.
in Excel, you can export text to a table cell in Word.
Ssolved conflicts in the “Update All” window are now properly displayed as such.

V4.4

New features

A new "Display Source" button for faster access to the available data sources.
A major upgrade of UpSlide link system to avoid creating conflicts when duplicating charts or worksheets.
Introduction of the compliance checks feature in PowerPoint.
Additional command-line option for UpSlide setup: KeepExistingConfig (to allow an update of UpSlide without modifying an already installed customization).
The first version of our Magic master converter button.
Smart track can now be un-docked to preserve screen real estate.
The "Update All" feature can now update several presentations simultaneously.
UpSlide link now works on shared workbooks.

Bug fixes

Publish and mail features now preserve default signature in Outlook.
Multiple fixes in the publish feature (default location was not always stored properly, attachment could not be saved using the presentation name...).

V4.3

New features

A new version of the customization exchange system (download in the background using BITS).
As an administrator, when exporting, UpSlide can detect changes inside each of the libraries.
Every missing customization is now installed simultaneously (while only the most recent was installed in the past).
Insert section though the Outline pane also updates the table of content.

Bug fixes

Fix: Marimekko's now support columns smaller than 1% of the total width.
Fix: UpSlide undo could cause the file size to grow.
Fix: conflict with DropBox caused Table of Content to crash.
Fix: Waterfall could fail to detect the position of intermediary results when too many effects were null.

V4.2.2

Bug fixes

Fix: UpSlide could crash PowerPoint or Word when editing embedded workbooks.
Fix: Publish feature in PowerPoint could fail if "remove duplicate dividers was checked".

V4.2.1

New features

Publish feature in PowerPoint: selected slides can now be sent or saved in one click and undergo a series of operations necessary before publishing: remove duplicate dividers, hide text exports or mark presentation as final.
In PowerPoint, you can now have items at the root level of your Slide Library (if your customization allows it)
Basic support of 3D references in SmartTrack Precedents (Excel)

Bug fixes

Fix: in PowerPoint, when creating a new presentation from a template, the Home pane is now activated.
Fix: in the Outline Pane in PowerPoint, renaming now preselects the whole text, and the shortcut (F2) is disabled on the presentation and title slides.
Fix various small bugs of the PowerPoint Slide Library (some issues with drag & drop, context menus, regeneration of the library when corrupted).
Fix proper error message when trying to export/update an Excel chart if that chart is a member of a grouped shape.

V4.2

We are officially releasing UpSlide One, a version designed for individuals and very small teams, along with a new logo.

New features

UpSlide now supports Windows 10.
The Arrange Form has been replaced by the more user-friendly Arrange Pane.
Lock Aspect Ratio option for the Smart Painter in PowerPoint.
Removed the useless first level folder of the Slide Library for some users.

New features for modeling module

New button to calculate and insert the CAGR of a range of cells.

New admin features

Recursively insert all the slides in a Slide Library folder.

New deployment features

Option to disable pop-ups signalling new customization.
Option to force the use of a specific mail client.

Bug fixes

Fix: refreshing the TOC or adding a new section doesn't require to restart PowerPoint to be able to click the hyperlinks in Slide Show mode.
Fix: forms always open in the current display if you are using more than one.
Fix: selecting part of the name of an item you are renaming in the outline pane doesn't crash.

V4.1.2

UpSlide no longer supports Microsoft XP.

The necessary version of the .NET framework is now 4.5 Full.

New features

UpSlide is now signed with a SHA256 certificate deployed alongside the software.

V4.1.1

New features

Delete all UpSlide link: new feature to prevent any update for data imported from Excel.
Shortcuts can now be deactivated instead of simply unassigned.
Navigation pane opens automatically when inserting sub-sections.
Find the source form now closes automatically after Update.

New features for modeling module

Fine-tuning of the Smart track feature: handling of dynamic names and merge cells, F5 to refresh after cell edition, performance optimization...

Bug fixes

Fix: find the source could fail to display potential sources if some of the Excel windows were minimized.
Fix: drag and drop in libraries could be troublesome to initiate.
Fix: export in Word as text now preserves newlines and bullet points.
Fix: support for Office 2016 shared mode during export and update.
Fix: facing page module could fail if the source presentation was saved on a network drive.
Fix: thumbnail size in the libraries was dependent upon resolution and Windows zoom level.

V4.1

New features

CAGR: compound annual growth rate can be directly inserted in Excel charts!
UpSlide is now compatible with Office 2016
Office chart templates can be deployed along with UpSlide
Simplified support with a log window directly accessible from UpSlide
Word buttons are organized more efficiently

New features for modeling module

IfError: to wrap all the selected formulas in an iferror function
Autocolor can now detect direct plugs in formulas (ex: "=A1*A2+3" is detected as a plug)
Simplified support with a log window directly accessible
A entirely new take on our Smart Track feature: new interface, new inner workings and vastly improved scope and performances.

Bug fixes

Removed UpSlide charts sensitivity to Excel default template
Mail features: date in the attachment name is now formatted using the system default format
Clean feature now supports files stored on SharePoint

V4.0.4

New features

Simplified UpSlide activation procedure.
Improved Keyboard navigation for UpSlide Smart Track feature.

Bug fixes

Task panes in Ppt: libraries and outline panes are now totally immune to multi-window cancel close in PowerPoint 2010 and 2013.
Many UI fixes when using UpSlide on a Microsoft Surface Pro.
Suppressed screen flickering associated with the previews in the library.
The customization exchange system is now more robust to read/write access issues.

V4.0.2

New features

Increase speed for the Smart Check (a few minutes for 300 pages long documents).
A report of action carried out during the cleaning of a Workbook.

Bug fixes

Arrange: the recommended container was wrong if one of the selected shapes could contain all the others.
New diagnostic module for UpSlide: it can automatically re-activate the Add-In in case of unwanted de-activation (no need to go through the 2 step Options\Addins\Disabled items process: https://upslide.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201918858-UpSlide-menu-has-disappeared-how-do-I-get-it-back-).

V4.0.1

New features

Word smart check: a new pane to analyze your document and list potential typos and inconsistencies.
Waterfall and Marimekko: title can now be automatically inserted.

V4.0.0.0

New features

New icons.
Text Export in PowerPoint: the content of Excel cells can now be directly linked to text in PowerPoint (extends the existing export as image feature).
Clean Excel files: removes unused cell styles, broken link, broken names and reduces the size of workbooks.
Prepare Excel files. Apply of series of operations before sharing a workbook: select A1 cell removes comments, optimize size, replace formulas by their value...
Undo formatting in Excel: table formatting operations by UpSlide can now be undone though the native Excel undo mechanism (Ctrl+Z or undo button).
Update success message can now be disabled.

Bug fixes

Fixed number formatting issues in Waterfall and Marimekko charts.
Improved encryption for the communication between UpSlide server and UpSlide client.

V3.3.3.1

New features

Prerequisites: VSTO runtime 10.0.31129 is now sufficient to install UpSlide.
Libraries, item name can now be up to 50 characters long.

V3.3.3

New features

Word: new button to convert number to words
Word (starting in 2010): all UpSlide features compatible with Word native undo (Ctrl+Z)
PowerPoint (starting in 2010): all UpSlide features compatible with PowerPoint native undo (Ctrl+Z)
Word: the content of Excel cells can now be directly linked to text in Word (extends the existing export as image feature)

Bug fixes

Keyboard navigation optimized in panes and dialog boxes (part 1).

V3.3.2

New features

Shortcut to rename items in libraries (F2 to start, enter to validate, Esc to cancel).
Tooltips in UpSlide ribbon display current shortcut keys and not default ones.
More flexibility to customize horizontal and vertical spacing on the table of contents.
Possibility to open all Excel source files when doing an update all in PowerPoint or Word.
Improved navigation between potential Excel sources using the find the source form in PowerPoint and Word.
Two new design features in PowerPoint spread height and spread width, to copy the dimensions of a shape.
Word library can now contain entire document templates.

Bug fixes

Insertion of non-inline shapes from the library in Word 2010.

V3.3.1

New features

Unnumbered sections in PowerPoint table of content
Specific numbering for Appendix in PowerPoint table of content

V3.3.0

New features

Automatic yearly license renewal.
Simplified process to activate UpSlide.
Administrators can deactivate UpSlide for users leaving their team.
New button to update the axis scale of all the Waterfall charts.
Merging module for UpSlide customization. Admin can now export only a part of each library. Greatly simplifies collaboration between administrators.
The installer now supports click to run installations of Office 2013.

V3.2.7

New features

An additional option for the Table of Content: do not display slides with no title.
Unique setup file to handle all user and single-user install.
New custom UpSlide chart: stacked waterfall.
A new feature for the update all form: possibility to pre-load the sources without actually updating.

Bug fixes

Compatibility with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop (V >= 6).
Fix of clipboard issues responsible for random bugs when using export, libraries or table of content.
Faster smart track and auto color.
Shape and slide library can no longer be displayed at the same time to limit memory usage.

V3.2.6

New features

Licenses are no longer bound to a single machine but to the OS user. Single Licence code is now valid for all computers as long as user and domain are the same.
UpSlide usage statistics can now be sent every week to our central server. You can get information about who is using UpSlide and which feature is mostly used. The communication with our server is optional and can easily be turned down.

V3.2.5

New features

Smart Track pane to navigate very easily between the precedent and dependents of a formula (all can be done with keyboard only)
Autocolor: UpSlide can automatically color cells depending on their content (constant, formula, link...).

V3.2.4

New features

Report Generator now allows retrieving data from PowerPoint to update the source Excel file
Facing pages module to print part of a presentation in two-sided mode. In edition mode, the user can mark slide as facing pages. He can then generate a print version of his presentation where blank pages will be inserted in the right places to allow two-side printing (useful to display charts or table to complement information found on the page facing it when printed).
Delete duplicate reminder option. If subsections have dividers when the print version is generated, the section dividers immediately followed by a subsection divider are deleted

V3.2.0

New features

New looks for the libraries
Find the source now accessible through right-click (Office 2010 or greater needed)
Mail sheets now accessible though right-click (Office 2010 or greater needed)
Libraries can now be used entirely with keyboard shortcuts (arrows, Tab, Enter, Ctrl + F....)
New TOC option: inserting text before section numbers in dividers (ex: sec 1.)
Table sorter in PowerPoint (sorts alphabetically the contents of a table in PowerPoint)
Server licenses can now be purchased to activate UpSlide for all the users of a computer

V3.1.9

New features

Search field in Word, Excel and PowerPoint libraries
Detail view for each element of the libraries (to detail contents, date of last update, description...)
Possibility to add tags to library items. Very useful to speed and leverage the search feature
Smart Painter now also copies adjustments (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff744037(v=office.15).aspx)
Partial Export/Import of customizations. Allows to :

Diminish the size of customization files
Several administrators can work simultaneously on various part of the customization
Possibility to back up and restore only a part of the customization

Automatic Update of the table of content options for existing presentation when the administrator releases a new customization

Bug fixes

Compatibility with the track changes mode in PowerPoint
Compatibility with the final mode of PowerPoint
Paths of more than 218 characters in Excel library are now supported

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v6.7.19.0 - 09/11/2021

New Features

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v6.7.18.0 - 25/10/2021

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v6.7.17.0 - 11/10/2021

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v6.7.16.0 - 27/09/2021

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v6.7.15.0 - 13/09/2021

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v6.7.14.0 - 31/08/2021

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v6.7.13.0 - 17/08/2021

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v6.7.12.1 - 04/08/2021

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v6.7.11.1 - 20/07/2021

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v6.7.10.0 - 01/07/2021

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v6.7.9.0 - 17/06/2021

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v6.7.8.0 - 03/06/2021

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v6.7.7.1 - 19/05/2021

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v6.7.6.1 - 07/05/2021

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v6.7.5.1 - 22/04/2021

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v6.7.4.0 - 9/04/2021

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v6.7.3.0 - 26/03/2021

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v6.7.2.0 - 11/03/2021

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v6.7.1.0 - 25/02/2021

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v6.7.0.2 - 12/02/2021

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v6.6.18.0 - 02/02/2021

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v6.6.17.0 - 01/14/2021

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v6.6.16.0 - 18/12/2020

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v6.6.15.0 - 3/12/2020

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v6.6.14.0 - 23/11/2020

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v6.6.13.4 - 19/11/2020

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v6.6.12.10 - 09/11/2020