Re-sharing the news Baan Slavens, our Product Manager for IBM Connections Mobile, from earlier this week
The new IBM Connections Editor is a companion application the to the IBM Connections Mobile application for iOS and Android devices. The IBM Connections Editor is a full-featured mobile editor, which will allow you to take files directly from IBM Connections Files and easily view or edit those files on your mobile device. You can edit any Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, Excel spreadsheet and Word document from your Connections Files with the new editor. You can also create new presentations, spreadsheets or documents in the editor and save them directly into IBM Connections Files.
Full Featured Editor:
The IBM Connections Editor provides full-featured capabilities on the mobile device. You can edit or create a PowerPoint presentation. The editor allows you to add or remove slides, add images or video, add charts or shapes and provides a large option on fonts and colors. You can present the slides directly from your mobile device as well as view animations and add notes to each slide.
You have the same robust capabilities when editing or creating a document as you do with presentations. In addition to all those features you can also add or edit headers, footers, endnotes and footnotes.
When using the editor to edit or create a spreadsheet you have over 300 formulas for Arithmetic, finance, Date/Time, Statistical, Database, Look ups and much more. You can also add charts and shapes directly into the spreadsheet.
Seamless and Secure
The seamless integration between the two mobile applications makes it easy to use and secure. You can open any supported files in IBM Connections Files and select to edit that file, once you have selected Edit the document will automatically open in the IBM Connections Editor. Once you have completed your updated in the editor simple select to save the document back into IBM Connections. The file will save back to the exact place that you opened it from giving the option to add new tags and version description, this instance on the file will be saved as a new version. The applications share a common storage therefore the documents always maintain their security settings. The file remains secure during the entire round trip editing experience. The IBM Connections Editor also provides MDM support for those vendors supported by the IBM Connections Mobile application.
The IBM Connections Editor is available today for download at no additional cost at the Apple App Store or Google Play
Check out the demo: