[WebODF] WebODF 0.5 out and gains text editor: edit OpenDocument format files in webpages and webapps

[Friedrich W. H. Kossebau]

Dear WebODF-interested and enthusiasts,

we WebODF developers are happy to declare that:
	WebODF version 0.5.0 is tagged and out!

Please find below the press release, then read it, follow it, spread it!

Cheers
Friedrich

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


WebODF 0.5 GAINS TEXT EDITOR: EDIT OPENDOCUMENT FORMAT FILES IN WEBPAGES AND 
WEBAPPS

June 30, 2014

Magdeburg, Germany - KO GmbH (KO) and the developers of WebODF[1], the 
JavaScript library for OpenDocument Format (ODF) support in webpages and HTML5 
apps, today released WebODF 0.5. So far it has been a library for the pure 
display. After a long period of hard work this new version features also 
editing of OpenDocument Text files. It also contains lots of display 
improvements. WebODF still uses only HTML, CSS and JavaScript without any need 
for a special server software.

WebODF 0.5 adds an API for implementing editors for OpenDocument Format. This 
allows for custom extensions and adaptions to different backends and UIs. In 
this version there is built-in support for enabling annotations, editing of 
hyperlinks and predefined paragraph styles, as well as direct formatting of 
text and paragraphs, with more to come.

WebODF 0.5 is accompanied by the simple to use JavaScript component 
Wodo.TextEditor, which is built on top of WebODF 0.5. It makes it easy to add 
an ODT editor element e.g. to your webpage in a few lines of JavaScript. [2]

With the 0.5 release out, future WebODF releases will be done approximately 
once every month to get improvements quickly into your hands. Support for 
realtime-collaborative editing has already been part of special WebODF 
variants for the document editor ownCloud Documents, added in version 6 of the 
cloudstorage solution ownCloud. It is currently worked on more and will be 
officially part of WebODF in the upcoming weeks.

Download the webodf.js library, the Wodo.TextEditor component and more from 
webodf.org, and enhance your webpages and HTML5 apps with viewing and editing 
support for ODF files.

About WebODF

WebODF is a JavaScript library which enables viewing and editing support for 
OpenDocument Format (ODF) on websites and in mobile or desktop applications, 
using only web standards. It was started in 2010 by Jos van den Oever at KO 
GmbH and is now developed by a growing team including external collaborators. 
WebODF is used by ViewerJS, ownCloud Documents, Zarafa, and more. All code is 
available under the Affero General Public License (AGPLv3). KO GmbH offers 
proprietary licenses upon request. For more information, please visit 
http://webodf.org/.

About KO

KO provides services and products for document workflows. KO has created 
office productivity applications for several generations of Nokia smartphones 
such as the N900 and N9. It has also created the WebODF web-based document 
technology framework. KO has sponsored employees to take part in the OASIS 
working group for the Open Document Format (as KDE representatives).

Contact

Contact the developers of WebODF either in the IRC channel #webodf on freenode 
or by the mailinglist https://lists.opendocsociety.org/mailman/listinfo/webodf 
.

For commercial support, please contact:
   Tobias Hintze
   KO GmbH, Schilfbreite 3, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
   Email: webodf-support at kogmbh.com
   Telephone: +49 391 251915 50

Links
[1] http://webodf.org      Homepage of the WebODF project
[2] https://github.com/kogmbh/WebODF/blob/master/programs/editor/HOWTO-wodotexteditor.md
    How-to for using the Wodo.TextEditor

Images
See http://webodf.org/news/2014-06-30.html

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