The document outlines the new features and enhancements in IBM Connections and IBM Docs for Q2 2016, focusing on community metrics, search improvements, and file management functionalities. Key updates include streamlined search capabilities, drag-and-drop for files, mobile editing improvements, and enhanced editor features. Additionally, it highlights user support for managing content and integrating social networking within the IBM ecosystem.

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IBM Connections & Docs
What’s New in Q2 2016
Baan Slavens Paddy Barrett René Schimmer Jim Puckett
Luis Benitez

2. IBM Connections & IBM Docs
Q2 2016
IBM Connections Cloud
IBM Connections Mobile
IBM Docs Cloud

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• Help community owners
and admins to gauge
adoption and usage of
their community and IBM
Connections overall
• See top contributors,
trends, popular content
and more.
• Filter reports by area (e.g.
Ideation, Files, Wikis, etc)
Metrics for Communities
Measure adoption and usage of IBM Connections communities

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• Metrics summarize how
people are using IBM
Connections
• Refine metrics by
selecting options such as
the time period to report
or a particular application
to focus on
• Collect Global metrics
about overall usage of IBM
Connections,and collect
Community metrics to
analyze usage of a
particular community
Metrics for Admins
Measure adoption and usage of IBM Connections Cloud

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• Search has been
streamlined to help you
find Connections Cloud
content faster and it
remembers the pages you
visited.
• A new search icon is
available regardless of
where you are on the
page. Open the search
panel to search. Or use
the panel to go back to
pages you've previously
visited.
Search enhancements
Find what you need, get back to what you were doing faster

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• Before you search
anything,the panel
displays the previous 500
pages you've visited in
chronological order.
• This feature is especially
helpful when someone
gives you a link to a page
and later you'd like to go
back to that page but
can't remember where it
is.
• Type-ahead in the search
field immediately brings
you pages that you have
viewed before.
Search enhancements
View history of people and content you’ve interacted with

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• Drag & drop files to nested
folders: Select a file or
folder and drop it onto a
folder.
• Files larger than 2GB can
be uploaded to IBM
Connections (Note: when
using the desktop plug-in,
the upper limit is 2 GB)
• Performance
enhancements for file sync
- the server pushes file
changes to client devices
Files enhancements
Drag & Drop for nested folders in personal and community files

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• Save a Microsoft Office
document to a nested
folder for personal or
community files.
• Provide Connections Files
Cloud and IBM Verse
customers with
namespace functionality
• Increase file uploads and
downloads to 2 GB
• Mac plug-in:Improved
context menu support
within Finder
Desktop plug-in enhancements
Save As, file size limits, Mac OS

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• Multi-filesupport in the
IBM Connections Editor -
open more that one file at
a time, copy content from
one file to another.
IBM Connections mobile app
Enhanced IBM Connections Editor

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• Support mobile device
management, mobile
application management,
and mobile content
management solutions
from Good Technology
and AirWatch.
• Create content directly in
Blogs and Wiki’s. Edit
existing content.
IBM Connections Mobile App
IBM Connections Editor

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• Rich Text editing in Blogs
and Wikis allows users to
create or edit them directly
in the mobile application.
• Support @mentions in
Forums
IBM Connections Mobile App
IBM Connections Editor

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• Copy the format of a word
or paragraph and paste it
to another word or
paragraph
• To use, simply select the
source text that has the
formatting that you want
to copy and click the Copy
Formatting icon, then
select the target text and
click the cursor to paste
the formatting.
Copy Formatting
Reuse text formatting

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• The IBM Notes plug-in
now supports Status
Updates in Connections
Cloud
• Stay in touch with the
people in your
Connections network
without ever leaving Notes
• Catch up with your
network, leverage your
social network in context
• Hover over people to view
their business card and
quickly access their
content
IBM Notes plug-in
Connections Cloud enablement of Status Updates

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Document Editor
• Decorated Cursor enabled by default
• Drag and Drop Images
Spreadsheet Editor
• Macro support
• Grid On/Off
• More Formulas
Viewer
• Thumbnail support for .xlsm filetype
• Thumbnail and Preview Template Files
Common For All Editors:
• Create New File from Template (Now
Available for Users With Reader
Access )
IBM Docs
Updates to the Viewer, Document Editor, and Spreadsheet Editor

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• When you're in Files, the
search scope Files
Belonging To... has been
removed. Instead, just
begin typing the letters of
a person's name in the
search field.
• The Thai language is now
supported in Search.
Search enhancements
Search scope, Thai language

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Resources
Meeting the Deadline with IBM Connections Docs
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/social-
business/2015/09/30/meeting-the-deadline-with-ibm-
connections-docs/
IBM Docs Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUEeQmxO0j4
IBM MarketPlace
http://www.ibm.com/marketplace/cloud/online-document-
editor/us/en-us
IBM Connections Docs Product Page
http://ibm.com/software/products/en/ibmconnectionsdocs
Integrating IBM Docs 2.0 with Box.com
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21981293
IBM Social Landing Page
http://ibm.com/social
Latest product info,research, podcasts, and more
http://www.ibm.com/lotus/connections
YouTube Videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/IBMSocialBiz
IBM Connections Team Blog
http://ibmsocialsoftware.com
Assets, discussion, and opinion about driving the adoption of
IBM Social software
http://ibm.com/blogs/socialbusiness
Customer Success Stories
http://www.ibm.com/social-business/us/en/customers.html
Book- Doing Business with IBM Connections
http://michaelsampson.net/doingbusinesswithconnections/
App Catalog
http://catalog.lotus.com
IBM Internal: IBM Connections Roadmap
and PM community:
http://bit.ly/ConnectionsRoadmap

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