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Welcome to the HCL Connections Docs 2.0.1 documentation, where you can find information about HCL Docs 2.0.1. HCL Docs is a collaborative productivity suite that enables you to work on documents, spreadsheets and presentations together in the cloud.
Using HCL Docs
HCL Connections™ Docs is a new office productivity suite for working on documents, spreadsheets and presentations together. It provides real-time co-editing, allowing users to work on documents individually or collaboratively. Comment on a document, or even participate in a discussion. All this without the need of desktop software.
Working with presentations
Create high impact, professional presentations. Or, you can upload existing presentations from your computer to HCL Docs Cloud for online editing. You can edit presentations with your colleagues in real-time and collaborate with others through comments and discussions.
Formatting slides
In HCL Connections™ Docs, many formatting functions are provided. You can change fonts, move objects on a slide, add numbers or bullets to text, set the slide layout, or change master style.
Applying a slide layout
A good layout can help convey information to your audience.

Using HCL Connections Docs 2.0.1
Welcome to the HCL Connections Docs 2.0.1 documentation, where you can find information about HCL Docs 2.0.1. HCL Docs is a collaborative productivity suite that enables you to work on documents, spreadsheets and presentations together in the cloud.
- Using HCL Docs
  HCL Connections™ Docs is a new office productivity suite for working on documents, spreadsheets and presentations together. It provides real-time co-editing, allowing users to work on documents individually or collaboratively. Comment on a document, or even participate in a discussion. All this without the need of desktop software.
  - Supported browsers
    See what Web browsers are supported by HCL Connections™ Docs.
  - What's new in HCL Docs 2.0
    Learn about new features and functions in HCL Docs 2.0.
  - Publishing a version of a file
    In order for readers to see a draft created in HCL Connections Docs, or edits made in Docs, a new version of the file must be published. As of August 2015, if a file is being created or edited in Docs for the first time, publishing is set to occur automatically. If a file was previously created or edited in Docs, you must either enable the Publish Automatically command in that file, or publish each new version manually.
  - What if I have a file conflict?
    A person can decide to upload a new version of a file while another person is editing the file online or has saved an online file that is not yet published. The new uploaded version is stored in Files as its own version number, and you are warned of the conflict the next time you try to edit the file from the Files list.
  - Reverting to last version
    When you are editing in HCL Connections™ Docs, if you are not satisfied with the current version of your document, you can revert to the last version that was published. You can choose to save or discard your current edits before you revert to the last version of a document.
  - Viewing a file by using the viewer
    You can view an uploaded document, spreadsheet, presentation, or PDF file while you are working in Files.
  - Accessibility features for HCL Docs
    Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
  - Working with documents
    Work on a document by yourself or collaborate on files with your colleagues. You can comment on a document, or even participate in a discussion. All this in real-time. Upload an existing Open Document Format or Microsoft™ Word file or create a document to begin.
  - Working with spreadsheets
    Calculate, analyze, and manage your data. Several categories of functions are available to create formulas to perform complex calculations on your data.
  - Working with presentations
    Create high impact, professional presentations. Or, you can upload existing presentations from your computer to HCL Docs Cloud for online editing. You can edit presentations with your colleagues in real-time and collaborate with others through comments and discussions.
    - Creating and uploading presentations
      You can create a presentation and upload existing presentations from your computer to Connections Files to edit online using HCL Connections™ Docs.
    - File compatibility and working with files
      Find out which file types you can use with HCL Connections™ Docs presentations.
    - Working with presentations in Content Navigator
      If your organization uses IBM Content Navigator as its file repository, see the following topics to learn how to create, import, check in, and save presentation files in the repository.
    - Sharing presentations
      You can make a presentation public for anyone to read, or share it with specific people and communities. You can allow people to edit a presentation and even share it with others. You can also change or delete access levels after you share a presentation.
    - Collaborating on presentations in real time
      You can collaborate on a presentation in real time with others as a team. You can co-edit with other editors in real time, and create comments and discussions.
    - Formatting slides
      In HCL Connections™ Docs, many formatting functions are provided. You can change fonts, move objects on a slide, add numbers or bullets to text, set the slide layout, or change master style.
      - Changing fonts in presentations
        In a presentation, you can change the selected text to different fonts and font sizes, and increase or decrease the font size quickly.
      - Changing line spacing in a slide
        You can change the line spacing of text in text boxes, shapes, and tables.
      - Inserting shapes
        You can create 19 kinds of SVG shapes in a .pptx file to make the contents more vivid.
      - Selecting and moving objects
        After inserting objects in a presentation, you are most likely to move their positions to make the layout more attractive.
      - Copying and pasting objects
        You can copy and paste objects such as texts, textboxes, tables, images and slides, within the same file or between different presentation files. You can also copy and paste the background color of textboxes, tables and placeholders within the same file or between different presentation files.
      - Rotating objects on a slide
        In presentations, you can rotate an object to any angle.
      - Arranging the objects order
        After you insert objects in HCL Connections™ Docs Presentations, you may need to arrange the stacking order of the text and graphics.
      - Distributing objects in a slide
        In presentations, you can distribute an object vertically or horizontally.
      - Setting transparency for objects in presentations
        You can set transparency for images, shapes, and text boxes in .pptx files.
      - Adding numbers or bullets to slides
        You can add numbers or bullets to items in a list, and choose from various bullet or numbering styles, including colors and symbols for bullets and decimals for numbers.
      - Adding a link in a slide
        On a slide, you can add a link to a web page, open your email with the "To" address prefilled, and add a link to another slide in the presentation.
      - Applying a slide layout
        A good layout can help convey information to your audience.
    - Spell-checking presentations
      You can have HCL Connections™ Docs check the spelling in different languages while you type, and you can also check the spelling of the entire presentation when you finish it.
    - Printing presentations
      The Print command in a presentation opens a new browser window from which you can choose layout options.
    - Working with images in presentations
      Graphics are useful to get your information across. You can insert graphics from a gallery, or files from your computer, or the Internet. You can also edit the graphics, such as zooming in, zooming out, dragging to any position in a slide, and so on.
    - Working with slides
      Playing a slide show is the way to give a presentation. And you can apply slide transition effects in a presentation.
    - Working with tables in presentations
      You can create a table, insert, delete and resize columns. You can set various properties for an entire table or for one or more cells.
    - Editing speaker notes
      In speaker notes view, you can edit speaker notes for slides in the presentation and set text properties.
    - Presentations quick reference
      This topic helps you discover or remember how to do certain presentation tasks.
    - Presentations keyboard shortcuts
      You can use shortcut keys to perform tasks in presentations. All shortcuts are valid on Windows™ operating systems. On Mac OS, press Command instead of Ctrl.
  - Glossary
  - Notices

Applying a slide layout

A good layout can help convey information to your audience.

Procedure

To apply a slide layout, follow these steps:

In the Slides panel, select a slide.
You can access the layout in the following ways:
- Right-click the slide, and select Slide Layout.
- Click Slides > Slide Layout.
In the Slide Layout window, select a layout. Then, the selected layout is applied to the slide.

Note: When you create a new slide after the current slide, the new page follows the same slide layout. But for the Title Slide layout, the new page uses the default layout of title and outline.

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