Adding plugins to the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
Plugins are designed to expand the capabilities and add new features to Desktop Editors.
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors include a number of the pre-installed plugins.
- Document Editor contains the following plugins by default: ">PhotoEditor, ">YouTube, ">OCR, ">Translator, Send, ">Thesaurus, ">Highlight code. <%--The detailed instructions on how to use plugins can be found here: ">How to use plugins--%>
- Spreadsheet Editor contains the following plugins by default: ">PhotoEditor, ">YouTube, ">Translator, Send, ">Thesaurus, ">Highlight code.<%-- The detailed instructions on how to use plugins can be found here: ">How to use plugins--%>
- Presentation Editor contains the following plugins by default: Audio, Video, ">PhotoEditor, ">YouTube, ">Translator, Send, ">Thesaurus, ">Highlight code.<%-- The detailed instructions on how to use plugins can be found here: ">How to use plugins--%> -
To extend the editors functionality, you can add your own plugins. It only takes a few minutes and can easily be done by following the instuctions below:
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- Go to App Directory page, where all compatible and ready-to-install plugins are located. +
- Select the suitable plugin from the list and make sure that it is compatible with the Desktop Editors. +
- Click the Install now button, or you can also manually find the repository of the latest available corresponding plugin on ONLYOFFICE Github page.
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Here are some examples:
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- Telegram - chat with co-authors in real time using integrated Telegram client; +
- Words counter - count words, characters, and paragraphs in the selected part of your document; +
- Thesaurus - search for synonyms and antonyms of a word and replace it with the selected one. +
All the currently existing open source plugin examples are available here.
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+ - Download the repository files and, if you downloaded them in
.zipformat, unzip them.
+ - Archive all the plugin files to
.zipformat and change the archive extension to.plugin. ++ the archive must contain+config.json,index.htmlandpluginCode.jsfiles. +
+ - Open the ONLYOFFICE Editors app, switch to the Plugins tab of the top toolbar and click the Settings button. The Settings window will open.
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+ - Click the Add plugin button and specify the path to the plugin. +
The plugin will be added to the opened editors and all the editors you will open afterwords and displayed within the Plugins tab.
To extend the editors functionality, you can add your own plugins.
-All the currently existing open source plugin examples are available here.
-The plugin structure and the procedure of creating plugins is described in the Plugins and macros section of the https://api.onlyoffice.com web site.
-To find out how to add your own plugin to the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, refer to this page: Installing plugins to document editors.
+To remove the added plugin, click the " /> icon.
To find out how to remove default plugins from the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, refer to this page: ">Uninstall default plugins from the desktop editors.
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