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We’re upgrading our in-line drawing editor to a pop-up to add some often requested features, and give you more room to create.

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1. Autofit Text to ShapesÌý

Ìý Ìý ÌýTurn on autofit text to automatically scale your font-size to fit your shape.

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2. Aligning ShapesÌýÌý

Ìý Ìý ÌýCheck out our new alignment options to arrange multiple shapes.

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3. Group & Ungroup ShapesÌý

Ìý Ìý Ìý Group multiple shapes into a single bounding box. Now you can move, resize, orÌý rotate them all together, rather than repeat transformations for each individual shape.

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4. Stack Them UpÌý

Ìý Ìý ÌýWe’ve introduced layers to let you control the z-axis of your shapes. Each shape gets it’s own layer, and layers can be re-ordered, so you choose which shapes are hidden, and which stay on top.

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Ìý5. Format ShapesÌýÌý

Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýSet colors, patterns, gradients, or text effects on your shapes with our new formatting tools.

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Improved Fidelity with Microsoft Word

Fidelity and interoperability improvement is a continuous goal of ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Writer. We’ve fixed old issues around Microsoft Word compatibility. Transfer your documents over to Writer, and trust that we’ll preserve your formatting, layouts, and styles.

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ÌýÌýBetter shape and image positioningÌýÌý

Writer now understands Word’s alignment settings, so shapes and images retain their position when migrating.Ìý

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ÌýÌýImproved list handlingÌýÌý

Word documents containing lists with both numbers and bullets are now properly handled.

Mixed List Styles

ÌýList Numbering with Custom Start Value

List Numbering & SpacingÌý

ÌýList IndentationsÌý

We’ve also fixed bugs around paragraph borders, line spacing, table borders, and cell margins.

Please try out the new experience and provide us feedback to help us give you the best experience we can!Ìý