Desktop App 3.10.0 for Windows  Release Date:  Dec 17, 2020

Start or join a co-editing session from the Desktop App.

Start or join a co-authoring (co-editing) session from the context menu in file explorer that allows multiple users to work concurrently on the same document.  

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For a domain with more than one co-authoring application, if the organization admin sets the default co-authoring app, you can start or join a co-editing session from the context menu seamlessly.

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Join a co-editing session by double-clicking a file, which is currently being co-edited by someone.

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There is an option for users to set the preference for the default action on double-clicking a file.

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There is an onboarding flow for user awareness about new features in the current release.

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Additional fixes

In addition to the above enhancement, the update also contains: 

  • Fix for an issue with uploading incomplete hyper files to the cloud.
  • Fix for an issue with ArchiCAD where a user couldn't export a file to PDF in an offline directory.
  • Fix for an issue with un-syncing a sub-folder that is skipped.

Known Issues & Limitations

The update has the issues and limitations listed below:

Option to start co-editing session by double-clicking a file will be supported in the next version.

Co-authoring access in Desktop App is not supported with Smart Cache (FKA Turbo) connection.

Drive status is not updated while switching the connection from Smart Cache (FKA Turbo) to Offline.

 

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