CKEditor 5 is the next-generation rich text editor with WYSIWYG methodology at its core that can be implemented within web-based software. One of the things it was designed for and that makes it stand out on the market is collaboration.

The MS Word .docx file format is an industry standard nowadays. The HTML to Word converter and the Export to Word editor plugin enable the incorporation of this format in your work for portability and cross-platform compatibility of your content.

CKEditor v33.0.0 brings in an improved and extended conversion/reconversion system. The revision history feature is now compatible with real-time collaborative editing and the collaboration features are available in DLL builds. There were also improvements in the General HTML Support feature and several important bug fixes.

For a long time, the Real-time Collaboration feature served our users in the best way possible. It did this, by allowing them to comment and edit content together in a rapid development environment. The same goes for Revision History – a versioning tool that became a user favorite from day one. Now we are bringing both of these great features together in one package!

Collaboration software continues to improve as more workers work remotely than ever before. Here we take a look at some of these tools worth considering.

Boost your ordered lists by starting them from a chosen value or reversing their order; mention people by their full names thanks to the support for spaces into hashtags; unleash the full interactive potential of your content thanks to scripts; and check out the brand new editor example showcasing a bottom-located toolbar with formatting buttons grouped!

WYSIWYG’s origins can be traced back to the 70s, but today the term is finally becoming ubiquitous with software as more importance is placed on user experience (UX). We analyze how it is being used in content editing for more efficient workflows.

Collaborative writing is getting increasingly popular within modern organizations. But it is not as simple as it might seem. To make the process of crafting great content together smooth and more effective, the right collaborative writing strategies need to be adopted. In this article, we shed light on some of the best collaborative writing strategies to utilize in 2022 and beyond.

Writing, editing — all of that is generally about the ability to access the content faster better, more efficiently. To add, remove, change, and rewrite yet again. Still, there are situations when an editor or a reader should not be able to change the content. Sounds surprising? Maybe so. Maybe not so much.

Healthcare is a field that is being digitized as we speak and SaaS tools are some of the things bringing innovation. Here we focus on SaaS tools and a case study related to Hive Networks’ working communities and other Learning Health Networks.

Track Changes and Revision History are premium CKEditor 5 plugins and features that share both similarities and differences. Here, we compare the two features and analyze what makes them similar, what makes them different, and what sort of workflow they are best suited for.

Agile project management is still making the headlines, despite being 20 years old. The benefits of its application are countless and priceless, and we are well aware of that at CKSource. Software developers who join us can see for themselves that going Agile and relying on continuous feedback simply makes the work done faster and more pleasant, and the results of it are often more than impressive. With this blog post, we’re continuing a cycle on the reasons why it is so beneficial to launch your career with CKSource or switch to this company from your current endeavor.

Blockchain has been known to be a game changer in digital transactions due to its functionality as a digital ledger and ties to cryptocurrency. However, it is also being utilized across new platforms designed for writers or that have writing as their core functionality. We talk about some of these use cases and also how CKEditor 5 can fit into this role for future blockchain development. This article focuses on writing platforms using blockchain in a way that are already available today, but the potential is immense.

If there is one thing every content writer could probably do without, it is the feeling of getting lost in a long document. Trying to navigate a book chapter or a legal document? We have all been there and we know this can be such a headache. There is good news, though: we came up with something to make your editing experience a little bit easier. What if the same content navigation tool that programmers have been using and enjoying for years was available in CKEditor 5? We decided to give it a try and this is how the first content minimap for a WYSIWYG text editor was born.

The totally revamped image feature, supporting block and inline images, will bring more colors and fun into your rich content. The ability to edit the HTML source will give you more control over it hand in hand with the highly anticipated search and replace functionality. The General HTML Support will help advanced users expand the capabilities of the editor while a set of new user guides will aid them on the journey through all the newly introduced enhancements. There is also support for multi-root editors in revision history as well as new user permissions for collaboration features — CKEditor 5 v29.0.0 has it all!

Remote work is here to stay, and CEOs need to learn how to reckon with the new reality of employment. Collaboration is one of the keys to creating a digital employee experience, but a real-time collaborative editor like CKEditor 5 can help fulfill multiple aspects of that experience. If you’re looking to level-up your digital workspace, read on for more!

CKEditor 5 v28.0.0 brings the long-awaited Revision History feature. It is a top-class document versioning tool that allows the users for full control over the editing process. The table feature was expanded with support for captions as well as default table and table cell styles. The integrators and plugin creators will appreciate the new metadata for npm packages and the documentation of the HTML output of the editor features. Improvements were done to the export features and schema definition. Some bug fixes were included, too.

Having the right tools for the job influences your software’s output. The developers of CKEditor 5 know that, which is why our API provides optimal customizability that can help you create the perfect plugin for your software’s needs. We explain how the development teams from three clients of ours — Plutio, Condé Nast, and Neos — used our API to customize CKEditor 5 instances in specific ways with satisfying results. Read on to see what we mean.

Revision History is a brand new feature rolling out as a premium plugin for CKEditor 5. We will show you how you can benefit from implementing this plugin as we analyze various use cases across a variety of industries.

The newest release arrived, packed with new features, some improvements, fixes and a security patch. The long-awaited drag and drop functionality is here, covering textual content, widgets as well as HTML and plain text dropping from outside the editor. Language features have been expanded with the ability to set specific language to a selected part of the text and there were improvements to the text-align feature as well as the to-do list feature. And there is still more!

There are certain features in editors or word processors that people tend to overlook, even though many of them use these on a daily basis. One such feature is the word and character count. An everyday user may not pay much attention to it, as it was originally aimed primarily at people who need to meet specific word limits while writing. Read the blog post to discover its usefulness in your favorite WYSIWYG editor.

Among features offered by CKEditor 5 WYSIWYG editor, some are widely used (like text formatting or images) and some are rather specialized (like restricted editing or read-only mode). There are only a few features, however, that are so versatile and applicable to so many use cases and solutions as lists.

Welcome to the “Feature of the month” blog post. Kickstarting this new series in 2021, we want to spotlight and present selected features we offer with CKEditor 5. Every month, we will present the functions that we find especially interesting or in need of better recognition from our users. This is all in the hope to bring a better editing experience to you.

The content in the CKEditor 5 is represented by a custom data model. It provides a layer of abstraction over the HTML data that is used to store the content (the data view). To translate the model representation to the target data format (in most cases HTML), the developer must provide a set of converters. This article showcases another approach to writing model-to-view converters and introduces a JSX-compatible syntax that allows to write converters by defining the expected output with syntax that is similar to the HTML data format.