WebSphere Portal Productivity Components

 

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WebSphere Portal Productivity Components

Three Productivity Components included in this release of WebSphere Portal provide rich text, spreadsheet, and presentation support. The Productivity Components are integrated with Document Manager. You need Document Manager to use the Productivity Components. Both Document Manager and Productivity Components are automatically installed with WebSphere Portal.

The lightweight Productivity Components provide many widely used functions typically available in a productivity application of its type. Users can access these lightweight Productivity Components anywhere they have Internet access with the supported Web browsers. The supported Web browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, and Mozilla 1.3 and above.

 

Spell Checker function

The Spell Checker function is available in all three components. The spell checker compares each word to words in the directory for the locale specified in the request. If the request does not specify a locale, then the spell checker uses the dictionary for the locale of the server. The spell checker offers suggestions for words determined to be misspelled.

The Spell Checker function is automatically installed with WebSphere Portal and is enabled by default after installation. To disable and enable Spell Checker, change the value in the <WPS>/shared/app/com/ibm/wps/odc/spellcheck/util/SpellCheckConfig.properties file.

To disable Spell Checker, set...

SpellCheck_Enabled=false

To enable Spell Checker, set...

SpellCheck_Enabled=true

Restart the WAS and WebSphere Portal to have changes take effect.

 

For use with Rich Text, Presentation, and Spreadsheet components:

  1. Rich Text

    The spell checker is invoked from the Check Spelling command on the toolbar and looks for misspelled words in the text area.

  2. Presentation

    The spell checker is invoked by clicking Edit and then Check Spelling...

  3. Spreadsheet

    The spell checker is invoked from the Check Spelling command on the toolbar and looks for misspelled words in the current focused cell.

 

Rich Text Component

The Rich Text Component allows you to edit and save documents. As Rich Text Component is integrated with Document Manager, you can open up one type of document and it is automatically converted to an internal document format. For example, when you open a Word document, Lotus Word Pro document, Rich Text file or internal format file, they are converted to an internal document format for editing in the Rich Text Component.

The keyboard accessibility function is available in the Rich Text Component. There are default key sequences but the Administrator can change the keystrokes for the accessibility functions by editing the KeySequence.properties file located in <WAS_HOME>/lib/ext/com/ibm/wps/odc/editors. After making changes to this file, the Portal Server must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

The default key sequences are:

  • <ctrl + shift + m> launch detached toolbar
  • <ctrl + shift + h> launch help
  • <ctrl + shift + p> launch image insert
  • <ctrl + shift + g> launch text color chooser
  • <ctrl + shift + j> launch background color chooser
  • <ctrl + shift + t> launch table insert

There is a possibility of malicious javascript rendering without the end user's control when the rich text editor control is administratively or user enabled for viewing email. The Rich Text Component can be disabled through the administrative configuration screen. This is a known issue and will be resolved in a future update.

 

Spreadsheet Component

The Spreadsheet Component allows you to work with Excel spreadsheets or spreadsheets created by Spreadsheet Component. As a lightweight component, you can perform basic functions such as using formulas or creating and printing spreadsheets. If you open an Excel file, it is converted to an internal document used by the Spreadsheet Component. You can also open an internal document and convert it to an Excel file.

 

Presentation Component

As a lightweight component, the Presentation Component allows you to create and edit presentations. Your presentation can be viewed or edited. The view mode allows you to view your presentation without providing any editing functionality. The edit mode allows you to edit the presentation. The outline area in edit mode provides a tree view of the content and structure of a presentation. The draw area in edit mode allows you to edit the title, the text, and the image of a page. Each page has a Master page associated with it that sets the style of the pages. You get the basic Master by default but can change the Master. The options include Ruled Master, Wood Master, and Title Master.

You can add pictures to your pages either by uploading pictures from your computer or pointing to a picture on the Web.

The presentation editor manages contents in an internal format.

 

Configuration

The PingInterval in...

<WAS_HOME>/lib/ext/com/ibm/wps/odc/editors/Config.properties

...is used for keeping the user's session active while the user works with the Productivity Components. The value of this interval should be proportional to the timeout value of the portal. For example, if the portal time out value is 30 minutes, the ping interval for the components should be 75% of that value or 22 minutes.

 

See also

 

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