With the advent of cloud-based document management tools, teams can now work together in real-time, enhancing efficiency and productivity. When collaboratively editing a document online, the ability to communicate directly within the document allows team members to instantly share or discuss ideas, ask questions, and provide feedback.

This article will guide you on how to chat with your co-editors in real-time in the Spire.Cloud.Office document editor.

• Chat with Co-Editors Using the Editor Chat Feature
• Chat with Co-Editors Using the Comments Feature

Spire.Cloud.Office Document Editor

Spire.Cloud.Office is a feature-rich HTML-5 based document editor component that can be easily integrated into web applications. With the document editor component, your end-users can view, create, edit, and collaborate on diverse document types within a web browser.

To utilize the services offered by Spire.Cloud.Office, you will need to first install it on your system.

• Install Spire.Cloud.Office for .NET on Windows
• Install Spire.Cloud.Office for Linux on Ubuntu
• Install Spire.Cloud.Office for Linux on CentOS

After the installation is complete, you can integrate Spire.Cloud.Office editor in your own web application or visit the example application hosted on port 3000 to explore the editor's functionalities.

The example page offers options to upload existing documents or create new ones. Spire.Office.Cloud supports loading DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, and PPT/PPTX files, and exporting files to DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX formats.

Chat with Co-Editors Using the Editor Chat Feature

Spire.Cloud.Office allows co-editing a document with multiple users at the same time, and it also integrates the chat feature in the editor. To chat with your collaborators in real-time, follow the steps below:

1. Open the document you're working on with your collaborators by clicking on the computer icon in the "Editor" section.

2. After opening in the editor, click the "Chat" button under the "Review" tab to initiate a chat with your coworkers.

3. When you click the button, a chat sidebar will appear on the left side of the document. The users who are in the document at the moment will be displayed in the top area.

If you want to chat with them, type message in the text box and then press the "Send" button.

4. Your co-editors can also type messages in the same way to chat with you. All messages you send or receive will be displayed in the chat sidebar in real time.

Chat with Co-Editors Using the Comments Feature

Another way to communicate with your collaborators is to use the comments feature. With the ability to comment in real-time, team members can quickly respond to each other's suggestions or questions. The following are the steps to chat with your collaborators through comments:

1. Select a specific part where you want add comments, and then click the "Comments" icon under the "Review" tab.

2. After clicking, a comment box will appear. Type your comment in the text box and click the "Add" button.

3. The part where you've attached a comment will be highlighted and when your collaborators click on the text, they will see the comment. To reply to the comment, first click the "Add reply".

Then type replies in the text box and click the "Reply" button.

4. By inserting and replying to comments in real time, you and your co-editors can instantly communicate ideas, suggestions about the document.

Note: In the first example, the chat history won't be saved when you close the document. However, the comments in the second example can be saved with the document. Therefore, in addition to real-time comments, users will also be able to view and reply to comments at any time afterwards.

To view all comments in a document, click the "Comments" text under the "Review" tab.

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is widely used for its structured format and readability on different platforms and systems. Its self-descriptive tags enable you to process data more easily. Meanwhile, Word XML focuses specifically on storing and exchanging Microsoft Word documents. It allows Word documents to transfer without loss. They both show flexibility under various scenarios that Word documents cannot achieve.

On the page, you will learn how to convert Word to XML and Word XML formats using Python with Spire.Doc for Python.

• Convert Word to XML with Python
• Convert Word to Word XML with Python

Install Spire.Doc for Python

This scenario requires Spire.Doc for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip command.

pip install Spire.Doc

If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Doc for Python on Windows.

Convert Word to XML in Python with Spire.Doc for Python

This part will explain how to convert Word documents to XML in Python with step-by-step instructions and a code example. Spire.Doc for Python provides the Document.SaveToFile() method to make it easy to save Word as XML. Check out the steps below and start processing your Word documents without effort!

Steps to Convert Word to XML:

• Create a new Document object.
• Load the Word document that you wish to be operated using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
• Covert it to XML by calling Document.SaveToFile() method.

Here's the code example:

from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *

# Create a Word document object
document = Document()

# Load the file from the disk
document.LoadFromFile("sample.docx")

# Save the document to an XML file
document.SaveToFile("WordtoXML.xml", FileFormat.Xml)

document.Close()

Convert Word to Word XML in Python

To convert Word to Word XML, you can utilize the Document.SaveToFile() method provided by Spire.Doc for Python. It not only helps to convert Word documents to Word XML but also to many other formats, such as PDF, XPS, HTML, RTF, etc.

Steps to Convert Word to Word XML:

• Create a new Document object.
• Load the Word document by Document.LoadFromFile() method.
• Convert it to Word XML using Document.SaveToFile() method.

Here's the code example for you:

from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *

# Create a Word document object
document = Document()

# Load the file from the disk
document.LoadFromFile("sample.docx")

# For Word 2003
document.SaveToFile("WordtoWordML.wordml", FileFormat.WordML)

# For Word 2007-2013
document.SaveToFile("WordtoWordXML.wordxml", FileFormat.WordXml)
document.Close()

Get a Free License

To fully experience the capabilities of Spire.Doc for Python without any evaluation limitations, you can request a free 30-day trial license.

Formatting plays a crucial role in making your Excel spreadsheets clean, organized, and visually appealing. Often, you may want to apply the same formatting to multiple cells or ranges in your workbook. Instead of manually formatting each cell individually, Excel provides a convenient feature called "Copy Cell Formatting" that allows you to quickly replicate the formatting from one cell to others.

Here in this article, you will learn how to programmatically copy cell formatting in Excel using Spire.XLS for Python.

• Copy Formatting from One Cell to Another
• Copy Formatting from One Cell to a Cell Range

Install Spire.XLS for Python

This scenario requires Spire.XLS for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your system through the following pip command.

pip install Spire.XLS

If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.XLS for Python on Windows

Copy Formatting from One Cell to Another in Python

You can access a specific cell by using the Worksheet.Range[row:int, column:int] property. The formatting of that cell can be retrieved through the CellRange.Style property, and this formatting can then be applied to a different cell.

The steps to copy formatting from one to cell to anther are as follows.

• Create a Workbook object.
• Load an Excel document from a give path.
• Get a specific worksheet within the workbook.
• Get a specific cell through Worksheet.Range[row:int, column:int] property.
• Get the cell formatting through CellRange.Style property, and apply it to another cell through the same property.
• Save the workbook to a different Excel file.

This code example loads an existing Excel document, copies the formatting (style) from the cells in the second column to the cells in the fourth column for rows 2 through 14, and then saves the modified workbook to a new Excel file.

from spire.xls import *
from spire.xls.common import *

# Create a Workbook object
workbook = Workbook()

# Load an Excel document
workbook.LoadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Input.xlsx")

# Get a specific worksheet
worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0]

# Loop through the selected rows
for i in range(2, 15):

    # Get style (formatting) of a specific cell
    style = worksheet.Range[i, 2].Style

    # Apply the style to a different cell
    worksheet.Range[i, 4].Style = style

# Save the workbook to file
workbook.SaveToFile("output/CopyFormatting.xlsx",ExcelVersion.Version2016)

# Dispose resources
workbook.Dispose()

Copy Formatting from One Cell to a Cell Range in Python

Once you get the style (formatting) of a certain cell, you can apply it to a cell rang which is retrieved through the Worksheet.Range[row:int, column:int, endRow:int, endColumn:int] property.

Here are the steps to copy formatting from once cell to a cell range.

• Create a Workbook object.
• Load an Excel document from a give path.
• Get a specific worksheet within the workbook.
• Get a specific cell through Worksheet.Range[row:int, column:int] property.
• Get the formatting of the cell through CellRange.Style property.
• Get a cell range through Worksheet.Range[row:int, column:int, endRow:int, endColumn:int] property.
• Apply the formatting to the cell range through CellRange.Style property.
• Save the workbook to a different Excel file.

This code example loads an existing Excel document, retrieves the style of a cell located in the third row and first column, and then applies that style to a range of cells from the third row, fourth column to the fourth row, sixth column.

from spire.xls import *
from spire.xls.common import *

# Create a Workbook object
workbook = Workbook()

# Load an Excel document
workbook.LoadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Input.xlsx")

# Get a specific worksheet
worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0]

# Get style (formatting) of a specific cell
style = worksheet.Range[3, 1].Style

# Apply the style to a cell range
worksheet.Range[3, 4, 4, 6].Style = style

# Save the workbook to file
workbook.SaveToFile("output/ApplyFormatToCellRange.xlsx",ExcelVersion.Version2016)

# Dispose resources
workbook.Dispose()

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