As you might have seen from our recent posts, we're working hard to change the look and feel of GroupDocs. We're working on the GroupDocs dashboard and we're making changes to GroupDocs Signature. We hope you'll agree that it is all for the better.

Today, I'm writing about GroupDocs Annotation, a service that makes document collaboration easy. With GroupDocs Annotation you can work on a document with your colleagues, all at the same time. You don't have to be online at the same time, making suggestions and adding comments, but you can be. If you're more comfortable with traditional document collaboration, when everyone takes their turn, that works just as well.

GroupDocs Annotation collects all the document collaboration tools that you need together in one handy place. Here's an overview.
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Earlier this week, we announced that the GroupDocs dashboard is getting a makeover to make it even easier to use. The dashboard is not the only of our tools that we're reviewing. We are also working on improving the way the GroupDocs Signature dashboard looks and works. The GroupDocs Signature dashboard is used to collect and manage digital signatures (also known as electronic signatures). Here's a preview of what's coming in the next few weeks.

A new interface for working with digital signatures

The new GroupDocs Signature dashboard looks a lot like the GroupDocs dashboard so it will feel familiar to GroupDocs users. Drag and drop documents to create a new envelope. See how documents are progressing at a glance with the colour-coded progress indicators. Sort envelopes by documents, recipients, date or status. Navigate with the breadcrumb trail.

The new GroupDocs Signature dashboard.

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Recently, I wrote about some changes we're making to the GroupDocs Signature dashboard. That's not the only part of GroupDocs that we're working to improve: today, I'll tell you about what we're planning for GroupDocs Signature.

GroupDocs Signature is an easy to use electronic signature service. You use it so collect signatures without the administrative overhead of printing, stuffing envelopes and posting. Simply email documents to your signers and wait for them to sign. GroupDocs Signature even reminds signers if they forget to sign so that you can focus on other things.

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We're about to launch a new GroupDocs dashboard and document viewer. We have overhauled the look and feel of the tools to make them more intuitive to use. At the moment, we're adding the final touches and making sure that everything works just so. The changes will be live in the next few weeks.

Here's what will change when the new dashboard goes live:

• GroupDocs dashboard

• Easier navigation from breadcrumb.
• Applications available from the Dashboard menu.
• Drag and drop to upload documents.
• Sort to find documents quickly.

• Improved look and feel.

I'll describe each of the new features in more detail below.

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Earlier this week I talked about document conversion, including image conversion, and why you'd want to do it. Today, I'll show you how to perform two tasks: first, how to convert the pages in a document to images and then how to convert an image from one format to another.

Document conversion is one of the services that GroupDocs offers. You can convert documents you've uploaded to a number of different formats. Exactly which formats depends on the type of document. Microsoft Word files can be converted to all kinds of different formats, from plain text TXT files to HTML. You can also convert the pages in a document to images that you can then use in presentations, other documents or online. For example, you can convert from PDF to JPG, DOC to JPG and many other file formats.

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One of the features that GroupDocs offers is document conversion, converting documents from one file formats to another. There are lots of different reasons why this is such a big deal. If you've never been sent a file you couldn't open, or had a file you sent somewhere returned to you because the recipient couldn't open it - you've been lucky! It is becoming much easier to send documents from one application or operating system to another. In the mid-90s, a Word document created on a Mac, for example, could not easily be opened on a Windows PC. Now, what operating system you have isn't a barrier to sharing documents. The problems now is mostly which programs, and which program versions, you have. Still, converting documents is still not always easy.

Converting documents saves time and effort

Below is a list of six different occasions when it is really handy to be able to convert documents between formats. Four of the examples start with a Microsoft Word file, DOC, and converts it to other formats: DOC to HTML, DOC to PDF, DOC to JPG and, finally, DOC to ODT. I also explain why you might want to convert between Word versions: DOCX to DOC. Not all documents are word documents so there's also a scenario for when you might want to convert a PowerPoint presentation to image file: PPTX to JPG. At the end, you'll hopefully have a good idea of why converting documents is useful and how GroupDocs can help you.

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GroupDocs lets you collaborate with colleagues or friends in different ways. We've described how to upload documents and how to use GroupDocs Signature. Today, we're going back to basics.

The first step to collaboration is sharing ideas and documents. With GroupDocs, sharing documents is easy and safe. You and your colleagues can work together without having to worry whether you have the same applications or the same operating systems and versions.

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Last week we posted articles on what you need from a digital document signature service and how to use GroupDocs Signature to sign a document. Hopefully, that was useful and you've got an idea of what you should be looking for when looking for a digital signature application.

What we didn't discuss in any great depth was why you want to move use digital signatures - online signatures, eSignatures, electronic signatures - in the first place.

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