ONLYOFFICE Personal is a totally free suite for editing text documents, spreadsheets and presentations online in a personal cloud storage. It is designed specifically for comfortable use for by person, providing you with:

• convenient file management system with the ability to connect third-party storages and work with files stored in them directly from the personal cloud;
• a large number of tools for editing docx, xlsx, and pptx files, their conversion, as well as a built-in media viewer;
• the ability to create agreement drafts or surveys in your documents via fillable forms;
• the ability to share documents and collaborate on them using various co-editing modes;
• quick and easy access not only on the web, but also through Desktop Editors for different operating systems, as well as Mobile applications for iOS and Android.

This guide will help you take the first steps to get started in your personal cloud.

To create a Personal office,

1. go to personal.onlyoffice.com page,
2. fill in your Email into the corresponding field of the registration form,
3. specify, if you want to be informed about the service possibilities, then review the service Terms and Conditions.
4. click the CREATE NOW button,
   
5. the Email Activation message will be sent to the email. Follow the link provided in this letter to complete your email activation procedure,
6. on the opened page, fill in the empty fields: First Name, Last Name, and Password,
7. click the JOIN button. You will be automatically redirected to your ONLYOFFICE Personal
   The password CANNOT be less than 8 and more than 30 characters long.
   

or

1. log in via one of the suggested third-party services: Google, Facebook, Linkedin,
2. enter your credentials, and you will be automatically redirected to your ONLYOFFICE Personal.

To log in into an existing Personal office,

1. go to personal.onlyoffice.com page,
2. fill in your Email and Password into the corresponding fields,
3. check the Remember checkbox if you want to be automatically logged in every time you visit the page,
4. push the Log in button.

or

1. sign in via one of the suggested third-party services: Google, Facebook, Linkedin,
2. enter your credentials, and you will be automatically redirected to your ONLYOFFICE Personal.

To transfer all your files to your Personal office, you can upload existing documents from your computer hard disk drive or integrate your Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, ownCloud, kDrive, and Yandex Disk account with the online office.

Uploading files and folders

To upload a file,

1. open the 'My documents' section and select a folder where you want to upload your files to by selecting the corresponding options at the left-side panel,
2. click the button in the left upper corner,
3. select the Upload files option from the menu,
4. choose the files you want to upload to the online office in the file manager window and click the Open button.

Or simply drag-and-drop a file or several selected files from your computer to the working area to upload documents to your portal even more easily.

The uploading process will start. If the file format differs from Office Open XML, the file will be converted into the .docx/.xlsx/.pptx format for faster editing. A notification window will appear where you will be able to select if you want to save both files (a file in its original format and a file in the Office Open XML format). If you don't need files in the original format on the portal, you can uncheck the Save the file copy in the original format as well box. It'll be taken into consideration during the next uploading operations, and a converted file will be added as a new revision of the original file rather than as a new separate file.

If an original file is protected with a password, the password will be required to convert the file. If you click the Convert & Open icon to the right of the uploaded document in the file list, a new window will open where you need to enter a password.

The current status of downloads and conversions can be found by clicking the icon. The Upload and convert files menu will open. It displays documents that have already been uploaded and converted, as well as the ones that are still in the queue.

To cancel uploading a file, click the blue cross icon next to the file. To stop uploading all files at once, click the gray cross icon in the upper right corner. To hide the Uploads menu, click the icon. The history of uploaded and converted documents will be deleted.

To upload a folder that contains nested subfolders and documents:

1. click the button in the left upper corner,
2. select the Upload folder option from the menu,
3. choose the folder you want to upload to the online office in the file manager window and click the Open button.

This can also be done by dragging the necessary folder from the file manager window to the portal working area.

To integrate your Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, ownCloud, kDrive, Yandex Disk or other third-party storage account with the personal cloud, find the Add account section on the left-side menu and connect the corresponding service after reading instructions in this article.

Creating new files and folders

You can also create new files or folders. To do that,

1. open the needed section or folder where you want to create a new file by selecting the corresponding options at the left-side panel,
2. click the button in the left upper corner and select one of the following options:
   • Document to create a new text document,
   • Spreadsheet to create a new spreadsheet,
   • Presentation to create a new presentation,
   • Form template to create a new docxf form from a Blank, From text file (the text file must be uploaded to the portal beforehand), or select a layout from the OFORMs gallery. The OFORMs gallery contains numerous pre-configured and designed forms for various purposes (e.g. House Rental Agreement form, Software License Agreement form, Job proposal form, etc.),
     Forms in the OFORMs gallery will change the language accordingly to the language currently selected in your profile.
   • New Folder to create a new folder,
3. enter a name for your file or folder into the appropriate field and click the icon.

You can view and edit your documents, spreadsheets, presentations and fillable forms right in the cloud using the multi-functional Online Editors. You can also view media files stored on the portal in the most popular formats, including avi, mpg, mpeg, mp3, mp4, webm etc., as well as the bmp, jpg, jpeg, png, gif, tif, tiff, webp images.

To edit a document, just click its title or click the icon next to it, select the Edit option, and it will be opened in a new tab of the Internet browser. If the file is currently being edited, you will see the colored pencil icon. To find out more about the editors' features, visit this page.

Once you edit a document, spreadsheet, presentation and save changes you made, both revisions of your file will be available, so that you'll be able to restore the previous one if necessary. The available revisions can be grouped into versions. To learn more about versions and revisions, please refer to this article.

To view a file, click the icon next to it and select the Preview option. This will open the file with the corresponding online office Viewer. Image files will open in the same window, text files will be shown in a new tab of your Internet browser. The online office Viewers offer standard tools to zoom in/out your files, adjust their size, navigate between their pages, download or print them.

When viewing media files with the online viewer, you can use the corresponding buttons to start or pause the playback, adjust volume level or switch to the full screen mode, go to the previous or next media file, download or delete the file.

When viewing image files with the online viewer, you can use the corresponding buttons to zoom in or zoom out the image, go to the previous or next image, display the image actual size (if the image has been zoomed in or out), rotate the image clockwise or counterclockwise, go to the previous or next image, download or delete the file.

To quickly find a necessary document, make use of the filter at the top of the document list.

Click the button, and specify the necessary filter parameters:

1. To filter items by TYPES, choose one of the following options: Folders, Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Images, Media, Archives, or All files.
2. To exclude subfolders from search, enable the No subfolders option.
3. Push the Add filter button to apply filters.

Enter a document title, entirely or partially, in the search field and press the Enter key to display the found item(s). If you want to go to the folder where the found file is located, right-click the file and use the Open location option. To go to the parent folder that is one level up from the current folder, use the arrow.

By default, all the files are sorted by Last modified date in descending order (later dates to early ones). If necessary, you can sort the items by Name, Creation date, Size, or Type by clicking the appropriate column header above the files. To add a new sorting criteria for files or hide some of them, click the Sort by drop-down list to the right of the Filter field and choose the necessary option from the following list: Created, Modified, Size, or Type. To change the sorting order from Descending to Ascending and vice versa, click the corresponding sorting criteria.

Use the buttons on the right to switch between the available display modes: Thumbnails view and Compact view. Thumbnails are not generated for connected third-party services.

The corresponding Thumbnails view display mode:

You can perform the following operations with your documents:

• Edit to open the document for editing in a new tab.
• Preview to open the document in the Preview mode in a new tab.
• Save as oform to save the document as a fillable .oform file.
• Fill in the form to open the a pre-created .oform file. When the file is opened this way, any editing, except for editing forms, is prohibited.
• Copy external link to a file with Full access, Review, Custom filter, Comment, or Read Only permissions. To remove access to a file, choose the Deny access option, or click once on a toggler, so it turns gray.
  
  Several sharing options are available:
  • Share a link to a file via e-mail or via Twitter,
  • Embed a document stored on your portal into other websites and pages. Several options for embedding are available: Size (600 x 800 px, 400 x 600 px, Auto), Width, and Height. Copy the code and insert it in the needed website or page.
• Manage file's Version history:
  • Finalize version to finalize the current version of a file and create a revision for a new one.
  • Show version history to open the version history list, where each version is described in details: Version status, Version number, Date and time, Author, and Comments are listed. Version history list also allows you to Open for editing, Edit each of the particular document version and restore one of them.
• View Details to open a window that contains information about the file and its properties such as Document preview, Owner, Type, Size, File extension, Modified date, Last modified by, Creation date, Versions, and Comments. To open the same window you can click the icon located on top right corner.
• Unblock/Check-in the file to block/unblock for further editing by other users with the corresponding editing rights.
• Mark as favorite the file to add it to the favorites folder.
• Download the file in the original format to your computer's hard disk drive.
• Download as the file in the selected format to your computer's hard disk drive.
  If several files are chosen for download, they will be packed in a .zip archive and saved onto your hard disk.
• Move or copy files:
  • Move to another folder or third-party storage.
  • Copy the file and move the created copy to the selected folder.
  • Create a copy of the file in the current folder.
• Rename the file.
• Delete the file by moving it to Trash. You can restore selected files from the Trash section, when necessary.
  If the deleted files were shared, other users will no longer be able to access them.

Group operations with files can be performed using buttons on the top or the contextual menu. To download, move, copy, or delete several files at once,

1. open the needed folder by clicking the corresponding option at the left-side panel,
2. hover over the file icon and check the boxes for the files you want to manage,
3. click the needed button at the top depending on the operation you want to perform.

Some operations can be performed with a single file only using the contextual menu. To rename, block for co-authors, finalize, view the version history of a file, or copy the link to it (or perform any of the above mentioned operations):

1. open the needed folder by clicking the corresponding option at the left-side panel,
2. find the needed document and click the icon next to it,
3. select the corresponding option depending on the operation you want to perform.

It's also possible to rename a document from the editor interface directly while editing. To do that,

1. click the File tab of the top toolbar and select the Rename... option,
2. in a new window that opens, enter the necessary File name and click OK.

Adding documents to Favorites

The Favorites section contains all files marked as favorites from all sections and folders. To add a document to Favorites,

1. open the needed section by clicking the corresponding option at the left-side panel,
2. find and the needed document and click the icon next to it,
3. select the Mark as favorite option.

or

1. open the needed document either for editing or preview,
2. click the Mark as Favorite button on the top toolbar.

The file will be available in the Favorites section and marked with the icon in the file list.

Within the Favorites section, you can use the Open location option in the contextual menu to switch to the folder which contains this file.

To remove an added file from Favorites, use the Remove from Favorites option in the contextual menu or click the icon next to the file name.

Use Keyboard shortcuts to access various features of the personal cloud and navigate more conveniently. To view the entire list of available hotkeys, click the link with your name in the right upper corner and select the Hotkeys option, or use the Ctrl+/ keybind.

In the personal cloud, you can fill in and edit your own profile data. To do that,

1. click the link with your name in the right upper corner,
2. select the Profile option,
3. click the icon your photo and select one of the following options depending on your goal:
   • Edit profile - to enable profile editing mode to change personal information displayed on your profile page. You can also enter this mode by pressing the Edit profile button under the profile picture. The full list of editable profile parameters can be found in the instructions below.
   • Change password - to change your password you use to log in to the portal. This option is also available in profile editing mode.
   • Change email - to change your registration email address. This option is also available in profile editing mode.
   • Delete profile - to delete your personal cloud account and all data stored in it. An email will be sent to the linked email address with instructions on how to delete the account.
   

Upon choosing the Edit profile option, the following items become available for editing:

• Email - shows the current email address linked to this personal cloud. To change your registration email address, press the Change button next to the current email and follow the further instructions.
• Password - shows the current password you use to log in to the personal cloud. To change the current password, press the Change button next to the current email and follow the further instructions.
  The password CANNOT be less than 8 and more than 30 characters long.
• Profile photo - click the button at the bottom of the current profile photo to upload another one and select the image area that will be displayed as your avatar photo.
• Personal information - shows personal information displayed on your profile page: first and last name.

Multiple interface languages available for personal cloud, and you can switch between them at any time. For this purpose, open your profile page and select one of the available options in the Language dropdown list.

In the Subscription section, you can indicate your consent or refusal to be notified of new features, tips, and related topics by e-mail.

In the Interface theme section, you can select the color palette used in the interface. the following options are available:

• Use system theme - to use color palette that is currently used by your computer (device).
• Light theme - to use white and blue color palette.
• Dark theme - to use black, dark grey, and blue color palette.

To switch to another account, you must first log out of the current one. To do that,

1. click the link with your name in the right upper corner,
2. push the Sign out button,
3. sign in using the credentials of another account.

If you still have any unsolved issues, please, visit ONLYOFFICE Personal troubleshooting or contact us on ONLYOFFICE forum.