ONLYOFFICE Docs 10.0 puts AI inside your documents, with local models an option

ONLYOFFICE Docs 10.0 adds AI tools inside its document, spreadsheet, presentation and PDF editors, and lets organisations connect a model of their choice, including one running locally. That gives teams a way to work with AI in the file itself without being locked to a single provider or sending every document to an outside service.

Watch Desk analysis

What happened

The release adds an AI Tools tab to each editor, with chat and suggested prompts tailored to the open file. Depending on the editor, users can summarise or rewrite documents, ask questions about PDFs, generate spreadsheet formulas and analyse data, or draft presentation outlines and speaker notes. ONLYOFFICE says its new version also adds around 50 features, more than 1,000 bug fixes and fixes for about 35 security vulnerabilities.

Teams can connect services such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or xAI models, set a default model, and assign different models to different tasks. Self-hosted installations can connect to a locally running model. The release also introduces modular AI Agents, Forms, Files and Rooms apps, so organisations can enable the tools they need. The release details were published in a sponsored MakeUseOf article, with product claims and recommendations attributed to ONLYOFFICE.

Why it matters

Putting AI in the editor means users can ask about the document they have open instead of copying its contents into a separate chat and supplying the context again. Model choice and local hosting may also matter to organisations that need tighter control over where sensitive files go.

There are useful specifics beyond the AI pitch: PDF editing adds a way to remove hidden information such as metadata and comments, while spreadsheets get changes intended to improve performance on large workbooks. In the open-source versions, built-in AI has been removed; the AI tools are installed separately. That distinction is worth checking before a team plans a rollout.

Our read

This is a substantial update with a practical idea at its centre: put AI beside the work, and let organisations choose the model and where it runs. That is more compelling than another floating assistant that knows nothing about the file on screen. Local hosting is an option, not a blanket guarantee that every workflow keeps data on the organisation’s infrastructure, so check the setup and model connections before feeding it sensitive material.

What to watch

• Which models and hosting arrangements are available in the version an organisation actually deploys.
• Whether teams find in-editor assistance more useful than a separate AI chat.
• How the security fixes and spreadsheet performance changes hold up in use.

Discussion spark: Would you trust AI more when it works inside your document and can run locally, or does model choice still leave too many data-handling questions unanswered?

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