Release Notes – empower® Brand Control 10.0

empower^® has been upgraded to .NET10 Desktop Runtime to ensure continued platform support as .NET8 Desktop Runtime reaches end of support.

.NET10 Desktop Runtime is only required if the .NET10 variant of empower^® Chart Creation or empower^® Charts is in use.

For further information from Microsoft, see .NET and .NET Core Support Policy.

The empower^® Backend has been upgraded to ASP.NET10 Core Runtime.

A new chatbot is available and can be accessed via the empower^® Ribbon.

This chatbot can be used to ask for help or further information regarding empower^®.

The AI Chatbot can be enabled in the empower^® Admin Center.

The empower^® Directory Sync has been improved and now supports the import of directory extensions from Microsoft Entra ID to be used in user profiles.

When the Corporate Design Check is used to correct font type errors, fonts are now set as theme fonts instead of fixed fonts.

The Share feature used to share slides or presentations now also supports the New Outlook Client.

Fixed an issue where 32-bit versions of Word and Outlook could run out of memory when working with many companies that use high-resolution logos.

Fixed an issue where the button for showing or hiding paragraph marks and other formatting marks was disabled automatically after saving Document Templates to the empower^® Library.

Fixed an issue where slides were not resized when being converted to a new master.

Fixed an issue where, in some cases, old logos were not removed from the presentation after switching to a new logo via the Presentation Settings.

Fixed an issue where PowerPoint could become unresponsive while typing text.

Fixed an issue where the Corporate Design Check could not be executed successfully when certain chart types or tables containing bullet points were used.

Fixed an issue where, in some cases, bullets defined in the master were not applied correctly to text in PowerPoint built-in text boxes.

Fixed an issue where, in some cases, using button Update all Fields in Word did not update all fields at once.

Fixed an issue that caused empower^® to use an incorrect path for master templates in terminal server mode on systems with a custom PowerPoint template path.