At Dreamforce 2017 on Monday, Salesforce unveiled the Quip Collaboration Platform, which bolsters Quip's functionality with custom app integrations and new workflow templates.

Quip, originally focused on collaborative document sharing and word processing functionality, was acquired by Salesforce in late 2016. Now, Salesforce is expanding Quip’s offerings.

The custom app integrations are called Live Apps, according to a press release from Salesforce. These Live Apps are "custom-built applications that can be embedded directly into any Quip document," according to the press release. For a given project, the Live App brings relevant information from the app into the Quip document, so users don't have to constantly switch between multiple apps, tabs, or windows to get to the information they need.

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“This is the future of team collaboration, where results are instant and teams can be more agile and productive without having to use email, switch between dozens of apps, or search for lost files,” said Bret Taylor, CEO of Quip, in the press release.

Some examples of Live Apps include a calendar app, an app that pulls in Salesforce records, and an app called Kanban Board, which is used for project management and workflow optimization, the press release said.

A Live Apps API is also available for partners who want to build their own Live Apps for integration, the release said. So far, Atlassian, DocuSign, Lucidchart, and New Relic have all

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