What’s new in the Aspose.Cells for Java 23.5

Release Highlights

Aspose.Cells for Java 23.5 enables watermark support during PDF rendering and brings substantial enhancements to pivot table formatting, chart rendering, and shape alignment. The release also improves workbook interoperability and introduces additional API capabilities for list objects and rendering.

New Features

• Watermark Support in PDF
  • You can now add text/image watermarks directly using PdfSaveOptions.Watermark.

Enhancements

• Pivot Table Styling

  • New classes PivotTableFormat, PivotTableFormatCollection, and extended PivotArea options allow advanced area filtering and formatting.

• Chart and Shape Accuracy

  • Fixes distorted text and shapes during HTML/PDF export, ensuring fidelity to Excel appearance.

• Workbook Compatibility

  • More intelligent external link reference resolution and improved pivot autofit behavior.

Bug Fixes

• Shape and Chart Rendering

  • Fixed vertical text distortion, 3D pie slice angle errors, and grouped shape displacement in PDF and HTML exports.

• Pivot Copying

  • Addressed incorrect conditional formatting and subtotal preservation when copying ranges.

• Text Handling

  • Corrected overflow and misaligned textbox content in various formats.

• Performance Stability

  • Resolved stuck processing scenarios for specific XML and chart rendering cases.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

• New Members:

  • PdfSaveOptions.Watermark, RenderingFont, RenderingWatermark: Enables watermark embedding.
  • PivotTableFormat, PivotTableFormatCollection: Style and access pivot table formats.
  • PivotAreaType, PivotArea.RuleType, PivotArea.IsOutline, PivotArea.AxisType, etc.: Define and target formatting areas.
  • Row.iterator(reversed, sync): Iterate row cells with reverse/sync control.
  • ShapeTextAlignment.IsLockedText: Lock shape text editing.
  • ListColumn.TotalsRowLabel: Set totals row label in table column.
  • ImageOrPrintOptions.SetDesiredSize(...): Improved image sizing control.
  • AutoFitterOptions.ForRendering: Auto-fit tailored for rendering outputs.

• Deprecated:

  • Cells.getRowEnumerator(), Chart.IsReferedByChart(), Shape.ShapeFormat
  • ImageOrPrintOptions.SetDesiredSize(desiredWidth, desiredHeight) — now replaced with method including keepAspectRatio.

🔍 Explore the Full Release Details

For full list of updates, please visit Aspose.Cells for Java 23.5 Release Notes.

pdf watermark | pivot format | textbox alignment | chart rendering | html conversion