What’s new in the Aspose.PDF for Java 23.10

Release Highlights

Aspose.PDF for Java 23.10 expands document manipulation capabilities with new APIs to remove tags from tagged PDFs, measure character height, and flatten transparency. It also resolves multiple long-standing rendering issues related to PDF to image, PDF/A, and digital signature workflows.

New Features

• Remove Tags from Tagged PDFs:
  • Introduced functionality to strip accessibility and structural tags from a tagged PDF document.
• Character Height Measurement API:
  • New method allows precise measurement of individual character height for layout-sensitive processing.
• Flatten Transparency Feature:
  • Added ability to flatten transparency in complex PDFs for better compatibility and print accuracy.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes

• Digital Signature Reliability:
  • Resolved issue with signing secured PDFs causing integrity failure post-signature.
• PDF to Image Conversion Fixes:
  • Fixed image corruption, blurriness, and line disappearance issues during JPEG/PNG conversion.
• PDF/A Conversion:
  • Addressed NullPointerException and internal exceptions in PDF to PDF/A workflows.
• Improved Redaction Accuracy:
  • Redaction annotations no longer duplicate on rotated pages.
• Text Search and Replace:
  • Missing characters after replacement have been fixed.
• Excel Conversion Fixes:
  • Resolved misaligned text and incorrect row splitting in PDF to Excel exports.
• DOCX Export Correction:
  • Bold text is now accurately retained when converting from PDF to DOCX.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

✅ New Classes

• ElementCollection
• CustomPrintEventArgs
• PrintPaperSizes
• ExtGStateValue
• SignHash
• ITeXInputDirectory, ITeXOutputDirectory
• TeXFileSystemInputDirectory, TeXFileSystemOutputDirectory

✅ New Methods

• Element.remove()
• PrintScaling.getName(long)
• Resources.getExtGStates()
• Signature.getCustomSignHash(), setCustomSignHash(SignHash)
• TextFragmentState.measureHeight(char)
• TextState.measureHeight(char)

✅ New Fields

• PdfViewer.CustomPrint
• ViewerPreference.PRINT_SCALING_APP_DEFAULT, PRINT_SCALING_NONE
• PrinterPaperKind.C65Envelope

✅ New Constructor

• PrintPaperSize(int index, String name, int width, int height)

🔄 Renamed Method

• BasicSetColorOperator.getGrey() → getGray()

🔍 Explore the Full Release Details

For full list of updates, please visit Aspose.PDF for Java 23.10 Release Notes

remove pdf tags | character height measurement | flatten transparency | pdf to jpeg | pdf to pdfa