What’s new in the Aspose.PDF for Java 24.3

Release Highlights

Aspose.PDF for Java 24.3 introduces enhanced Markdown export with table support, multi-phrase search in text, and significant layout and compatibility improvements. This release also delivers fixes for table alignment, bullet recognition, and gradient rendering issues, ensuring higher fidelity when converting PDFs to Excel and DOCX.

New Features

• Markdown Table Export: Tables in PDFs can now be accurately converted to Markdown, improving documentation workflows and text format interoperability.

• Multi-Phrase Search in TextFragmentAbsorber: Enables searching for multiple phrases at once, significantly simplifying complex text extraction scenarios.

Enhancements

• Word Break Support in TextStamp: Added word wrap modes to TextStamp for more precise placement and alignment during PDF stamping operations.

• FIPS-Compliant Cryptography: Upgraded to the latest Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API for enhanced cryptographic compliance and security.

• PDF to PDF/A Conversion Speed: Optimized conversion time when transforming large PDFs into the PDF/A format.

Bug Fixes

• Text and Layout Fixes:

  • Corrected alignment issues when using justify and wrapping in DOCX exports.
  • Improved detection and conversion of bullet lists in Word output.

• Excel Export Corrections:

  • Fixed cell splitting, table formatting, and column misalignment when exporting to XLS/XLSX.

• Stability Enhancements:

  • Addressed issues with EPS to JPG conversion and tag corruption using getTaggedContent().
  • Improved regex accuracy in TextFragmentAbsorber.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

Added Methods

• compareTo() for AbsorbedCell, AbsorbedRow, and AbsorbedTable: enables table element sorting or comparison.
• Field.executeFieldJavaScript(JavascriptAction): allows JavaScript execution on PDF form fields.
• Image.getBitmapSize(): retrieves image dimensions directly.
• TextReplaceOptions.isIgnoreParagraphs() and .setIgnoreParagraphs(boolean): control paragraph behavior during text replacement.
• TextStamp.getWordWrapMode() and .setWordWrapMode(int): customize text wrapping in stamps.

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For full list of updates, please visit Aspose.PDF for Java 24.3 Release Notes.

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