Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET 24.2.0 is here to boost your Python development experience on Windows 32-bit systems. This release introduces valuable new features and bug fixes for handling PDF documents.

New Features

We have introduced a number of new features in this release:

• Seamlessly extract vector data from PDF files.
• Work with DjVu and CDR format files within your Python PDF processing apps.
• Easily provide a callback for HOCR text recognition with page reference.
• With Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET 24.2.0,you can pass a page as an image to HOCR callback method.
• PDF to Markdown conversion with image usage enhancements.
• Converting searchable PDF documents to XPS with the ability to select and copy text within the resulting XPS document preserved.

Feature Enhancements

We have added feature enhancements in this release:

• Image extraction in PDF to Markdown conversion with better accuracy.
• Control the page settings during HTML to PDF conversion.
• Precisely review comments’ status in TextAnnotation on Windows 32-bit machines.
• Optimized document repair API functionality.
• Fetch property values directly from Action Script code embedded within your PDF documents.
• Manage the LaTeX document compilation with version 24.2.0 of the Python PDF API.
• Markdown loading capabilities are extended by supporting CSS styling and PageInfo.

Bug Fixes

This release also addresses numerous bugs reported in previous versions, including issues with:

• Splitting PDF documents.
• XPS to PDF conversion.
• Handling absolute image positions in HTML to PDF conversion.
• Text extraction and rendering.
• PDF to PDFA1A conversion.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

Added APIs

We have added several new classes, methods, and properties to the public API in this release. Some of these are:

• aspose.pdf.annotations.MarkupAnnotation.clear_state
• aspose.pdf.annotations.MarkupAnnotation.set_review_state(aspose.pdf.annotations.AnnotationState, str)
• aspose.pdf.annotations.MarkupAnnotation.set_marked_state(bool)
• aspose.pdf.CdrLoadOptions
• aspose.pdf.CdrLoadOptions.#ctor
• aspose.pdf.DjvuLoadOptions
• aspose.pdf.DjvuLoadOptions.#ctor
• aspose.pdf.DocSaveOptions.re_save_fonts bool
• aspose.pdf.LoadFormat.DJVU
• aspose.pdf.LoadFormat.CDR
• aspose.pdf.printing.PaperSource.#ctor(aspose.pdf.printing.PaperSourceKind, str)

Removed APIs

We have removed the following property from the public API in this release:

• aspose.pdf.annotations.TextAnnotation.state

You can view the list of all new features, enhancements, and bug fixes introduced in this release by visiting Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET 24.2.0 Release Notes.