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Aspose.Words for Java 24.10

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
    <artifactId>aspose-words</artifactId>
    <version>24.10</version>
    <classifier>jdk17</classifier>
</dependency>
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                                                  compile(group: 'com.aspose', name: 'aspose-words', version: '24.10', classifier: 'jdk17')
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<dependency org="com.aspose" name="aspose-words" rev="24.10">
    <artifact name="aspose-words" m:classifier="jdk17" ext="jar"/>
</dependency>
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libraryDependencies += "com.aspose" % "aspose-words" % "24.10"
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What’s new in the Aspose.Words for Java 24.10

Release Highlights

Aspose.Words for Java 24.10 delivers 80 improvements and fixes focused on extending UI components, enhancing chart formatting, and improving Markdown and shape handling. This update introduces ActiveX CommandButton support, group shape combination flexibility, visibility control for shapes, and enriched pie/doughnut chart styling. It’s ideal for developers building interactive, visual-rich Word document workflows.

New Features

  • Insert ActiveX CommandButton: Use DocumentBuilder.insertForms2OleControl() to add CommandButtonControl, allowing macro-triggered button functionality in Word documents.

  • Shape Visibility Control: New Shape.Hidden property lets developers toggle visibility of individual shapes in documents, ideal for conditional display scenarios.

  • Group Mixed Shape Types: Enhanced insertGroupShape(...) methods now support grouping individual shapes, group shapes, or both—enabling complex diagram constructions.

  • Markdown Table Export as HTML: New MarkdownSaveOptions.ExportAsHtml supports exporting tables as raw HTML in Markdown, improving compatibility with Markdown renderers.

  • Advanced Pie and Doughnut Chart Styling: Added formatting options like FirstSliceAngle, DoughnutHoleSize, and SecondSectionSize for precise pie and doughnut chart layout customization.

Enhancements

  • Big5 Encoding and Taiwanese Font Support: Better rendering and compatibility for documents using legacy East Asian fonts and Big5 cmap tables.

  • Chart Improvements: Extended formatting capabilities for Pie of Pie and Doughnut charts via ChartSeriesGroup.

Bug Fixes

  • Numerous fixes targeting chart rendering, shape grouping behaviors, encoding compatibility, and Markdown export reliability.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

  • New APIs:
    • CommandButtonControl class for ActiveX macro-trigger buttons
    • Shape.Hidden for controlling visibility of shape nodes
    • MarkdownSaveOptions.ExportAsHtml with MarkdownExportAsHtml.TABLES option
    • ChartSeriesGroup new properties: FirstSliceAngle, DoughnutHoleSize, SecondSectionSize
    • DocumentBuilder.insertGroupShape(...) overloads supporting flexible grouping

🔍 Explore the Full Release Details

For full list of updates, please visit Aspose.Words for Java 24.10 Release Notes.

activex commandbutton java | shape hidden property | markdown export html tables | doughnut chart formatting | group shapes together

VersionRelease Date
25.4April 16, 2025
25.3March 19, 2025
25.2February 14, 2025
25.1January 17, 2025
24.12December 13, 2024
24.11November 22, 2024
24.10October 10, 2024
24.9September 13, 2024
24.8August 15, 2024
24.7July 19, 2024
24.6June 14, 2024
24.5May 21, 2024
24.4April 12, 2024
24.3March 15, 2024
24.2February 9, 2024
24.1December 29, 2023
23.12December 22, 2023
23.11November 14, 2023
23.10October 19, 2023
23.9September 13, 2023
23.8August 14, 2023
23.7July 13, 2023
23.6June 16, 2023
23.5May 12, 2023
23.4April 7, 2023
23.3March 15, 2023
23.2February 18, 2023
23.1January 23, 2023
22.12December 9, 2022
22.11November 16, 2022
22.10October 14, 2022
22.9September 8, 2022
22.8August 12, 2022
22.7July 14, 2022
22.6June 10, 2022
22.5May 20, 2022
22.4April 7, 2022
22.3March 9, 2022
22.2February 9, 2022
22.1January 8, 2022
21.12December 7, 2021
21.11November 15, 2021
21.10October 20, 2021
21.9September 7, 2021
21.8August 11, 2021
21.7July 11, 2021
21.6June 14, 2021
21.5May 7, 2021
21.4April 8, 2021
21.3March 10, 2021
21.2February 9, 2021
21.1January 5, 2021
20.12December 9, 2020
20.11November 13, 2020
20.10October 23, 2020
20.9September 13, 2020
20.8August 8, 2020
20.7July 16, 2020
20.6June 13, 2020
20.5May 10, 2020
20.4April 19, 2020
20.3March 10, 2020
20.2February 15, 2020
20.1January 6, 2020
19.12December 18, 2019
19.11November 5, 2019
19.10October 11, 2019
19.9September 15, 2019
19.8August 17, 2019
19.7July 9, 2019
19.6June 6, 2019
19.5May 7, 2019
19.4April 6, 2019
19.3March 8, 2019
19.2February 14, 2019
19.1January 4, 2019
18.12December 8, 2018
18.11November 6, 2018
18.10October 12, 2018
18.9September 7, 2018
18.8August 9, 2018
18.7July 16, 2018
18.6June 7, 2018
18.5May 8, 2018
18.4April 4, 2018
18.3March 6, 2018
18.2February 8, 2018
18.1December 26, 2017
17.12December 14, 2017
17.11November 15, 2017
17.10October 8, 2017
17.9September 5, 2017
17.8August 6, 2017
17.7July 6, 2017
17.6June 6, 2017
17.5May 16, 2017
17.4.0April 4, 2017
17.3.0March 6, 2017
17.2.0February 8, 2017
17.1.0January 17, 2017
16.12.0December 11, 2016
16.11.0November 3, 2016
16.10.0October 12, 2016
16.8.0September 10, 2016
16.7.0August 9, 2016
16.6.0July 13, 2016
16.5.0June 23, 2016
16.4.0May 12, 2016
16.3.0April 11, 2016
16.2.0March 17, 2016
16.1.0February 3, 2016
15.12.0January 1, 2016