Aspose.Words 13.4.0

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There are 173 improvements and fixes in this regular monthly release. The most notable are:

• Printing to multitray printers improved
• Printing documents that contain pages with different orientation
• Improved memory performance for large documents (now code uses ~20% less memory for 1Gb+ documents)
• DOC and DOCX document can be signed with digital signatures, also signatures can be removed;
• 3D color for VML extrusion effect is supported
• Improved performance of PDF rendering of documents with Jpeg images
• DML Charts enhancements: surface charts rendering, moving average trend lines rendering and more
• Supported rendering of revisions
• Improved pagination of footnotes
• Implemented character paragraph indents
• Fixed positioning of a table broken across pages when it has repeated header rows
• Improved table row wrapping around floaters
• Fixed issue with Arabic-Indic numerals inside SDT
• Aspose.Words allows to write OOXML documents that do not cause Compatibility Mode when opened in MS Word 2010-2013

This release introduces the new features, enhancements and fixes to the excptions/bugs as detailed below:

• New features
WORDSJAVA-644 Autoporter to support implicit and explicit castings
WORDSJAVA-716 Add the examples dashboard to the Java release
WORDSNET-2018 Support XAML (Flow document).
WORDSNET-2120 /revision marks/ Support revision marks upon rendering/converting to PDF.
WORDSNET-2852 Digitally sign a DOCX document
WORDSNET-656 Digitally sign a DOC document
WORDSNET-6750 Support surface chart rendering.
WORDSNET-6826 Parapragh Tight Wrap property do not preserve on re save the document
WORDSNET-7368 Docx to HTML conversion issue with Paragraph rendering
WORDSNET-7612 /revision marks/ Hidden text becomes visible in PDF
WORDSNET-7884 Text wrapping is changed from "Square" to "in line with text" in output Doc/Docx
WORDSNET-7894 /revision marks/ Revision formatting and comments are not preserved in PDF
WORDSNET-8006 Support AlternateContent upon reading charts for rendering.
WORDSNET-8061 Force LoadFormat during document load
WORDSNET-8076 Add another Automation to Aspose migration tip to the docs
WORDSNET-8093 Support band formats upon rendering surface charts.
WORDSNET-8105 Support rendering of Linear trendlines.
WORDSNET-8107 Support rendering of Moving Average trendlines.
WORDSNET-8130 Review the blog release for the dashboard
WORDSNET-8131 Add the release to the downloads module
WORDSNET-8133 Include dashboard in the MSI and add prompt the user to open at the end of the installer
WORDSNET-8134 Add dashboard to dlls only zip for all products
WORDSNET-8135 Remove .sh file to register Aspose.Words.dll on Mono
WORDSNET-8136 Remove existing demo code from the installer

• Enhancements
WORDSJAVA-627 Autoporting of static classes
WORDSJAVA-702 Effects are not applied correctly
WORDSJAVA-705 Adding JavaDelete annotation should delete existing java file too.
WORDSJAVA-706 Workaround for TestNG's explicit test class bug.
WORDSJAVA-710 TestNG to not run non-test public mthods.
WORDSJAVA-711 Full name of attribute should be stripped.
WORDSJAVA-718 OfficeCripto manual lifting
WORDSNET-2092 Avoid using fonts during rendering checboxes.
WORDSNET-2198 Size of images is changed after open/save the document.
WORDSNET-2226 File size is increased two times after open/save the document.
WORDSNET-3580 Support transparency in WMF emulated by SRCPAINT and SRCAND raster operations.
WORDSNET-3849 VML // Shape shadow effect rendering
WORDSNET-4351 Text inside textbox is cropped during rendering.
WORDSNET-4861 Position of Textbox is incorrect after converting to DOCX
WORDSNET-5169 Investigate whether we can decrease memory usage upon rendering documents.
WORDSNET-5529 DML linear gradient brushes should use transformation matrices instead of angle.
WORDSNET-5697 /page vertical alignment/document to pdf conversion, image lose its postion
WORDSNET-5754 while converting doc to pdf, image properties not available
WORDSNET-5756 Pdf page count is greater than input Word document, after converting doc to Pdf
WORDSNET-5784 document to pdf conversion, creating multiple tables
WORDSNET-5830 DOC to PDF conversion issue; All pages not exported to PDF
WORDSNET-5831 Document text out of position, While saving Word document in Pdf format
WORDSNET-5842 While doc to Pdf, footer image render incorrectly.
WORDSNET-5889 While converting Word document to Multipage Tiff image, first image missing.
WORDSNET-6203 TextBox is hidden while rendering.
WORDSNET-6218 Docx to PDF conversion issue with tables
WORDSNET-6327 Doc to PDF conversion issue with left margin
WORDSNET-6381 Doc to PDF conversion issue with Text field's text
WORDSNET-6410 Work out a useful way to avoid running into Compatibility Mode when saving OOXML and opening in Word 2010
WORDSNET-6531 Docx to Html conversion issue with text position
WORDSNET-6570 Text is misplaced after conversion from Doc to Pdf
WORDSNET-6954 Improve work with brushes upon rendering charts.
WORDSNET-7256 Complete and release the offline examples dashboard
WORDSNET-7324 Unexpected vertical border line appears besides characters in Html
WORDSNET-7557 Errors with math symbols when converting .docx to .pdf on Ubuntu
WORDSNET-7758 Table Width Changed Issue in Html2Doc2Html
WORDSNET-7797 Font is incorrectly imported from HTML
WORDSNET-7798 Two tables are joined into one
WORDSNET-7880 One of the tables incorrectly reads into model
WORDSNET-7883 Content is imported as a single Paragraph
WORDSNET-7892 Text contents misplaced while conveying from Doc to Fixed file format
WORDSNET-7919 HTML to Doc conversion issue with Paragraph Left Indent
WORDSNET-7920 Open and Save HTML file lost Left Indentation of Paragraphs
WORDSNET-7936 XPS printing issue with text at physical printer
WORDSNET-7937 Shape's z-order is incorrect in HTML export.
WORDSNET-7953 Create infrastructure for compliance info gathering during OOXML document loading
WORDSNET-7973 Failed assertion in BorderGrid.AddCell()
WORDSNET-7984 Word 2013 does not respect zoom level set by Aspose.Words
WORDSNET-8019 Add support of 3D color to extrusion effect.
WORDSNET-8020 Add support of gradient brush scale.
WORDSNET-8040 Incorrect tab width when list aligned tab occurs after another tab
WORDSNET-8055 Shadow for shapes with broad stroke differs from MS Word 2013 result
WORDSNET-8057 Line width is not considered during appling extrusion effect
WORDSNET-8089 Support Z-Axis labels rendering.
WORDSNET-8090 Improve drop lines rendering for 3D line charts.
WORDSNET-8100 /footnote balancing/ Docx to PDF conversion issue
WORDSNET-8125 Line chart is rendered as smooth but should be rendered as straight lines.
WORDSNET-8151 Font of text inside WordArt Shape is incorrect in PDF
WORDSNET-8154 Update links to Aspose site in shortcuts created by the installer

• Exceptions
WORDSNET-3926 OutOfMemoryException occurs during converting to PDF.
WORDSNET-4143 Ref field in footer causes exception while UpdateField running
WORDSNET-4243 /performance/ OutOfMemoryException is thrown upon rendering.
WORDSNET-4293 ArgumentException occurs during UpdateField.
WORDSNET-4672 ArgumentException is thrown upon rendering.
WORDSNET-6265 Stack Empty Exception when UpdatePageLayout() is called
WORDSNET-6298 InvalidOperationException occurs during converting DOC to fixed page formats
WORDSNET-7830 Aspose.Words.FileCorruptedException is thrown when load Doc file into Aspose.Word DOM
WORDSNET-7945 Aspose.Words.FileCorruptedException occurs when loading a DOCX
WORDSNET-7976 System.InvalidOperationException occurs during rendering to fixed page formats
WORDSNET-7983 'Infinite loop detected' error occurs during rendering to fixed page formats
WORDSNET-7993 UnsupportedFileFormatException occurs during loading Unknown file format
WORDSNET-8002 DrawingML causes Aspose.Words to throw InvalidOperationException during open/save DOCX
WORDSNET-8051 Documents fall into infinite loop when rendering to fixed page formats
WORDSNET-8098 NullReferenceException occurs during rendering to fixed page formats
WORDSNET-8137 Aspose.Words.FileCorruptedException occurs when loading a DOC

• Bugs
WORDSJAVA-652 Page prints with incorrect orientation when printing to a physical printer
WORDSJAVA-659 % formatting of doubles in charts.
WORDSJAVA-709 Avoid duplicates in Java annotation arguments
WORDSJAVA-712 Investigate if the conversions are performed twice
WORDSJAVA-713 Consider removing temporary image files after save operation
WORDSJAVA-717 Chart axis labels are stripped.
WORDSJAVA-719 Chart axis labels: integer formatted as float
WORDSNET-2504 Hyperlink to an external document crashes XPS Viewer
WORDSNET-5411 On DOC to PDF conversion, Logo inside header is misplaced
WORDSNET-5599 Upon rendering to PDF, Body of document becomes invisible
WORDSNET-5633 Shapes are rendering behind the DrawingML objects in PDF,XPS
WORDSNET-5634 Content is overlapped by image during open/save.
WORDSNET-5966 While converting doc to pdf, Tables overlapped because of text wrapping set to Around.
WORDSNET-6028 Document looks different when rendered to Fixed page formats
WORDSNET-6107 Red TextBox Shape becomes in front of all other objects after conversion/rendering
WORDSNET-6117 Horizontal merged cells rendered incorrectly while saving in PDF format first.
WORDSNET-6123 Table contents are cut off while converting doc to PDF format.
WORDSNET-6164 While converting doc to Pdf, nested table text rendered incorrectly.
WORDSNET-6231 Vertical WordArt is not converting properly to RTF
WORDSNET-6233 OOXML Charts // DrawingML Chart disappears during converting to DOC
WORDSNET-6396 Text is misplaced after conversion From Doc to PDF
WORDSNET-6562 Aspose.Words hangs during rendering Microsoft Visio Drawing Object to PDF/XPS
WORDSNET-6568 DrawingML images are misplaced during open/save
WORDSNET-6575 BuiltInDocumentProperties.Words property returns incorrect value
WORDSNET-6664 Drawing Objects are not being rendered properly to PNG
WORDSNET-6904 Incorrect shapes zorder
WORDSNET-6972 Autoshape is sent behind an image while saving DOCX to PDF
WORDSNET-7125 DML inside SDT is transformed into a GroupShape during open/save
WORDSNET-7353 Frame is not positioned at the correct place when exporting to Html
WORDSNET-7516 A DML incorrectly renders in front of other DML nodes
WORDSNET-7722 Line graph is missing with legends after conversion from Docx to Fixed file format
WORDSNET-7767 Vertical border line appears besides logo image when printing
WORDSNET-7799 TextBox shapes are sent behind other Shapes during open/save
WORDSNET-7807 Ordinal Date field format is not correct in Fixed Page Formats
WORDSNET-7872 Document contents are shifted to the next page in PDF document
WORDSNET-7908 A string is repeated twice with two different formats in PDF
WORDSNET-7932 Fonts used in PDF are different to those used by Microsoft Word
WORDSNET-7934 TextBox and it's content is not visible in fixed page formats
WORDSNET-7935 An image is incorrectly displayed on all pages in PDF other than first page
WORDSNET-7942 Improve min/max axis values calculation algorithm for 3D charts.
WORDSNET-7943 A TextBox is sent behind DrawingML image during rendering to fixed page formats
WORDSNET-7954 Content from Text file is not read during loading into DOM
WORDSNET-7968 Black lines appear in Rectangle Shape during open/save DOCX
WORDSNET-7980 Lock aspect ratio of embedded object is set to active after re-save
WORDSNET-7982 UpdateFields doesn't remove content formatted with Title style from TOC
WORDSNET-7986 Width and alignment issue of a Text input form field in Pdf
WORDSNET-7994 Document.UpdateFields duplicate Visio Drawing
WORDSNET-8000 MS Word reports a corruption in Cloned DOCX
WORDSNET-8001 Number formatting issue while Mail Merge
WORDSNET-8003 Size of TextBox in DOCX is not preserved during open/save
WORDSNET-8005 Date picker SDT control is positioned closer to the top page edge
WORDSNET-8009 Altchunk content is not preserved during open/save
WORDSNET-8010 Doc to PDF conversion issue with Group Shapes rendering
WORDSNET-8011 Vertical space between Paragraph is not preserved in fixed page formats
WORDSNET-8012 Tables are not splitting across pages in fixed page formats
WORDSNET-8013 Table rows are overlapping the content in Header in fixed page formats
WORDSNET-8015 Table is moved to next page after conversion from Docm to PDF
WORDSNET-8023 Unwanted border around Cells of first Row appears during open/save
WORDSNET-8026 Aspose.Words produces untidy Table structures in DOC
WORDSNET-8028 Incorrect text effective rectangle with 3D effect
WORDSNET-8030 MS Word reports a corruption in converted DOCX
WORDSNET-8038 Actual bounds are calculated incorrectly
WORDSNET-8044 SDT content in RTL Table is partially reversed when specifying NumeralFormat.ArabicIndic
WORDSNET-8064 Paragraph w:vertAlign has changed from superscript to baseline
WORDSNET-8072 Detect an encoding in TxtReader if LoadOptions.Encoding is null.
WORDSNET-8085 Mozilla Firefox does not render DrawingML in PDF properly
WORDSNET-8113 Open/Save Docx lose the bullet
WORDSNET-8146 Unexpected line numbers appear during open/save ODT

• Performance
WORDSJAVA-662 Decrease memory usage when save multi-thousands-page PDF documents.
WORDSJAVA-669 Investigate why does it take too long to save to Pdf
WORDSJAVA-714 Performance issue during RTF loading and converting to other formats
WORDSNET-7852 Feasibility study // Avoid reconvertion of non-JPEG images for texture brush.
WORDSNET-8022 Line AutoShape causes Aspose.Words to hang during rendering

• Regressions
WORDSNET-7963 System.InvalidCastException throws while converting from RTF document to other file formats