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Enhance Report Navigation with a Table of Contents

October 24, 2025
Automatically generate navigable summaries in reports to improve readability and document organization.

Table of Contents (TOC) support in a reporting component allows developers to automatically generate a structured overview of a report’s sections, typically displayed at the beginning of the document. This feature helps users navigate long or complex reports by providing direct links or page references to key sections, mirroring the layout and hierarchy of the report's content. For developers, it reduces the need to manually maintain navigation aids, improves the report’s usability, and enhances the professional appearance of exported formats like PDF or Word. TOC support is especially beneficial in compliance-heavy or audit-focused applications where clear documentation structure is essential.

Several Angular reporting controls offer Table of Contents (TOC) support including:

  • ActiveReportsJS lets you add a Table of Contents that automatically organizes report sections into a clickable list for easy navigation.
  • DevExpress Reporting allows you to create a Table of Contents that lists report sections and improves readability in both print and digital formats.
  • Stimulsoft Reports.JS enables you to build a Table of Contents that helps users quickly find and jump to key parts of a report.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of Angular reporting controls.

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Annotate PDFs with Precision and Flexibility

October 23, 2025
ONLYOFFICE Docs v9.1 adds PDF editing tools with smarter redaction, annotation, and visualization options for enhanced presentation.

ONLYOFFICE Docs is a comprehensive online editor, allowing users to create text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms. It enables your users to edit, share, and collaborate on documents online in their preferred browser, within your own application. It is fully compatible with OOXML (Office Open XML) formats and supports popular Microsoft Office and other document formats such as CSV, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, HTML, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TXT, XLS, and XLSX.

The ONLYOFFICE Docs v9.1 update enhances the PDF Editor to provide a more efficient and secure document management experience for developers and teams. It introduces advanced redaction tools that allow precise removal of sensitive information, including the ability to find and redact specific terms or entire pages. The update also expands annotation capabilities with customizable shapes and drawing tools for clearer document markup. Additionally, developers can now embed charts and SmartArt graphics directly within PDFs, enabling better visualization of data and smoother integration of visual elements without leaving the editing environment.

To see a full list of what's new in v9.1.0, see our release notes.

ONLYOFFICE Docs Developer Edition is licensed by the number of simultaneous document connections and is available as an annual license with 1 year support and upgrades. See our ONLYOFFICE Docs Developer Edition licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our ONLYOFFICE Docs Developer Edition product page.

Enable Runtime Data Binding in Angular Reports

October 22, 2025
Leverage the power of ActiveReportsJS to fetch live JSON data and bind it dynamically in your web application.

ActiveReportsJS is a robust JavaScript reporting tool that enables developers and report authors to seamlessly design and integrate interactive reports into web applications. It offers advanced features such as drill-down capabilities, runtime data filtering, and interactive parameters, enhancing the functionality and usability of reports. With compatibility across popular frameworks and the flexibility of its report designer component, ActiveReportsJS simplifies the visualization of diverse data sets, making it ideal for applications that require financial reporting, such as balance sheets, and other dynamic reporting needs.

In this blog post, MESCIUS Product Manager Joel Parks highlights real-world scenarios in where you can use ActiveReportsJS to provide users with the capability to define data sources on the fly, using Runtime Data Binding to dynamically inject data into your Angular Reporting component at runtime. Steps include:

  • Design-time setup
  • Building the Report
  • Integrating the Library
  • Binding Data

This powerful capability gives your application the flexibility to generate customized reports based on user input, server logic, or changing data sources, without forcing the report designer to predefine every field.

Read the full blog to get started building powerful, dynamic reports.

ActiveReportsJS is licensed on an annual subscription or perpetual basis and is available as a Single Deployment License for non-commercial use, and as a Single Domain License or Unlimited Domain License for commercial and/or SaaS use. See our ActiveReportsJS licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our ActiveReportsJS product page.

Automatically Format Data in Your Reports

October 17, 2025
Interpret data and identify anomalies in your Angular reports by utilizing conditional formatting to dynamically highlight key data points.

Conditional formatting in a report is a feature that automatically applies visual styles, such as font or background color, to the content within the report based on logical conditions or the data values themselves. This technique allows users to highlight trends, anomalies, or key thresholds by dynamically adjusting the appearance of report elements according to predefined rules, which is especially useful in performance monitoring or exception tracking scenarios. It improves the readability of data-heavy reports by making important information stand out, helping users quickly identify patterns, exceptions, or performance issues. For developers and analysts, it provides a practical way to make complex datasets easier to interpret without manual intervention.

Several Angular reporting components allow you to apply conditional formatting, including:

  • DevExpress Reporting provides Angular applications with a range of data shaping options including the application of conditional formatting to highlight data in the report layout.
  • ActiveReportsJS by MESCIUS includes a rule designer that lets users configure appearance changes based on conditions such as value comparisons, ranges, or boolean logic.
  • Stimulsoft Reports.JS facilitates the conditional styling of components, enabling Angular developers to build reports that dynamically respond to conditions to highlight key data.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of Angular reporting components.

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Enable PDF Export in Spreadsheet Applications

October 14, 2025
Equip Angular apps with the ability to export spreadsheets to PDF, producing easily distributable documents with preserved original content.

Exporting a spreadsheet to PDF is a widely used feature that allows users to generate fixed-layout, print-ready versions of their spreadsheet data, converting the contents of the spreadsheet file, into a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. This capability ensures that formatting, styling, and content of the original spreadsheet, including tables, charts, and cell styles, are preserved exactly as intended, regardless of the device or application used to open the file. It is especially useful for sharing finalized documents, such as reports or financial summaries, with stakeholders who do not need to interact with the data directly.

Several Angular spreadsheet components allow you to export to PDF, including:

  • SpreadJS by MESCIUS allows you to directly export complex spreadsheets to PDF from Angular applications with full support for cell styles, formulas, charts, and custom layouts.
  • Jspreadsheet Pro grants straightforward PDF conversion via the export to PDF extension, supporting layout and styling preservation and versatile document sharing.
  • Syncfusion Spreadsheet JavaScript (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) enables users to save high-quality PDF versions of their spreadsheets in Angular applications.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of Angular spreadsheet components.

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