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Enhance PDF Comprehension with Highlighting

May 10, 2024
PDF viewers with highlighting support let users draw attention to key points in a PDF, saving time when scanning through lengthy files.

Highlighting text in PDF viewers allows you to visually emphasize important passages within the document. This is achieved by selecting the desired text and applying a colored overlay, typically translucent, to make it stand out from the surrounding text. This functionality is particularly useful for studying, referencing key information, and keeping track of important points during the reading process.

Several WinForms PDF Viewer controls offer the ability to hightlight text in PDF files including:

  • DevExpress WinForms PDF Viewer (part of DevExpress WinForms) empowers you to visually mark up PDFs with a built-in text highlighter.
  • Telerik UI PDF for WinForms (part of Telerik UI for WinForms) offers native highlighting capabilities for emphasizing crucial passages within your documents.
  • XFINIUM.PDF CROSS PLATFORM EDITION provides cross-platform compatibility while enabling you to highlight text for clear emphasis within PDFs.
  • Syncfusion Windows Forms PDF (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) facilitates easy text selection and highlighting to enhance focus on critical information.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our WinForms PDF Viewer controls comparison.

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Share Presentations from Your App with XML Export

May 10, 2024
Aspose.Slides 24.4 enhances data accessibility by enabling PPTX export to XML, streamlining the process of extracting presentation content.

Aspose.Slides is a software development library that empowers applications to create, edit, and convert presentations without requiring Microsoft PowerPoint. Developers can leverage this API to programmatically manage text, shapes, tables, animations, and more within presentations, while also offering conversion capabilities to various formats like PDF, HTML, and image files.

Aspose.Slides 24.4 adds support for exporting PPTX to XML. XML offers a well-defined, text-based format that can be easily parsed and manipulated by various applications and programming languages. This allows developers to extract specific data or elements from presentations for further processing or integration with other systems.

To see a full list of what's new in Aspose.Slides version 24.4, see our .NET, Android via Java, Java, Node.js via Java, and PHP via Java release notes.

Aspose.Slides is offered as Developer Small Business, Developer OEM, Site Small Business, and Site OEM licenses catering to a range of business needs. Licenses are perpetual, and include 1 year of support and maintenance. Subscription renewals are also available. See our Aspose.Words licensing pages for .NET, Android via Java, Java, Node.js via Java, and PHP via Java for full details.

The ability to export PPTX to XML is available in the following Aspose.Slides platforms:

Streamline Document Processing in Python Apps

May 9, 2024
Aspose.Page for Python via .NET enables XPS, EPS, and PostScript document manipulation and conversion within Python environments.

Aspose.Page for Python via .NET is a development library that empowers Python programmers to work with XPS and EPS/PS document formats. It facilitates a range of document manipulation tasks, including creation, editing, and saving of XPS files. Additionally, Aspose.Page enables conversion of XPS and EPS/PS documents into PDF and various image formats, providing flexibility for integration into diverse workflows.

This Python library unlocks a multitude of benefits for developers. By eliminating the dependency on Microsoft Word or other external applications, Aspose.Page streamlines document processing within Python environments. Furthermore, its support for XPS, EPS, PS, and various image formats allows developers to seamlessly handle a broad spectrum of document types, making it a valuable tool for applications dealing with fixed-layout documents and image manipulation.

Aspose.Page for Python via .NET is offered as Developer Small Business, Developer OEM, Site Small Business, and Site OEM licenses catering to a range of business needs. Licenses are perpetual, and include 1 year of support and maintenance. Subscription renewals are also available. See our Aspose.Page for Python via .NET licensing page for full details.

Aspose.Page for Python via .NET is available in the following products:

Elevate Document Security in Alfresco Share

May 9, 2024
ONLYOFFICE Alfresco Connector 7.0 adds advanced security options giving administrators more granular control to prevent unauthorized access.

ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Alfresco Connector combines an online document editor with a seamless integration for Alfresco Share, which is a content management platform that allows users to store, organize, and collaborate on documents and other digital assets. This integration allows teams to create, view, edit, and collaborate on spreadsheets, presentations, and text files online, directly within Alfresco Share using ONLYOFFICE editors, boosting efficiency and eliminating the need for file switching.

The ONLYOFFICE Alfresco Connector 7.0 update (available as part of ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Alfresco Connector v8.0.1) adds advanced security options. It now uses JSON Web Token Secret and JSON Web Token Header to safeguard against unauthorized access, providing a higher level of protection. This release also gives administrators the flexibility to configure their own authorization headers directly on the editor's settings page, thereby offering a more tailored and secure document management experience.

To see a full list of what's new in ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition v8.0.1 with Alfresco Connector 7.0, see our release notes.

ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Alfresco Connector is licensed per server and is available as an annual license with 1 year of support and updates, or as a perpetual license with 3 years of support and updates. See our ONLYOFFICE Alfresco connector licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our ONLYOFFICE Alfresco connector product page.

Enhance User Scrolling with a Customizable Carousel

May 9, 2024
Grial UI Kit 4.2.114.0 helps you create custom designs and animations that better match your application's unique style.

Grial UI Kit by UXDivers is a collection of pre-designed user interface components and templates specifically built for Xamarin.Forms and .NET MAUI app development. It offers a wide range of customizable XAML code snippets, custom controls, and helpers, allowing developers to rapidly build modern and visually appealing mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms while focusing on the core functionalities of the app.

The Grial UI Kit 4.2.114 release introduces an enhanced Carousel component designed for displaying lists of elements with a familiar, swipeable interface. Inspired by .NET MAUI's CarouselView, the Carousel is a flexible UI component that allows for extensive customization of appearance, behavior, and animations. It offers features like pre-built animations, commands to notify view models of carousel state changes, MVVM compatibility for data binding, optimized performance with virtualization, and a comprehensive API for controlling looping, positioning, item appearance, dragging, events, and integration with Grial's Progressive Animations.

To see a full list of what's new in 4.2.114.0, see our release notes.

Grial UI Kit is licensed per application and is available as an perpetual license. See our Grial UI Kit licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our Grial UI Kit product page.