Released: Dec 17, 2014
Updates in this release
Updates in Document Engine V19
New Documents SDK
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All-new framework for creating, reading and writing raster and SVG images, annotations, thumbnails, text data and metadata from supported document types
- Document Converter – Convert PDF & office formats at 100% accuracy without the need for OCR
- Document Viewer – View any format with text search, annotations, lazy loading, and SVG rendering
- Document Writers – Redesigned to use cross-platform SVG rather than Windows-only EMF
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Comprehensive support for today’s most popular document, vector and raster image formats
- Adobe Acrobat PDF and PDF/A
- Microsoft Office DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX and PPT/PPTX, PST, EML, MSG and XPS formats
- CAD formats such as DXF, DWG and DWF
- TIFF, JPEG, PNG, EXIF, BMP and hundreds more raster image formats
- Plain Text, RTF, HTML, MOBI, ePub and more
- IBM AFP, MO:DCA, IOCA and PTOCA
Forms Recognition and Processing
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Added support for unstructured and semi-structured form types
- Invoice
- Passport & MRZ
- Driver’s License & ID
- Checks & MICR
- Redesigned demos with advanced editors for all form types
- Significant speed improvements
- New drop-out pre-processing algorithm
OCR
- Improved OCR accuracy across all languages including East Asian and Arabic
- Enhanced auto-zone algorithm
- More efficient memory usage
- Improved detection of foreground and background colors for text areas
- New manual and automated perspective deskew algorithm improves the recognition of perspectival skewed images with 3D Deskew filtering
PDF
- Across-the-board speed improvements
- Load text, vector graphics and raster images
- Enhanced rasterization and thumbnail generation
- PDF Optimizer tool for reducing PDF document size
- New WinRT PDF libraries
- Added images extraction and decoding
- Improvements to extraction of resources including fonts, bookmarks, metadata, etc.
- New compression options including JPEG2000
- Added support for extraction of Unicode text
- New options for PDF document Initial View
- Added AutoPrint functionality
Annotations
- Multi-container annotations
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New annotation and markup object types
- New text-based review annotation types similar to Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word
- Bates Stamp
- Filled-in arrowhead
- Auto-resize option for wrapped objects
- Improved options for loading and saving annotations
- Added ability to use Image Viewer Control’s Interactive Modes and Automated Annotations simultaneously
Barcode
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New barcode types (read and write)
- Micro QR Code
- Aztec Code
- MaxiCode
- Added support for reading flipped QR Codes
Additional Document Updates
- New document cleanup image processing functions
- Improved support for Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)