Released: Jul 6, 2020

Updates in 2020 Volume 2

Features

Word Library

• SEQ fields - Word Library now allows updating SEQ (sequence) fields in a Microsoft Word document.
• Track changes enhancements - Word Library now provides the following features in tracked changes preservation:
  • Move-to and move-from revisions are preserved in Word documents (DOCX and WordML).
  • Move-to and move-from revisions can be accepted and rejected.
  • Style and section property tracked changes are preserved in Word documents.
  • All tracked revisions in a Word document can be accessed through an API.
• FirstColumn and LastColumn in bookmarks - Word Library now provides FirstColumn and LastColumn APIs to define the column range for bookmarks inside tables in Microsoft Word documents.

Maps

• Marker virtualization - This feature allows users to virtualize a large number of markers when zooming and panning maps.

PDF Library

• Redact annotation - Mark the words or areas to be redacted with the Redact Annotation.
• Cloud style annotation - Create a shape annotation with the cloud style.

PowerPoint Library

• Extract OLE object - PowerPoint Library now allows extracting embedded OLE objects from a PowerPoint presentation.

Chart

• Data marker performance - The chart data marker’s rendering performance is greatly enhanced, resulting in 2x improvement in loading and 10x improvement in zooming and panning interactions.

Excel Library

• Import HTML tables into Microsoft Excel worksheet - Essential XlsIO supports importing HTML tables into Microsoft Excel worksheets. The ImportHtmlTable method loads an HTML file with the following features:  
• Export Microsoft Excel data to JSON files - Essential XlsIO supports converting Microsoft Excel data to JSON files by simply saving the workbook using the SaveAsJson method.
• Export Microsoft Excel notes to PDF - Essential XlsIO provides support to export Microsoft Excel notes to a PDF document that will be displayed similar to the worksheet cells or at the end of the worksheet.