Aspose.Words

No tree-like object model, no support for images and shapes.

Aspose.Word for .NET only.

Some support for images and shapes.

Public API with the tree-like document object model added.

Work on Aspose.Words for Java begins.

Work on Aspose.Editor (which will join Aspose.Words in 2010) begins.

Aspose.Words strategy "four main functional areas" is formulated: transformation, document programming, rendering and reporting.

Aspose.Words for Reporting Services released.

Aspose.Words 4.0 released, providing a complete public API for images and shapes.

OpenDocument (ODT) and MHTML support added.

Aspose.The editor now works as a .NET control inside a browser and supports tables.

Aspose.Words 6.0 was released, introducing page layout and rendering to PDF, XPS, images, and printing.

Adobe Buzzword and Zoho Writer online word processors now use Aspose. Words to convert documents.

Aspose.Words for SharePoint released.

Aspose.The editor was discontinued, deemed to be an excessively big project for us, too resource intensive and not profitable. The Editor team joined the Aspose.Words team.

Aspose.Words 7.0 released, providing the field update engine.

• support for nested mail merge regions
• footnotes and endnotes, as well as text wrapping during rendering
• export to SWF
• support for SDT, CustomXML and DrawingML when opening and saving OOXML documents
• rendering of DrawingML
• TOC Table of Contents update

Aspose.Words for SharePoint now provides reporting features to end-users.

Added to Aspose.Words:

• table styles in DOC
• full Custom XML support
• great DrawingML rendering
• great East Asian languages supported upon rendering
• public API for Structured Document Tags and Table AutoFit
• ActiveX controls in DOCX documents
• implementation for loading and saving warnings
• the first version of SaaSpose.Words

• comments rendering to PDF
• linked textboxes support
• Right To Left languages support during rendering

• new Reporting Engine with LINQ Method Syntax
• DrawingML and SmartArt rendering
• WordArt rendering without GDI+ for platform portability
• digital signing of documents
• automatic change tracking for documents

Added to Aspose.Words:

• new public Fields API
• document comparison feature
• DrawingML API merged with Shape API
• MathML rendering
• public Chart API

• Word 6.0 binary DOC support
• strict DOCX ISO 29500 OOXML support
• ActiveX API
• embedded fonts in DOCX
• HTML5 export

The first automatically ported part of Aspose.Words for C++ released, implementing Structured Storage and unit tests.

Aspose.Words for Xamarin released: now it works on iOS, Mac OS and Android.

Aspose.Words for Cloud team now works on developing AI features.

Support for Word 2013/2016 new features roundtrip added.

Aspose.Words for .NET Core released.

Aspose.Cloud SDKs for almost all popular platforms released. Work on the containerized version of Aspose. Words Cloud is started.

Generics: Untyped containers like ArrayList are replaced with typed containers like List<T>. CsPorter for Java and Aspose.Words for Java support Generics now.

Bookmarks are allowed on block, cell, and row levels.

API for font fallback settings introduced.

Aspose.Words for C++ rendering engine was manually rewritten based on Skia instead of porting from .NET sources. Rendering quality and stability improved.

Work on Aspose.Words App started.

Added to Aspose.Words:

• support for Markdown format
• feature to get access to VBA project (macros) source code
• table style public API
• table font substitution rule instead of font substitutes mechanism
• Advanced Typography: this is the first plug-in for Aspose.Words to introduce the long-awaited kerning feature and shaping of complex script texts
• Web Extension capability: new classes allow to customize elements and attributes that extend the XML vocabulary for Office Add-ins representation
• Conversion to the PDF 1.7 standard, which has become the main (default) format for PDF output files

Aspose.Words 20.2 supported loading PDF documents by Aspose.Words for .NET Standard extended LINQ Reporting Engine and rendering options.

Aspose.Words 20.3 extended find and replace, rendering, and LINQ Reporting Engine options, excluded separate DLLs for Xamarin.

Aspose.Words 20.4 provided DLL for .NET 4.6.1, the ability to change Asian paragraph options, and improved various rendering options.

Aspose.Words 20.5 provided the ability to show/hide Grammatical and Spelling errors, work with watermarks inside documents, set the compression level for OOXML documents

Aspose.Words 20.6 introduced the MarkdownSaveOptions class, expanded LINQ Reporting Engine, and font options.

Aspose.Words 20.7 improved the performance of SmartArt cold rendering and provided new options for Revision and Mail merge features.

Aspose.Words 20.8 introduced a new Markdown Inline Images feature and new font substitution rule, updated PDF load options, and supported SVG image embedding.

Aspose.Words 20.9 expanded control over Macros and improved the quality of converting from PDF to Word document formats.

Aspose.Words 20.10 introduced a new load format and new options for working with rendering features.

Aspose.Words 20.11 enhanced rendering options and improved document display capabilities.

Aspose.Words 20.12 expanded the number of supported platforms – now users can work with the newly released .NET 5.0, improved import of HTML documents, rendering options, and the reports generation functionality.

Aspose.Words 21.2 enhanced font properties, improved find and replace options, and expanded possibilities when converting documents.

Aspose.Words 21.3 expanded rendering and reporting options, and improved interaction with styles and child nodes of the Structured Document Tag.

Aspose.Words 21.4 improved rendering and conversion features and enhanced the ability to work with a ranged structured document tag.

Aspose.Words 21.5 improved Mail Merge and Structure Document Tag functionality, as well as working with fields.

Aspose.Words 21.6 enhanced formatting and filling options, and improved document display capabilities.

Aspose.Words 21.7 expanded rendering and conversion options and provided an ability to work with framesets.

Aspose.Words 21.8 improved rendering and language export features and enhanced the ability to work with field update callback.

Aspose.Words 21.9 expanded the list-level formatting control.

Aspose.Words 21.10 enhanced rendering options, improved find and replace options, and expanded Mail Merge and Structure Document Tag functionality.

Aspose.Words 21.11 expanded loadings and saving functionality, improved the find and replace option, and worked with PDF.

Aspose.Words 21.12 introduced additional options for working with Latin text and fonts to improve appearance and performance and expanded the ability to work with content control and footnotes.

Aspose.Words 22.2 introduced a new load format and new options for exporting documents, as well as a major update for tables and some changes for working with fields.

Aspose.Words 22.3 expanded the possibilities of working with PDF and TXT formats, improved the work of some existing algorithms and engines.

Aspose.Words 22.4 enhanced PDF capabilities – now users can save a file in PDF/A-4 format and get a number of other improvements in PDF output. At the same time, Aspose.Words 22.4 provided additional abilities to work with DML charts, read the Photoshop metadata, and import HTML block-level elements.

Aspose.Words 22.5 introduced support for new loading formats and a new print page size, improved some rendering options.

Aspose.Words 22.6 expanded the possibilities of converting PDF to other formats, improved work with DrawingML and solid text fill effect.

Aspose.Words 22.7 enhanced the possibilities of working with rendering features, added new features for working with HTML import and export to PDF.

Aspose.Words 22.8 introduced a new export format, improved various rendering algorithms.

Aspose.Words 22.9 expanded options for loading and saving documents, improved interaction with some other options.

Aspose.Words 22.10 improved find and replace options, enhanced OLE objects, expanded list functionality.

Aspose.Words 22.11 provides new options to make working with fields, printing, OLE, and structured document tags easier.

Aspose.Words 22.12 improves rendering capabilities and working with margins when loading or saving a document.

(in the process of monthly releases)

Aspose.Words 23.2 allows users to export documents to MOBI format, improves chart rendering and document appearance.

Aspose.Words 23.3 expands loading and saving documents and improves the quality of work with background and foreground color and radial gradient.

Aspose.Words 23.4 improves the calculation of some parameters and the positioning of the table and surrounding text.

Aspose.Words 23.5 expands working with chart series data and ODT documents, as well as improve headers/footers and their text wrapping.

Aspose.Words 23.6 expands rendering options, adds XLSX export format, improves LINQ reporting and LowCode tools.

Aspose.Words 23.7 enhances reporting capabilities, adds EPS format to export a document page or shape and introduces changes to working with tables and digital signatures.

Aspose.Words 23.8 expands the capabilities of different formats, improves rendering and working with fields.

Aspose.Words 23.9 expands rendering options, metafile rendering emulation, and markdown save options.