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Office File & PDF Document Processing APIs — June 2026 Roadmap (v26.1)

We thank you for your continued support and for sharing your document processing needs and requirements with us. In this blog post, I’ll outline our development and release plans for the first half of 2026. If you’d like to discuss this roadmap in greater...

Maria Nikulina (DevExpress)

23 February 2026

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File & Document Processing APIs (Office/PDF File APIs) — Year-End Roadmap (v25.2)

Thank you for your continued support and for sharing your document processing needs and requirements with us. In this blog post, I'll share our development/release plans for the second half of 2025. If you’d like to discuss this roadmap in greater detail...

Maria Nikulina (DevExpress)

14 August 2025

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Office File API — Enhance Accessibility and Language Support in Word Documents using Azure AI Services

In my two previous AI-related blog posts, I explained how you can generate accessible descriptions for images, charts and hyperlinks used within Word and Excel documents using DevExpress Office File API libraries and the Azure AI OpenAI service: Office...

Maria Nikulina (DevExpress)

17 June 2024

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Office File API — Enhance Accessibility in Office Documents using OpenAI Models (Part 2)

In our last AI-related post, we described how to generate AltText (meaningful descriptions) for images and charts using DevExpress Office File API libraries and Azure AI OpenAI service ( Office File API — Enhance Accessibility in Office Documents (Word...

Maria Nikulina (DevExpress)

3 June 2024

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Office File API — Enhance Accessibility in Office Documents (Word & Excel) using OpenAI Models

For accessibility-related reasons, certain business usage scenarios require that Office documents include meaningful descriptions/alternative text (Alt Text) for graphics content (images, charts, etc). Alt Text helps individuals with visual impairments...

Polina Fedorova (DevExpress)

8 May 2024

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Office File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls - Generate Accessible PDF Files (v21.2)

Our most recent release (v21.2) includes enhanced PDF export options for our Spreadsheet and Word Processing product lines (WinForms-WPF-Office File API). You can now convert your spreadsheet and rich text documents to accessible PDF files. This will allow people with disabilities to use screen readers and other assistive technologies to read and navigate PDF documents....

Office Products Team

22 November 2021

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WPF and WinUI — Early Access Preview, Upcoming Features (v21.2)

As you may know, we are a few months away from our next major release (v21.2). In this post, I’ll summarize WPF-related features/capabilities available in our upcoming Early Access (EAP) build, and preview additional WPF and WinUI features we expect to ship in November...

Efim Bryliakov (DevExpress)

10 September 2021

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