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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 (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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Word Processing Document API, Rich Text Editors (WinForms and WPF) — Text Rotation in Tables (v23.1)

As you may already know, we recently extended the capabilities of our Table API and added support for content rotation within document tables (v23.1). This feature is available for our word processing product line ( Word Processing Document API , desktop...

Polina Fedorova (DevExpress)

11 July 2023

2023 API Office Office File API Rich Text Editor Tables v23.1 Word Processing

Office File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls — Early Access Preview (v23.1) — .NET MAUI Support, Embedded Fonts, Threaded Comments and More

Build your best with our award-winning user interface components for WinForms, Blazor, ASP.NET, MVC, WPF, VCL and JavaScript. Leverage the power of DevExpress UI libraries and deliver apps, documents, reports and dashboards that amaze....

Polina Fedorova (DevExpress)

13 April 2023

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Word Processing: WinForms, WPF, Office File API – Watermark API Enhancements (v21.2)

As you may know, we overhauled watermark support across our Word Processing product line (Document API and UI controls for WinForms and WPF) in our most recent release cycle (v21.2). Changes include an enhanced API and the ability to modify existing watermarks/add different watermarks to document sections....

Office Products Team

14 February 2022

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Office File API & Office-Inspired UI Controls – 2022 Roadmap

Based on your votes and feedback, we’ve finalized our 2022 Office File API and Office-inspired UI Controls Roadmap. We thank you for your continued support and for sharing your needs/requirements. If you’d like to discuss the items on this roadmap in greater detail, or if you’d like to share a business use case that we don’t support, feel free to submit your comments below. We’ll be happy to follow-up....

Office Products Team

8 February 2022

2022 API Blazor Office PDF Rich Text Editor Roadmap Spreadsheet v22.1 v22.2 WinForms WinUI Word Processing WPF

Office File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls - Use Custom Fonts without Installation on the System (v21.2)

In our most recent major release (v21.2), we added custom font support to our Spreadsheet and Word Processing product lines. You can now load and apply custom fonts to avoid font substitution effects when you display, print, or export (to PDF) documents (when/if a document includes fonts not installed on the target operating system, in Azure App Service, or a Docker container)....

Office Products Team

19 January 2022

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.NET Word Processing API and UI Components - How to Use Fields to Create a Holiday Party Invitation

With the winter holidays upon us, some of you may be busy sending electronic greeting cards, invitations, and other mailouts to your family, friends, and business associates. The purpose of this blog post is to illustrate the use of our word processing...

Office Products Team

22 December 2021

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Office File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls – Tips and Tricks (December 2021)

This post includes a series of interesting support tickets answered throughout October and November along with a handful of enhancements made to our Office-inspired product line. We hope you find the contents of this post interesting and of business value. Should you have any questions about this post, feel free to comment below....

Office Products Team

16 December 2021

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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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