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Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.apryse.com/core/changelogs/version-12/12-0-0.md). # Version 12.0.0 Changelog (July 8, 2026) View the changelog for the version 12.0.0 Apryse Server SDK ## New In This Release ### DOCXCompare API * The `DOCXCompare` API compares two input DOCX files and produces a DOCX output where the differences are represented with tracked changes using `DOCXCompare.Compare()`. ### AI-based Enhanced OCR Module * A new AI-based Enhanced OCR Module is now available via `OCRModule.ImageToPDF()` and `OCRModule.ProcessPDF()`. ### TransPDF RTL Support * Added support for translation from right-to-left reading order languages to left-to-right reading order languages. ## New Options * Added conversion support for XLSX and PPTX comments in `OfficeToPDFOptions.DisplayComments()`. ## Improvements * **\[pdf]** Added LTV support for signatures signed with short-lived certificates. * **\[print]** Added support for printing multiple files to the same output PDF file using the PrintToPdf module. New function: `PrintToPdfWithArray`. * **\[xps]** Added simulated bold styling for PDF to XPS conversion for filled/stroked text. * **\[pdf]** Exif image orientation information is now applied to images before using them for stamping. * **\[all]** Upgraded libpng to version 1.6.58. * ApryseSDK/PDFNetWrappers now consider(s) master to be its main development branch. Releases will always be provided via numbered branches outside of master. ## Bugfixes * **\[pdf]** Fixed an issue in TextExtractor where hidden text was incorrectly extracted despite being set to ignore. * **\[all]** Fixed a compilation error that could occur while using Xcode/clang with the C++20 standard enabled. Previously, compilation of user C++ code could fail with a "constexpr function never produces a constant expression" error. * **\[xfdf]** Fixed an issue with merging XFDF annotations when Text or FreeText content have characters in ranges not covered by the basic fonts but require a better matching from the self-serve fonts location to render correctly. * **\[xfdf]** Fixed an issue where the content of imported FreeText annotations would not display because it was pushed outside the visible area by extra blank lines. * **\[pdf]** Fixed a print issue where the value of the duplexing mode was not being honored by some printers. * **\[pdf]** Fixed a multi-line text spacing issue for FreeText annotations. * **\[nodejs]** Fixed GLIBCXX errors on NodeJS builds. * **\[pdfa]** Fixed an issue with PDF/A conversion caused by incorrectly formatted Metadata entries in the source file. * **\[pdfa]** Fixed an issue with PDF/A conversion when PDF files had invalid objects in the form fields array. * **\[pdfua]** Fixed an issue with PDF/UA auto-tagging and table detection where table header cells were missing a scope attribute. * **\[pdf]** Fixed a memory access violation that could occur when using GC languages along with PDFs with direct (inline) resources (fonts, color spaces, functions, or shadings). * **\[java]** Fixed potential memory leaks in Java wrappers. * **\[pdfa]** Fixed a falsely reported PDF/A validation error due to parsing a UTF-8 character sequence incorrectly. * **\[all]** Fixed validation of a license key that was failing for PDFNet SDK for Mac. ## Office Fidelity * **\[doc]** Fixed an issue where strikethrough formatting was not preserved when text had both insertion and deletion revisions. * **\[pdf]** `SetCustomWebFontURL` now accepts local file paths on Unix-like systems. * **\[office]** Improved the fidelity of office conversion by increasing precision in the layout engine. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue where only one line of a table was placed at the end of each page instead of using the entire page. * **\[rtf]** Fixed multiple RTF to PDF conversion quality issues, including incorrect styling, spacing, overlapping, alignment, or missing elements. * **\[rtf]** Fixed a rare issue with infinite RTF to PDF conversion. * **\[rtf]** Fixed incorrect page size in some RTF documents. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue where page numbers in the header used the wrong numbering format. * **\[office]** Fixed an issue with missing major gridlines in empty charts. * **\[docx]** Added support for WordPerfect paragraph justification. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue with SAVEDATE fields not updating. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue where some BARCODE field options were not applied correctly. * **\[docx]** Fixed a rare bug where formatting was incorrect for Structured Document Tag (SDT) text runs. * **\[doc]** Fixed missing page numbers in headers and footers in some DOC documents. * **\[xlsx]** Fixed an issue where hanging text on a sheet was cut off. * **\[office]** Added support for stock charts with more than two series. * **\[office]** Fixed incorrect data table placement when two floating charts intersected. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue where a floating image near the bottom of the page was placed on the wrong page. * **\[pptx]** Added the ability to show hyperlinks on shapes. * **\[docx]** Fixed incorrect handling of obstructing floats positioned outside of the cell bounds. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue with the incorrect size of some shapes. * **\[eml]** Fixed an issue with missing images in some EML documents converted to PDF. * **\[office]** Added reporting of unsupported Office conversion features in the `DocumentConversion.GetWarningString` API. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue where text in a table cell using SDTs was incorrect. * **\[docx]** Fixed incorrect handling of indentations when a paragraph starts with a new line character. * **\[office]** Fixed an issue where clipping was incorrectly applied in some EMF images. * **\[office]** Fixed an issue with garbled text in some EMF-to-PDF conversions with glyph-indexed text. * **\[docx]** Improved math accent rendering over wide equations. * **\[office]** Added support for Thai word breaking. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue where hyperlinks incorrectly pointed to a file named \*\* instead of a location in the document. * **\[office]** Fixed an issue with the incorrect ordering of numbers in Arabic text. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue with oversized padding inside some shapes. * **\[doc]** Fixed positioning of rotated bent arrow connectors during DOC to PDF conversion. * **\[office]** Added support for the "vary colors" option in bar charts. * **\[office]** Improved Arabic text rendering when font substitution is required. ## Fixes and Improvements for the HTML2PDF Module * **\[html]** Upgraded Chromium to 151.0.7899.1. * **\[html]** Fixed issues with incorrect content in HTML headers and footers. * **\[html]** Fixed issues with combinations of HTML2PDF options (header/footer, print delay, cookies, etc.). * **\[html]** Changed the directory structure of the HTML2PDF module to match the structure of the other Apryse modules. * **\[html]** Added a pretty error message in case of missing fonts for HTML2PDF. ## Fixes and improvements for the Structured Output Module * **\[docx]** Improved character detection when specific unique fonts were used. * **\[docx]** Improved conversion of certain ligatures to separate letters. * **\[docx]** Improved the detection of self-intersecting glyphs. * **\[docx]** Improved detection of invalidly encoded quotation marks. * **\[docx]** Improved detection of even/odd header content. * **\[docx]** Improved the detection of invalidly encoded Chinese characters. * **\[docx]** Improved the detection of images in a document. * **\[xlsx]** Fixed an issue preventing detection of a table on certain platforms. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue that changed the list level of a specific paragraph. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue causing one false line break in a document. * **\[docx]** Fixed an issue causing Thai characters to become condensed on a document. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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