Global announcements

We're pleased to announce the release of Docx4j-ImportXHTML 8.2.0.

The purpose of Docx4j-ImportXHTML is to convert XHTML (ie well formed HTML) to Word document (docx) content.

The major change in this release is that we have migrated from FlyingSaucer to https://github.com/danfickle/openhtmltopdf which is actively maintained and uses pdfbox, not old iText.

Docx4j-ImportXHTML 8.2.0 is compiled for Java 8, and should work with any docx4j 8 to 8.2.x. Note:This release ...

docx4j 11.2.8 - compiled with Java 14, targeting Java 11 - is now available in Maven Central. If you are not using Java 11 or later, you should stick with docx4j 8.x (compiled for Java 8).

For downloads, go to https://www.docx4java.org/downloads.html

This is a cumulative update, bringing parity with 8.2.8:

- Microsoft Word: Dedicated part for template command group (wne:tcg), which contains customizations for keyboard shortcuts and toolbars

- ...

docx4j 8.2.8 is now in Maven Central.

This is a very minor release, only adding a dedicated part (KeyMapCustomizationsPart) for template command group (wne:tcg), which contains customizations for keyboard shortcuts and toolbars in Microsoft Word.

This is expected to be the last release in the 8.2 series. The next 8.x release will be 8.3.0, which will use the new "Jakarta" JAXB packaging.

To use 8.2.8 via Maven, just add one and only one of docx4j-JAXB-Internal ...

docx4j 8.2.7 is now in Maven Central.

Thanks to those who contributed; listed at https://github.com/plutext/docx4j/blob/ ... ANGELOG.md

This is a minor release:

- Fix issue in unmarshalString(String str, JAXBContext jc, Class declaredType) introduced by XXE fixes in 8.2.1 mostly affecting pptx

- Zip loading optimisation: Avoid using streams where entry size is known

- Emojis: specify fallback font in docx4j.properties property docx4j.fonts.RunFontSelector.EmojiFont

To use 8.2.7 via Maven, just add ...

docx4j 8.2.6 is now in Maven Central.

This is a minor release:

- PDF via FOP with docx embedded fonts: bug fix for case where temp extracted fonts were used in header/footer and deleted too early.

- XHTML to docx: CSS font-size bug fix

- OpenDoPE image injection: tag width=n|auto to specify max width (eg 10500) or let BPAI work out the scaling (ported from 11.1.8)

To use 8.2.6 via Maven, just add one and ...

docx4j 11.2.5 - compiled with Java 14, targeting Java 11 - is now available in Maven Central. If you are not using Java 11 or later, you should stick with docx4j 8.x (compiled for Java 8).

For downloads, go to https://www.docx4java.org/downloads.html

This is a cumulative update, bringing parity with 8.2.4. This release is labelled 11.2.5, since 11.x has since June 2020 contained a refinement to OpenDoPE image injection (allowing ...

docx4j 8.2.4 is now in Maven Central.

This is a minor release:

- docx4j toc generation: p-level rPr rFont or sz should take priority over doc default setting

- xlsx4j: Worksheet retain xr:uid, so MOXy writes the xr namespace,
works around https://stackoverflow.com/questions/647 ... rue-object

To use 8.2.4 via Maven, just add one and only one of docx4j-JAXB-Internal, docx4j-JAXB-MOXy,
or docx4j-JAXB-ReferenceImpl to your pom. https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.docx4j ...

For anyone having problems installing the Docx4j Helper AddIn since the code signing certificate expired, here is a freshly signed installer: https://www.docx4java.org/docx4j/Docx4j ... -2-1-1.exe

Lesson for next time: apply for a new code signing certificate well in advance of the expiration of the previous one!

Functionality wise, this is identical to the previous release, so no need to update if you have that installed already. The blurb below is ...

docx4j 8.2.2 and 8.2.3 are now in Maven Central.

8.2.2 notable changes:

- FieldUpdater support for docvars (docprops are already supported)

- Update OSGI stuff for current release. Confirmed working in karaf 4.2.6 with docx4j-JAXB-Internal on Java 8.

8.2.3 facilitates using Microsoft's cloud for docx to PDF conversion. This uses our new https://github.com/plutext/java-docx-to ... soft-Graph via a supporting module in https://github.com/plutext/docx4j/tree/ ... soft-graph ...

docx4j 8.2.1 is now in Maven Central.

Its just a minor release:

- OpenDoPE XHTML support: where docx4j Import XHTML is not on classpath, insert an altChunk (ie rely on Word to process the XHTML)

- Traverse into 2010/wordprocessingShape txbxContent

but with a fix for some remaining XXE edge cases: avoid StreamSource in various places

To use it via Maven, just add one and only one of docx4j-JAXB-Internal, docx4j-JAXB-MOXy,
or docx4j-JAXB-ReferenceImpl to your pom. ...