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How to solve “Unknown encryption type R = 6” errors

Fri - 06/02/2023

If you’ve ever encountered this error when opening or validating a PDF with iText 5 and earlier versions, then this article is for you! We’ll explore what this error message means, the reasons why you might encounter it, and the ways you can resolve it.

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Get excited, iText 8 is here!

Wed - 05/17/2023

Spring is here, and so is a new quarterly release of the iText PDF SDK. For this release of the open-source iText Core PDF library and the add-ons in the iText Suite, we’re proud to announce the release of iText Core version 8.0.0 – aka iText 8.

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Announcing the release of iText Suite 7.2.5

Mon - 01/16/2023

In this latest release, Core will open documents faster and be more resilient to malformed PDFs. We’ve also widened its support of CCITT-compressed TIFFs, and improved the paragraph text wrapping. There’s also support for the CSS vertical-align property in pdfHTML, and improvements and bugfixes across the rest of the Suite.

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New release of iText 7.1.x: iText 7 Suite 7.1.18

Fri - 12/16/2022

Following our mainline release of iText 7 Suite 7.2.4 at the end of October, this is a maintenance release for our 7.1.x users. Included are some CVE fixes and backports from 7.2.x, and updated versions of pdfSweep and pdfXFA.

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Introducing iText pdf2Data 4.0: Template management and much more!

Tue - 12/06/2022

New for this release is the pdf2Data Manager, which makes it even easier for users to extract and reuse the data in PDF documents. Read on to learn more about our enhancements to the user experience, template management, and collaborative workflows.

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iText DITO 2.5 is now available

Tue - 11/22/2022

iText DITO 2.5, the latest version of our collaborative PDF creation solution has just been released. New in this release we have look and feel customizations for white labeling, and better control of workspaces and template promotion paths. Plus, new calculations to manipulate data directly in templates, and a whole lot more.

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Announcing the release of iText 7 Suite 7.2.4

Tue - 10/25/2022

This latest release of our PDF SDK features a nice change for tagged PDF creation, and a couple of PDF/A improvements for color spaces and signing. Plus, pdfHTML now supports CSS4 CMYK colors, you can use multiple threads for pdfOffice conversions, and much more!

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iText pdf2Data 3.1.1 is now available!

Mon - 07/25/2022

This new release features a host of nice changes and additions with JSON output support, improved table detection, and more besides. Let’s dive in to see what’s new for our intuitive data extraction solution.

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iText DITO 2.4 is out

Thu - 07/14/2022

iText DITO 2.4, the latest version of our collaborative PDF creation solution has just been released. Read on for details on what's new in this version.

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iText 7 Suite 7.2.3 is released

Tue - 07/05/2022

This latest release features Android support in Core and HEIC encoding support for pdfRender. Plus, improvements to SVG and PDF/A support and much more!

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The latest release of our PDF library: iText 7 Suite 7.2.2

Mon - 04/11/2022

Easter is nearing, and so we're pleased to announce the second quarterly release of your favorite PDF library for Java and .NET (and more thanks to the REST API!): iText 7.2.2. As always both our iText 7 Core library and a number of our add-ons have been improved. This release features improved Urdu support in pdfCalligraph, support for document cross-references in pdfOffice, and many more improvements and bugfixes across the iText 7 Suite.

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iText DITO 2.3 is now available

Mon - 03/14/2022

iText DITO 2.3, the latest version of our collaborative PDF creation solution has just been released. Read on for details on what's new in this version.

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pdf2Data: Intuitive Data Extraction From Documents

Intuitive data extraction from documents: easier than ever with iText pdf2Data 3.1

Tue - 03/08/2022

We are excited to announce the public release of iText pdf2Data 3.1, our document solution for intelligent data extraction.

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