Aspose.Cells Features

Supported Platforms

Aspose.Cells for Java product covers most of the popular development environments and deployment platforms that support Java.

Feature Description
Java Aspose.Cells for Java is available for 1.6 and later versions and will run in any place where Java is installed.

File Formats and Conversions

Many customers worldwide rely on the thorough document import and export features provided by Aspose.Cells for Java.

Feature Description Aspose.Cells for Java
High-Quality Conversions Quickly and reliably, convert between several popular document formats. Yes
Microsoft Excel Workbook (XLS) The fastest and most complete XLS format implementation you can find. Yes
SpreadsheetML (XLSX, XML) Aspose.Cells supports OOXML, Flat OPC and also Excel 2003 XML. Moreover,
the component supports all major Excel 2007 and later versions file formats e.g XLSX, XLTX, XLSM, XLTM, XLSB etc.
Yes
Comma Separated Value (CSV) Comprehensive support of the CSV format to interact with a variety of applications. Yes
HTML Save as HTML is available. Yes
OpenDocument (ODS) Aspose.Cells can load and save documents in the OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods) format. Yes
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) Convert any Spreadsheet to PDF with high fidelity. Yes
Tab Delimited Load and save documents in the tab delimited file format. Yes
Plain Text (TXT) Easily extract text by saving in plain text format. Yes

Rendering and Printing

Aspose.Cells for Java now provides high fidelity rendering of spreadsheet pages.

Feature Aspose.Cells for Java
Layout document into pages with high fidelity to Microsoft Excel® (exactly like Microsoft Excel® would do that). Yes
Render worksheet pages to raster images (PNG, JPEG, BMP etc.). Yes
Render spreadsheet pages to vector images (EMF). Yes
Specify image resolution, quality, compression and other options. Yes
Print spreadsheets using Java printing infrastructure. The component has built-in print method to print
worksheets as shown in Microsoft Excel’s print preview.
Yes
Update page numbers and other fields before rendering or printing. Yes

Spreadsheet Content Features

Aspose.Cells for Java provides a rich object model that consists of over 100 public classes/interfaces, which allow you to programmatically generate, combine, modify, parse or otherwise examine loaded spreadsheets. Some key features are given in the below table.

Feature Aspose.Cells for Java
Import/export data from an Array, ArrayList, ResultSet etc. Yes
Add a copy of existing worksheet (all contents including images, charts, other objects etc.) Yes
Copy or move worksheets within or between workbooks Yes
Insert images Yes
Create charts Yes
Set gradient background for charts using API Yes
Add comments to cells Yes
Microsoft Excel 2007 and later versions themes and colors Yes
Create auto-filters Yes
Implement data validations Yes
Implement data sorting Yes
Find and replace text Yes
Merge/split Cells Yes
Group/ungroup rows and columns Yes
Create custom page breaks Yes
Insert/delete or hide rows, columns and sheets Yes
Calculate complex Excel formulae Yes
Support advanced conditional formatting supported in Microsoft Excel 2007 and later versions Yes
Freeze/unfreeze Panes Yes
Insert hyperlinks to link data Yes
Implement Smart Markers Yes
Specify document properties settings Yes
Protect/unprotect worksheets Yes
Specify advanced protection options introduced in Excel XP and later versions Yes
Create list object/Microsoft Excel tables Yes
Create subtotals Yes
Insert form controls and other drawing shapes/objects Yes
Create pivot tables and pivot charts Yes
Preserve or remove addin, VBA, macros Yes
Manipulate named ranges Yes
Create custom charts Yes
Add, preserve or extract OLE objects from the spreadsheets. Yes
Implement sparklines Yes
Encrypt files Yes

Spreadsheet Formatting Features

Aspose.Cells for Java provides detailed programmatic access to formatting properties of all spreadsheet elements.

Feature Aspose.Cells for Java
Apply all characters formatting in the cells including fonts, colors, effects, borders and shading. Yes
Apply all the number format settings (supported in Microsoft Excel) for the cells. Yes
Set all types of text alignment settings. Yes
Apply different kinds of Font Settings for the cells. Yes
Apply different colors to cells, fonts, gridlines, graphic objects etc. Yes
Apply different rich text formatting in a single cell. Yes
Apply different border settings on cells. Yes
Apply different background patterns on cells. Yes
Apply Format settings on a worksheet, row, column or a range of cells etc. Yes

PageSetup Features

You can use Aspose.Cells for Java to implement page setup options for worksheets.

Feature Aspose.Cells for Java
Adjust your page orientation, scaling, paper size. Yes
Specify your margins and page centering. Yes
Create or edit your header and/or footer. Yes
Set print area, print titles, or turn on gridlines etc. Yes