[Release] GroupDocs.Total for Node.js via Java v26.10 – PDF Side-by-Side Comparison, OFD Viewing, and Assembly

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Dear GroupDocs customers,

We are pleased to announce the release of GroupDocs.Total for Node.js via Java v26.10. This update brings the suite in line with GroupDocs.Total for Java 26.10 — PDF side-by-side comparison, OFD viewing, conversion cancellation — and adds GroupDocs.Assembly to the single @groupdocs/groupdocs.total package.

Key New Features

  • Assembly (new in the Node.js suite) — Generate Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and other documents from templates and data sources. Already available on .NET, Python via .NET, and as @groupdocs/groupdocs.assembly.
  • Comparison 26.10 — PDF side-by-side comparison, page-range compare, and Cells row/column info. External resources are skipped by default.
  • Viewer 26.9 — OFD format support, hidden PDF popup annotations, and Word DPI / page-number options when rendering to raster.
  • Conversion 26.9 — Cooperative cancellation for long conversions, plus conversions between Bzip2, Gzip, LZMA, XZ, and Unix Z.
  • Redaction 26.10 — OOXML compliance when saving Word files, spreadsheet templates (XLT / XLTX / XLTM / TAB), and a custom handler for PDF page-area redaction.
  • Parser 26.9 — Annotation extraction from PDF, Word, and presentations; HTML tables, page count, and text areas.
  • Search 26.9.1 — New index format 26.7 (existing indexes upgrade in place). HTML is extracted natively.

Major Improvements & Fixes

  • Fix (Assembly): The suite no longer registers an invalid StAX provider, so the host application’s XML stack keeps working. Java objects work as data sources on JDK 16+ without extra JVM flags.
  • Fix (Comparison): PDF tables and layout, HTML apply-changes, and macOS temp directories.
  • Fix (Viewer): EML special characters, PDF comments, Arabic DOCX, and EPSF parsing.
  • Fix (Parser / Markdown): Metered licensing works again; lower memory use on image-heavy PDFs.
  • Fix (Search): Index merge/delete issues and a Windows font UnsatisfiedLinkError.
  • Fix (Watermark): Words native calls, license apply, embedded email objects, and PDF annotation watermarks.
  • Fix (Redaction): Image-area positioning on PDF pages; DrawBox skipped for CSV / TAB / TSV.

Metadata 26.7, Editor 26.7, Merger 26.4, Signature 26.5, and Annotation 25.6 are unchanged from Total 26.8.

You need Node.js (LTS recommended) and a JRE 8+ on PATH. The install step downloads the Total library used by the Node.js bridge.

npm i @groupdocs/groupdocs.total

const { License } = require('@groupdocs/groupdocs.total');
License.setLicense('GroupDocs.Total.lic');

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We’d love to hear your feedback! If you have any questions, encounter an issue, or have ideas for future improvements, please let us know.

Happy Coding!

The GroupDocs Team