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- Data markers in Pivot Table cells are no longer processed explicitly (with data being brought in) or implicitly (with blank rows added to the sheet), as described in the new Templates EWTemplates and Pivot Tables (deprecated) page
- Pivot Table templates no longer require dummy data
- Pivot Table templates no longer require edit copies set not to refresh on open
- Shapes and Charts can be placed beside Pivot Tables
- Sparklines now preserved in Excel 2010 created file when processed by ExcelTemplate
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- ExcelWriter can now insert images into headers and footers using the new HeaderFooterPicture object.
- The new HeaderFooterSection object allows greater control over headers and footers
- The new ChartFillPattern EWChartFillPattern (no attachments) class provides values for all Excel 2003 patterns
- The new SeriesDataLabel.DataLabelPlacement property allows you to explicitly set the location of the data label on each data point in a Series using the DataLabelPlacementType enum
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- Full SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 support
The OfficeWriter Designer now supports the embedding of Excel and Word within reports for SQL Server Reporting Services 2008. - * Add real Excel and Word to reports designed in Visual Studio 2008 \
The OfficeWriter Designer also now supports reports designed in Visual Studio 2008 and Report Builder 2.0, allowing the addition of Excel and Word versions to an existing report.
* - Office Open XML Format support \
In SoftArtisans OfficeWriter version 4, the Office Open XML format (.docx and .xlsx; .docm and .xlsm) is now supported.
* - Significant performance improvements \
Improvements with memory efficiency in underlying ExcelWriter and WordWriter DLLs can lead to significant performance gains - * Unicode Field Names in Data Markers
Data markers can now include any Unicode character except brackets [] and braces {}
* - Unicode Data Source Names with Excel Reports
Excel reports now accept any Unicode character in data source names