Hello everyone,      

We are excited to announce that version 5.0.0 of the Oxygen Batch Documents Converter add-on is now available!     

For the newest version of the add-on, our team of developers worked hard to bring you an impressive list of useful improvements:   

*** OpenAPI to DITA ***

* You can now convert JSON or YAML files that use and conform to the OpenAPI specification (versions 2.0, 3.0, or 3.1) to DITA documents and there is a 'Create DITA maps from OpenAPI documents' option that can be selected to instruct the converter to split the documents into separate topics that are referenced in a DITA map.

*** Word to HTML/DITA ***

* Improved the Word styles mapping configuration by inheriting the style configuration of the custom style from the base style.
* SVG images embedded in Word documents are preserved as SVG.
* IDs that result from image and table bookmarks are now handled better to find the correct location.
* Improved the IDs generation on topics and sections by using the text from headings.
* Improved the handling of tables by preserving header row information during the conversion.
* Fixed a case where a list that contains content between list items was broken into multiple lists.
* Fixed a case where multiple ordered lists were merged into one.
* Fixed a case where the conversion failed when the document contained duplicate mappings between numberings and styles.
* Fixed a case where WMF images were not handled by the converter.
* Fixed a case where the DITA result contained an invalid MathML equation.
* Fixed a case where the DITA result contained images wrapped in the 'b' element.
* Fixed a case where the value edited in the Word Styles Mapping table from the preferences page was not saved.
* Updated the Java-Mammoth library used for Word to HTML/DITA conversions to version 1.5.0.

*** HTML to DITA ***

* Improved the conversion of object elements from HTML by adding a proper 'outputclass' attribute in the DITA result.
* Added an option in the conversion dialog box that allows you to decide whether or not the 'div' elements will be ignored.  
* Fixed a case where 'id' and 'class' attributes were lost when breaking paragraphs by processing the 'br' elements.

*** Markdown to DITA ***

* Added support for the Markdown abbreviations.
* Improved the conversion to allow processing of headings specified as HTML in the Markdown documents.
* Improved the handling of the local references.
* Improved the handling of the HTML anchor elements in the Markdown documents.

*** Other ***

* The formatting of 'pre' elements is prevented when converting HTML to XHTML.
* Fixed the layout of the preferences page because it was not entirely visible on low resolution screens.

To manually install the add-on, please follow these instructions:   
1. Go to Help > Install new add-ons to open an add-on selection dialog box.   
2. Enter or paste https://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Addons/default/updateSite.xml in the Show add-ons from field.   
3. Select the Batch Documents Converter add-on and click Next.   
4. Read the end-user license agreement. Then select the I accept all terms of the end-user license agreement option and click Finish.   
5. Restart the application.   

Result: A Batch Documents Converter submenu will now be available in the Tools menu and in the contextual menu. This submenu will contain a list of the various types of available conversions. Selecting one of the types of conversions will open a dialog box where you can configure options for the conversion.   
 
For more information on the Oxygen Batch Documents Converter add-on, you can check the page below:       
https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-editor/topics/batch-converter-addon.html   

We hope you will find this new release useful and as always, your feedback is welcome!        

 
Best regards,    
Alin

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Alin Belu
Oxygen XML Editor