Apache POI 3.1-FINAL

Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and
writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and
Word. See http://poi.apache.org

This release highlights are as follow:

Highlights in POI-HSSF - Java API To Access Microsoft Excel Format Files:

• Major improvements in formula evaluation
• Support for conditional formatting
• Support for Excel hyperlinks
• Handling of embedded OLE2 documents
• Support for getting excel cell comments when extracting text
• Support for specifying a policy to HSSF on missing / blank cells when fetching

Highlights in  POI-HSLF - Java API To Access Microsoft PowerPoint Format Files:

• Support for getting embedded sounds
• Support for getting embedded OLE objects
• Support for Tables
• Improved text extraction
• Export PowerPoint slides into image
• Java2D Graphics driver

  Highlights in POI-HWPF - Java API To Access Microsoft Word Format Files

• Handling of embedded OLE2 documents
• Support for extracting Escher images from HWPF files
• Improved Range.replaceText()

About 100 other fixes and improvements. A full list of changes is available in the change
log:
http://poi.apache.org/changes.html

The source and binaries can be downloaded from your local mirror:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/release/

The release is also available from the central Maven repository under
Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.1-FINAL".