Avail GroupDocs’s free consulting service – Get help in productizing your document manipulation ideas
Tags: webdev, dotnet, csharp, java
Published: 2019-11-29 06:03:09

Almost every business has gone digital these days. Welcome to the paper-less era. Of course when you adopt document automation processes you face some challenges. And the biggest challenge is selection of a tool or a software that makes document manipulation mechanism seamlessly easy yet effective. Take an advantage of GroupDocs APIs <a href="https://groupdocs-free-consulting.github.io/">free consulting service</a>.

**Identifying the need**
You are running a real estate, a financial consultancy firm or any business where all matters are totally dependent on documentation. Your basic needs are same, and could be:
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<li>Share confidential documents with customers</li>
<li>Ask them to read and sign </li>
<li>Make documents read only (Convert Word to PDF)</li>
<li>Compare documents if there is anything added or deleted </li>
<li>View document online anywhere anytime</li>
<li>Get document meta information</li>
<li>Add password protection to the file </li>
<li>Merge or split pages </li>
<li>Search text through thousands of documents</li>
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and the list goes on. So, once you identify your business needs, you look for an appropriate solution. We can save your time from internet surfing. <a href="https://www.groupdocs.com/">GroupDocs</a> offers a diverse number of document manipulation APIs for both .NET and Java platforms. Let’s have a look at them and how they could meet your business needs:

**GroupDocs.Conversion**
This API empowers you to do back and forth document conversion. Have a look at the supported document formats.

**GroupDocs.Comparison**
Compare documents of same file format and get comparison summary, items inserted or deleted and style changes difference. Furthermore, API allows you to <a href="https://blog.groupdocs.com/2019/11/06/accept-or-reject-pdf-comparison-changes-in-csharp/">accept or reject</a> comparison changes.

**GroupDocs.Annotation**
Annotate documents with a multitude of supported annotation types.

**GroupDocs.Search**
A full-text search API that allows you to perform search operations over a thousands of different file formatted documents.

**GroupDocs.Merger**
This API allows you to join, split, remove, extract or swap pages. Furthermore, it permits you to <a href="https://blog.groupdocs.com/2019/09/25/add-password-protection-to-word-or-pdf-files-in-c/">add</a> or remove password protection to a document.

**GroupDocs.Editor**
Edit any supported document in your application. 

**GroupDocs.Assembly**
A document automation and reports generation API.

**GroupDocs.Parser**
Basically a text extractor API that allows you to extract raw or formatted text.

**GroupDocs.Viewer**
A rich document viewer API. It allows you to render images or documents in your application.

**GroupDocs.Metadata**
Read, write, edit or remove meta information of supported file formats. <a href="https://blog.groupdocs.com/2019/06/12/access-metadata-properties-from-pps-ppsx-ppsm-and-vcard-formats/">Access</a> a document's metadata properties.

**GroupDocs.Watermark**
Add and manage watermarks in different supported file formats. 

**GroupDocs.Redaction** 
It allows you to remove, mask classified content or information.

**GroupDocs.Signature**
A document e-Signing API.

**Understanding APIs usage and Implementation**
All these APIs are UI-Independent and can be integrated in any .NET or Java, existing or new applications. These applications could be __web__, __desktop__ or __console__ based. Hence, API usage is not limited to a particular technology. All you have to do is to implement a DLL in case of .NET and a JAR file in case of Java in your project(s). 

**How do we take care?**
GroupDocs offers helpful resources for your ease in order to get started with the APIs including documentation, open-source example projects and __24/7__ free support. 
However, if you still need help in order to implement a particular feature regarding any of the above mentioned API’s, post your requirements on our <a href="https://groupdocs-free-consulting.github.io/">free consulting service</a> platform. 

**See Also**
Furthermore, if you are interested in individual file formats operations (e.g. create or edit), you can try <a href="https://www.aspose.com/">Aspose</a> APIs.
Aspose offers a large number of document manipulation APIs that work with MS Word, Excel, Presentation, Outlook Emails and archives, One Note, Visio files and a lot more. Talking about supported development technologies, these APIs are __.NET__, __Java__, __C++__, __Reporting Services__, __JasperReports__, __SharePoint__, __Android via Java__, __Android via Xamarin__ compatible. Post your requirements on Aspose's <a href="https://aspose-free-consulting.github.io/">free consulting service page</a> and get your use-case implemented.