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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [0.2.0] - 2025-06-15
+
+### Added
+
+- *multithreading* support for the parsing of slides [(#6)](https://github.com/nilskruthoff/pptx-parser/issues/6)
+- `ParserConfig`: A config struct that increases the customizability for the devs [(#9)](https://github.com/nilskruthoff/pptx-parser/issues/9)
+- Optional compression of extracted images [(#10)](https://github.com/nilskruthoff/pptx-parser/issues/10)
+- Simple GitHub-Action to run all tests before merging a pull request [(`rust.yml`)](https://github.com/nilskruthoff/pptx-parser/blob/master/.github/workflows/rust.yml)
+- unit tests for modules `parse_xml.rs`, `parse_rels.rs` and `slide.rs` [(#8)](https://github.com/nilskruthoff/pptx-parser/issues/8)
+- `performance_test` example to run benchmarks 
+- Started the Changelog [(#15)](https://github.com/nilskruthoff/pptx-parser/issues/15)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- minor bug fixes
+
+### Changed
+
+- [README.md](https://github.com/nilskruthoff/pptx-parser/blob/master/README.md) updated to show the latest working examples and features
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 - 📋 **Lists & Tables:** Recognizes and formats lists (ordered/unordered) and tables into Markdown.
 - 🖼️ **Embedded Images:** Supports embedded images extraction as base64-encoded inline images.
 - 💾 **Memory Efficient**: Use the streaming API to iterate over one slide at a time, never overloading memory.
+- ⏱️ **Multithreading**: Optional support for multithreaded parsing of PowerPoint slides, with a significant performance increase for larger presentations.
 - ⚙️ **Robust & Safe APIs:** Designed according to Rust best practices with explicit error handling.
 - 🪄 **Embedding:** Used to provide pptx content and meta information in a form that is useful for embeddings
-
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 ## 👨‍💻 Example Usage