What's new in CAD-KAS PDF Editor 5.5
Oct 6, 2016
- Security/Encrypt or decrypt all files of a folder...
- Pages/Pages/Merge two pages to one page...
- Pages/Pages/Merge two pages and scale down...
- Pages/Pages/Merge all pages to one page...
- button for scanning next to the print button in the tool bar
- You can create new actions for buttons and links: You can send the content of the form to an email address. You can reset and print the form. You can execute a JavaScript.
- You can change the action of existing links and buttons
- You can add additional actions for form fields and buttons. For example you can specify what should happen if you move the mouse cursor over the field.
- File/Special save functions/Save PDF file and let it look like a scanned document...
- You can scan multiple pages at once over the WIA interface and also a duplex scan is now supported. You can scan without showing the scanning dialog window. A scan button has been added to the tool bar next to the print button.
- Form fields: Actions/ Fill other form field with the same value as this one...
- Form fields: Actions / Fill form field with current date
- Better line recognition under Pictures/Recognize lines in a picture and save as DXF file ("Objects" version only)... (the new version Paper/Pictures to DXF 3.0 is now build in)
- Page/ Convert into a picture, recognize lines and export as DXF file ("Objects" version only)
- Pages/Delete/ Delete every x. page...
- Text/ Split all text objects vertically
- New button to select a landscape paper format under Pages/Properties/Change Size…
- Pages/Pages Add page numbers (headers/footers) on selected pages... ->Save and open settings in the file menu
- Annotations/ Count annotations...
- New command line parameter REMOVETEXT, can be used to remove all text objects: pdfedit.exe removetext "c:testtest.pdf"
- View/ Fill graphic objects
- View/ Hold complete page as bitmap in memory
- View/ Show text objects
- View/ Show placeholder for pictures
New in CAD-KAS PDF Editor 5.0 (Sep 17, 2015)
- Text/Convert text to vector objects...
- Advanced/Convert all te&xt objects in vector objects...
- Search and Replace in form fields and comments...
- Search and Replace in form fields and comments over command line: pdfedit.exe "c:\test\test.pdf" replace "text1" with "text2" inFormFields
- Pages/Pages/Alternate mix pages with pages of another PDF file...
- Advanced/Make unvisible text visible...
- Graphics/Delete all Lines with selected line color...
- Graphics/Delete all filled vector objects with selected fill color...
- Selection/Select objects with actual line color...
- Selection/Select objects with actual fill color...
- Search with wildcard *
- Search in all files of a folder...
- Page/Show difference between text layer and graphic layer in a scanned file (OCR correction)...
- Page/Crop/Crop odd pages...
- Page/Crop/Crop even pages...
- Advanced/Count characters...
- Page/Fine rotation (draw line)
- Selection/Scale...
- Move line end point: if you hold the CTRL key, the point can only be moved up and down; if you hold the SHIFT key, the point can only be moved left and right
- Click on Line end point with right mouse button: new menu entry "Point position...", to enter the new coordinates of the end point as numbers
- If you click on a vector objects the line width of the objects will be carried over as the actual line width for new objects
- Show line width in mm as hint if the mouse cursor is about the edit field of the line width
- To prevent the program from asking if the pdf file should be shrinked when extracting a page you can now make a preselection in the options:
- Options/More options/Shrink the PDF file automatically when extracting pages
- Options/More options/Do not shrink the pdf file when extracting pages
- View/Low vector graphics quality (faster)
- View/Show image stripes thicker (not for GDI plus)
- Show/Show pictures can now be turned on and off with the shortcut CTRL-ALT-B
- Picture stamps: picture of existing stamps can be saved to hard disk
New in CAD-KAS PDF Editor 4.5 (Sep 29, 2014)
- Options/Style of the user interface (21 different styles for the user interface)
- Page/Remove white margins...(removes the white margins automatically with one mouse click)
- Page/Crop all pages... (Select a crop area. Then the program applies this crop area to all pages).
- Pages/Pages/Split into separate files by bookmark level...
- PDF Watermarks is now included under Advanced/Batch conversation/Add text and pictures to multiple PDF files... (You can add text and a picture to multiple PDF files.)
- Text/Merge text objects next to each other... Often times the text objects are split into many single objects, even within a word or within a sentence new text objects can start. You can fix this issue now with one mouse click (the font, size and position of the text objects must match perfectly).
- Advanced/JavaScript... You can edit or delete document JavaScript here or you can add new JavaScript. This JavaScript will be executed when you open the PDF file.
- Command line parameter JavaScript: With the command line: pdfeditor.exe JavaScript "c:\test\test.pdf" "c:\test\test.js" the JavaScript file test.js can be added to the PDF file test.pdf.
- A message can be displayed when opening the PDF file (Advanced/JavaScript...). You can add a predefined JavaScript program without programming knowledge to display a message when opening the PDF file.
- An expiration date for the PDF file can be set (Advanced/JavaScript...). You can add a predefined JavaScript program without programming knowledge to set an expiration date for the PDF file.
- Forms/Options/Setup grid width for form fields...
- Selection/Font/Change the font size (the font size of all selected objects can be changed at once).
- Advanced/Add picture to the background... A picture can be placed on all pages or a page rage into the background or with transparency into the foreground.
- Advanced/Embedded files... You can save files which are attached to the PDF file on hard disk, you can delete attachments or you can add new attachments to the PDF file.
- Advanced/Center content of all pages... Move the content of the pages so that there is an equal amount of space at the left side and at the right side of the page.
- Advanced/Set compression method for pictures... You get an overview how much space the pictures occupy. You can set the compression method or individual pictures to JPEG, JPEG200 or JBIG2.
- Search/replace: You can use the "?" character as wildcard for a single character of any kind.
- Save as PNG file. The program can now also save pictures as PNG file.
- Scanned Text Editor: You can now also rotate the page here. Often times there was the problem that the pictures has been scanned with a rotation and was only displayed upright through the logical page rotation.
- Text/Add text: A right to left writing mode can be activated for Arabic and Hebrew text.
- Edit/Copy the text to the clipboard (Copy the text of selected objects directly into another application like word).
- Insert page numbers: A new place holder for the page count is available. Not only for the current page (to add something like page 1 of 10 for example). In previous versions you could add the "1", but not the "10".
- Create bookmarks without a destination (you may not want a link for the chapters at a higher level for example).
- Advanced/Change font of all text objects... You can now also change the font size of all text objects.
- Picture stamps can now be added to all pages at once.
- Form fields: You can now select the font color, background color, border color and border width for the form fields.
- The program applies the actual page to the tab sheets "Pages" and "Bookmarks", when you change from the tab sheet "Edit" to one of the other tab sheets.
- To delete a page is now also possible in the context menu which pops up if you do a right mouse click on an empty place on the page or next to the page.
- File/Export/Export as text file with invisible text objects... You can export the text which is created from an OCR program which places the recognized text as invisible text object behind the scanned image.
- File/Import text file... Import an existing text file. If no PDF file is opened a new PDF file will be created.
- Edit/Paste text from the clipboard and select position... You can paste a text which has been copied in another program like Word into the PDF file.
- If you hold the CTRL key down and zoom with the mouse wheel the tip of the mouse pointer now defines the center of the zoomed area.
- Show/Show vertex points for vector objects. You can deactivate the display of the vertex points. If there are many vertex points in the PDF file the display will be much clearer this way.
New in CAD-KAS PDF Editor 4.0 (Sep 5, 2013)
- Pictures/Add picture on every 2./3. etc. page
- Advanced/ Search and replace a picture within all files in a given folder
- File/Special save as functions/ Save PDF file and convert content into inverted images... (For visually handicapped people)
- Pages/Delete/ Delete all empty pages (also in scanned documents)
- Embed or delete all fonts (File/Special save as functions)
- Save pictures in CMYK colors (File/Special save as functions)
- SVG export for vector graphics and simple text objects (only in the "Objects" version)
- Create automatic backup copies in the subfolder __history when saveing
- Advanced/Layers (show or hide layers)
- Change the font of form fields
- New option: Stamps/Add stamp on all pages
- New option in tabsheet security: Automatically decrypt PDF file after opening
- Popup menu for right mouse click under "Bookmarks"
- Popup menu for right mouse click under "Pages"
- All export functions are now located under File/Export
- Preview pictures under "Pages" now show the complete page
- View/ No icons in main menu and for tab sheets
- The menu "Page" is now more neatly arranged
- New option: Use grid for form field positioning
- Add Text: Text can now also have a border, not only a filling
- Select the next form field with the tab key
- View/ Show screen magnifier
- Form fields/ Export form fields as CSV file
- Picture/ Crop picture
- Options/ Reset configuration
- Page/Crop: selection now with 2 mouse clicks (less accidental operation)
- Edit/ Copy the page as picture to the clipboard
- Edit/ Copy a part of the page as picture
- Text/ Add text to all pages
- DXF export: new option: do not export filled objects without border
- Advanced/ Add pdf file to the background as letter paper
- Edit/ Paste in background
- Add or insert a number of new and empty pages
- Page/Change size
- Form fields/Create button
- File/Special save as functions/ Convert into images and save as PDF/A-1b compatible file ("Objects" version only!)
- File/Special save as functions / Save as PDF/A-1b (can not check if file is 100% compilant) ("Objects" version only!)
New in CAD-KAS PDF Editor 3.3 (Dec 5, 2011)
- Remove fonts, move objects directly between pages
New in CAD-KAS PDF Editor 3.2 (May 27, 2011)
- You can display rulers with View/Rulers Use the mouse wheel and STRG to zoom the document and mouse wheel and SHIFT to scroll in horizontal direction Use View/Error messages to show errors in the syntax of the page source code (use Edit/Change content to edit the source code) Dotted and dashed lines
New in CAD-KAS PDF Editor 3.1 (Jul 9, 2010)
New in CAD-KAS PDF Editor 2.6 (Sep 15, 2007)
- New form elements (pro version): Listbox, Drop-Down box, Radiobutton
- New annotation fields: rectangle, ellipse, line, pencil
- Rotate form fields
- Setup the view of the file when opening the pdf file (for example show/hide bookmarks)
- Page setup function for a scaled printout
- A double click on a page under "Pages" opens the page in the Editor
New in CAD-KAS PDF Editor 2.5 (Feb 23, 2007)
- New function: File/Reduce file size
- Stamp functions
- Page numbers and headers/footers function
- Search and replace for the document text and search only functionsetzen
- Multiple form fields can be selected
- New functions for form fields: align fields, make the height of the fields the same, make the space between the fields the same, duplicate form fields
- Better file repair function for corrupted pdf files
- Faster drawing of vector objects 30% faster:
- Free highlighting function without the need for text objects (scanned file)
- Split text objects into parts (split table rows into columns)