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PDF-Tools Changelog

What's new in PDF-Tools 10.2.1.385

Jan 24, 2024
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Save Images' action that was causing the inability to save multipage images.
  • Fixed an issue with converting email/msg files to PDF.

New in PDF-Tools 10.2.0.384 (Jan 24, 2024)

  • NEW Added a 'Move Pages' tool/action that enables the reordering of pages within PDF documents:
  • NEW Added functionality that enables the reordering of tools in Tool Categories. Users can now Drag&Drop any tool to their preferred position, or use predefined sorting by the tool's name, creation date, modified date, or last used date. Predefined sorting can be applied via the context menu in the Tools List.
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue with the inability to keep custom settings in the 'Print Document' action. This led to an inability to use the action in Folder Monitors, or to have multiple tools with different settings. (41010)
  • Fixed an issue where the 'Set Security' action failed on the first input when running without any preliminary setup.
  • Fixed an issue with autonumbering documents in the 'Save Documents' action after using the 'Split/Merge Documents' tool.
  • Fixed an issue that caused presets to not be saved in action setup dialogs in cases where the user modified only the presets and not the action settings.
  • Fixed an issue with resetting the shell menu tools when performing the 'Reset All Settings' operation.
  • Fixed an issue that could corrupt the Predefined Passwords Storage.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the application to become unresponsive when attempting to run, from the command line, a tool or shortcut that has a critical problem.
  • Fixed an issue with some UI colors in 'Dark Mode'.
  • Fixed an issue with undo/redo for the delete action when editing the actions list of tools.
  • Fixed numerous issues with tool naming when creating, editing, or cloning tools.

New in PDF-Tools 10.1.2.382 (Oct 24, 2023)

  • Fixed an issue that made it impossible to recreate corrupted password storage (local) in some cases.

New in PDF-Tools 10.1.1.381 (Sep 20, 2023)

  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in incorrect 'Split/Merge Documents' dialog box content when 'Batch Processing Mode' and 'Show Dialog for Manual Split/Merge' options are enabled. (40762)

New in PDF-Tools 10.0.1.371 (Jun 29, 2023)

  • NEW Added the ability in the Measurement Calibration dialog, to use a localized decimal separator as well as the period (.) character. (40427)
  • Allows regional settings to influence decimals used in calibration.
  • NEW Added an extension to the Adobe Acrobat JS API
  • Added a global.changed(<variable name>) method. This PDF-XChange extension to Adobe Acrobat JS API complements global.subscribe method for using in JavaScript async functions.
  • Example of usage:
  • async function MonitorGlobal(varName) {
  • try {
  • for(;;) {
  • const newValue = await global.changed(varName);
  • console.println(`New value for ${varName}: ${newValue}`);
  • } catch {
  • console.println(`${varName} deleted`);
  • MonitorGlobal('v1').finally(()=>console.println('Monitoring completed'));
  • app.setTimeOut('global.v1=1;', 1);
  • app.setTimeOut('global.v1=2;', 1000);
  • app.setTimeOut('delete global.v1;', 2000);
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed a possible crash in the Read Out Loud plugin on some old versions of Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016.
  • Fixed an issue that was causing the Editor to crash when activating 3D content in PDF files.
  • Fixed an issue with the lack of access to system's color profiles
  • Fixed an issue with formatting percentage values in some XFA forms. (T#5157)
  • Improved the rendering speed when CMYK profiles are involved.
  • Fixed an issue where we were using a slightly wrong image size when pasting an image on a page. (T# 5879)
  • Fixed issue with handling the Home, End, PgDow, and PgUp keys in the 'Named Destinations' pane. (T# 5846) (37790)
  • Fixed a minor bug with displaying tooltips on dialog buttons where in some cases they did not appear.
  • Fixed an issue with redrawing toolbars after switching Speech-Engines. (40390)
  • Fixed an issue whereby once reading aloud was completed, opening and closing the Speech Options dialog resulted in Read-Out-Loud starting again. (T# 6484) (40395)
  • Minor improvement in OCR which may increase performance in cases where a pdf page contains just a single scanned image.

New in PDF-Tools 10.0.0.370 (Jun 15, 2023)

  • Added an 'Application Variables' option that allows users to define custom values which can be used in all fields that support macros. Application Variables can be defined in the application preferences (Prefs/General). (T# 5430, T# 5431)
  • Added 'Custom' and 'Apply Metadata Template' options to the 'Change Document Properties' action.
  • Added a 'Create Compound Filter with All Selected Filters' option to the 'Choose Input Files' action's editing file types dialog. This option allows users to define a compound filter that contains all selected file types and specify aditional custom file types that should be includedexcluded.
  • Added a 'PDF-Specification' option in the application preferences (Prefs/General) that determines PDF-specification of newly created documents. (39850)
  • Added an ability to use macros in the 'Keywords' field in the 'Change Documents Properties' action.
  • Added 'Select only documents/pages/files that do not fulfill the criteria above' and 'Apply OR logical operation between criterias' options to the 'Filter Document', 'Filter Pages' and 'Filter Files' actions.
  • Added a 'Skip processing documents for which a matching value was not found' option to 'Find by Regular Expression' action.
  • Fixed an issue that led to a possible application crash when tool was running with 'Multi-threaded processing mode' enabled.
  • Fixed an issue that led to a possible application crash when several instances of PDF-Tools were running at the same.
  • Fixed an issue that could lead to system resource overuse and a slow down of processing when 'Multi-threaded processing mode' is on and 'Batch processing mode' is off.
  • Fixed an issue with escape characters in command line parameters. (40320)
  • Improved the display of the unavailability of some application UI elements during tool run. (39865)
  • Macro %[Regexp:value_name] can now be used in any field that supports macros and goes after the 'Find by Regular Expression' action.
  • Support for the 'Modern' Microsoft text-to-speech engine which makes available all installed in OS voices to the new 'PDF to Audio' action.
  • The option 'Maximum number of working threads allowed' was moved to the 'Performance' category of the application settings (Prefs/Performance).
  • Improved performance of the 'Extended Choose Files' dialog's operations when working with a large number of files.
  • Added the ability to specify a custom page range for each input document in the extended 'Choose Input Files' dialog. It is available for any tool that contains action(s) with a 'Page Range' option.
  • Numerous small fixes & improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 9.5.368.0 (Apr 7, 2023)

  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added GroupPolicy-permissions to the AD Administartive Template to add/delete/renew serial keys.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Show warning when trying to view multiple files' option to the 'Show Files' action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue that was causing irregular display of tools in the Shell Menu when the tool has diacritic characters in it's name. (40139)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue that led to a possible application crash in cases where the 'Show setup dialog while running' option was enabled.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue that led to a possible application crash when the 'Save Documents' action is running for large number of documents.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with Folder Monitors that caused the Monitor to process files saved by it's own Tool. (40149)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with Multi-Threaded Processing Mode that meant options that were changed during the Tool run were not saved.

New in PDF-Tools 9.5.367.0 (Mar 7, 2023)

  • Implemented the annot.refType and annot.replyTo properties.
  • Added 'Expand All/Collapse All' buttons in the Advanced tab of the Metadata dialog box.
  • Added 'Delete but Retain Children' feature for Bookmarks pane.
  • The Default OCR engine (Tesseract) has been upgraded to the latest stable version (5.3).
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted TIFF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted J2K files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted XPS files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted PDF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed the issue where some digital signatures generated by DocuSign were reported as invalid.
  • Fixed the issue with the annot.gestures property. (39785)
  • Fixed the issue with the doc.addWatermarkFromFile property. (39385)
  • Fixed the issue with the 'Fit Box by Text Content' feature for callout and freetext annotations. (T# 4819)
  • Fixed the rare issue with formatting measure values when fraction types are used. (T# 6362)
  • Fixed the issue with moving hidden form fields via keyboard in the form editor. (T# 6381)
  • Fixed a rare issue that caused a crash when loading PDFs that contain XFA forms.
  • Fixed the issue with the 'Sort Pages by Bookmarks' feature on some documents. (T# 6343)
  • Fixed the issue with the error message that appears when opening documents from a session.(T# 6359) (39711)
  • Fixed the issue with the enabled/disabled state of 'Insert/Replace Text' buttons on toolbars. (39772)
  • Fixed the issue that could cause a crash when a floating pane is active and the shortcut for 'Full Screen' is used. (39769)
  • Fixed a rare issue that resulted in the incorrect positioning of redaction rectangles when OCR is being performed on a document and the 'Editable Text and Images' mode is enabled.
  • Edit Content Tool: fixed the logic used with the selection of objects on pages when users right-click to open the context menu. Right-clicking on selected objects now retains the current selection, as it should.
  • Changed a way of handling document information tags when converting from MS Office document formats.
  • Fixed how information is displayed in the document info bar for PDF/A-4, PDF/A-4e and PDF/A-4f files.
  • Added the ability to replace non-existent files when opening the associated session. (T# 6360) (39702)
  • Fixed/improved the 'OCR Images' feature: reinstated the output options (for Enhanced OCR engine only). (39995)
  • Improved/fixed the detection of skew/rotation angles when OCR is being performed on documents/images.
  • Updated third-party components to address their known vulnerabilities.

New in PDF-Tools 9.5.366.0 (Dec 13, 2022)

  • Added a 'Use incremental save if possible' option in the 'Save Documents' action.
  • Added a 'Detect underlying Sharepoint resource for local path' option in the application
  • Added a 'Plugins' page in PDF-Tools preferences (Prefs/Plugins).

New in PDF-Tools 9.4.365.0 (Nov 29, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Added the option to add specific PDF-Tools 'tools' to the Windows Explorer Shell Menu for selected files to be processed by PDF-Tools launched directly from Windows Explorer. You can manage a list of tools to be presented in the Shell Menu by: - Checking/Uncheking Shell Menu icon near the tool's name in the Tools List and the Tool Info pane; then Choosing one of 'Add to Shell Menu' or 'Remove from Shell Menu' commands for the selected tools in the Tools List's context menu; then choosing either 'Add to Shell Menu' or 'Remove from Shell Menu' commands for the selected category in the Tool Categories List's context menu; - Drag&Dropping tools to the 'Shell Menu' tools category. Also exporting and importing shell menu tools is available using 'Export All Settings' and 'Import All Settings'. To use this feature one chooses to install the PDF Tools Shell Extension during PDF Tools application installation.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added an 'Open File' command to the Tool Report context menu.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added 'Case Sensitive', 'Whole Words', 'Exact Phrase', 'Adjacent Words Only' and 'Use Regular Expression (ECMAScript)' options to the search contols in the Tools List and Actions Library. To access these options, click on the magnifying glass icon on the left side of the search field.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue in the 'Sign Document' action that led to getting a permissions error.
  • CHANGED:
  • Added default sorting of input files by the full file path in the 'Choose Input Files' action for the 'Select folder' option and in the 'Extended Choose Files' dialog for 'Add Folder' command.
  • Added Demo labels to the 'Save images' action that are applied to processing results when using an unregistered version of PDF-Tools.
  • Added an option for extraction of images from form fields and comments in the 'Extract Images' action.
  • Numerous small fixes & improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 9.4.364.0 (Oct 4, 2022)

  • Fixed the discard PDF/A standard action.

New in PDF-Tools 9.3.363.0 (Aug 16, 2022)

  • Changed the appearance and conditions under which the 'Keep order' option is enabled in the 'Tool Options' dialog box.

New in PDF-Tools 9.3.362.0 (Aug 9, 2022)

  • Added an 'Apply Redaction' tool/action that removes content marked for redaction. (T#6030)
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added an 'Extract Attachments' tool/action that extracts attachments from documents.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Keep output order' option that allows one to specify whether to keep the order of output documents in accordance with the order of input documents.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Run Application' action that starts the specified external application via the command line with specified command line parameters.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Create Files List' action that creates a file containing the file names from the action's input. The Files list can be saved with the subsequent 'Save Documents' action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue in the 'Send mail' action that could lead to the incorrect creation of archives.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue that led to a possible application crash in cases when the 'Store selected file names for future use' option in the 'Choose Input Files' action and the 'Multi-Threaded Processing Mode' tool options are enabled.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed multithreaded processing of the 'Find and Redact' action. (T#6103)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue when running the 'Find and Redact' action with the option to 'Show setup dialog while running' switched off. (T#6102)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue that led to an application crash when producing large number of documents via the 'Split/Merge' action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue that led to the inabillity to use pre-defined regular expression patterns in the 'Find by Regular Expression' action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue that caused the 'Import Bookmarks' action to not work for the local file system.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Added an 'Overlay Type' option in the 'Find and Redact' action.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Added 'Document info' and 'File extension' macros for the 'Subject' and 'Archieve name' options in the 'Send Mail' action.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Changed the behaviour of the 'Compose all CSV to one' option for the 'Export Form Data' action. Now the set of columns in the CSV composition file will contain columns for all fields from all input documents, not only the fields that are contained in the first document.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Numerous small fixes & improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 9.3.361.0 (Jun 23, 2022)

  • Options for sorting documents in the 'Extended Choose Input Files'
  • dialog's context menu
  • The ability to set an image size limit in pixels in the 'Extract Images from PDF'
  • action
  • Fixed an issue with the %[Page] macro when saving extracted images from PDF
  • Other fixes, improvements and new features

New in PDF-Tools 9.3.360.0 (Jun 23, 2022)

  • New:
  • Added options for sorting documents in the 'Extended Choose Input Files' dialog's context menu.
  • Added the ability to set an image size limit in pixels in the 'Extract Images from PDF' action.
  • Added the option to set operations with source files after a tool is completed.
  • Added the ability to set audio format quality parameters in the 'Export PDF to Audio' action.
  • Added a warning in the case of incorrect options used for the 'Filter Pages', 'Filter Files', 'Filter Documents' actions in order to prevent running the tool with incorrect parameters.
  • Added shortcut support for large number of UI commands.
  • Added clipboard support for the 'Extended Choose Input Files' dialog which allows one to Copy/Paste a list of files from/to a Files list.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed an issue with the %[Page] macro when saving extracted images from a PDF. (T#5834)
  • Fixed an issue that caused the dark theme to be applied only after an application restart.
  • Fixed an issue where the 'Delete Form Fields' action did not delete all the necessary forms.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the 'Manual Split/Merge' dialog to hang when processing many documents.
  • Fixed an issue with processing Form Fields, Comments and Bookmarks correctly in the 'Split/Merge Documents' action in the case of a single input document.
  • Fixed an issue that could lead to the application crashing when the 'PDF to Audio' action is running with 'Multi-threaded Processing Mode' option enabled.
  • Fixed an issue that led to demo labels showing despite a valid license key being present.
  • Fixed an issue that led to the inability to load Files List in the 'Extended Choose Input Files' dialog.
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Export Form Fields' action producing an empty CSV file with 'Merge all to one CSV' option enabled. (T#6007)

New in PDF-Tools 9.2.359.0 (Nov 24, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue with the 'Insert Pages' action that led to an inability to configure action options.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the tool run progress when PDF-Tools is run from the Command Line.

New in PDF-Tools 9.2.358.0 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Fixed issue with incorrectly generated JPEG streams that caused an "Out of memory" error in Acrobat.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the Initial View's Page layout settings in the 'Change Document Properties' action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with loading high quality previews in the Preview Pane in the 'Split/Merge PDFs' action's manual split/merge dialog.

New in PDF-Tools 9.2.357.0 (Oct 20, 2021)

  • High DPI Support: added a new 'use per monitor resolution' mode that provides the correct UI appearance for any resolution used in multi-monitor configurations (Prefs/General).
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added keyboard shortcuts support for numerous UI actions.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added 'Merge all to one CSV', 'Append existing document' options for the 'Export Form Data' action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added the options 'Text Encoding', 'New Paragraph Mode', and 'File Place Mode' to the 'Create PDF from Text' action. (T# 5707)
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added the possibility to navigate to online help for standard tools and actions by clicking on a help icon/link in the Tools Info pane, header of Tool Action dialog, Tool Action Info pane, header of Tool Edit View.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added the possibility to export, import and reset Folder Monitors during 'Export All Settings', 'Import All Settings' and 'Reset All Settings' commands processing.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with canceling a tool's execution after changing user settings in cases where the input document was invalid.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with configuring the 'Insert Pages' action options.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with processing password protected documents with 'Genereate Bookmarks from Page Text' action.

New in PDF-Tools 9.1.357.0 (Oct 20, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • High DPI Support: added a new 'use per monitor resolution' mode that provides the correct UI appearance for any resolution used in multi-monitor configurations (Prefs/General).
  • Added keyboard shortcuts support for numerous UI actions.
  • Added 'Merge all to one CSV', 'Append existing document' options for the 'Export Form Data' action.
  • Added the options 'Text Encoding', 'New Paragraph Mode', and 'File Place Mode' to the 'Create PDF from Text' action. (T# 5707)
  • Added the possibility to navigate to online help for standard tools and actions by clicking on a help icon/link in the Tools Info pane, header of Tool Action dialog, Tool Action Info pane, header of Tool Edit View.
  • Added the possibility to export, import and reset Folder Monitors during 'Export All Settings', 'Import All Settings' and 'Reset All Settings' commands processing.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with canceling a tool's execution after changing user settings in cases where the input document was invalid.
  • Fixed an issue with configuring the 'Insert Pages' action options.
  • Fixed an issue with processing password protected documents with 'Genereate Bookmarks from Page Text' action.

New in PDF-Tools 9.1.355.0 (Jul 15, 2021)

  • Added Demo labels for the 'Export PDF to Plain Text' and 'PDF to Audio' actions applied to processing results when using an unregistered version of PDF-Tools.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Keep folder structure' option for the 'Create PDF Portfolio' action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Choose portfolio cover' option for the 'Create PDF Portfolio' action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added 'Play sound when tool processings ends', 'Make application icon flash in taskbar when tool processing ends', and 'Minimize application to tray' application options. (T# 5583)
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Filename for generated files' option for the 'Split/Merge Documents' action that allows users to specify a macro that will be used to generate file names of output files. (T# 5579)
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added the possibility to pass folder paths in a "Files list" file. (T# 5415)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue where the 'Source title' and 'Source page' were not shown in tooltips in the manual 'Split/Merge Documents' dialog. (T# 5580)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue which resulted in the option 'Use source folder as destination' not working after using the 'Split/Merge Documents' action. (T# 5546)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with Folder monitors for folders on network drives. Added a hint for when an error occurs.

New in PDF-Tools 9.0.353.0 (Apr 20, 2021)

  • Added the group policy 'Do not show Tool Report by default' that allows the Tool Report to be hidden by default.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added 'Force making report pane visible' option that allows to turn off forcing Tool Report visibility on any type of messages.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a Task bar progress tool that allows users to control processing progress even when main window is minimized.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue that led to the inability to use 'Use source folder as destination' when using the 'Split/Merge PDFs' action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed the 'Filter Files' action issue that led to incorrect filtering by file Creation/Modify date.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed the 'Print Document' action when only low resolution printing is allowed.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed the 'Save Images' action issue with incorrect behavior of the 'When file already exists' option.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue in the 'Print Document' action with sheets' range
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue of overwriting PDF files with the results of tool processing.
  • (36426)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Added a feature to the 'Find and Redact' action to search and redact document objects such as comments, fields, document info, etc.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Numerous small fixes & improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 9.0.352.0 (Feb 5, 2021)

  • Changed the 'Add Digital signature' action. Now an improved 'Sign Document' action can sign existing signtature fields or skip documents that do not require a signature.
  • Numerous small fixes & improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 9.0.351.0 (Jan 22, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue with the 'Preserve original timestamp' option.
  • (35239)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Delete Pages' action that led to an innabillity to change actions options while it was running.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Add Digital Signature'.

New in PDF-Tools 9.0.350.0 (Jan 18, 2021)

  • Added an 'Import as Layer Overlay' tool/action that overlays a destination PDF document with a selected source PDF document.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Find by Regular Expression' action that allows finding values in a document's text using regular expressions and use it in the 'Save Documents' action with macro-like syntax %[Regexp:value_name].
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Create PDF Portfolio' tool/action that allows creating new PDF portfolios by combining supported files.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Rasterize Pages' tool/action that rasterizes document's pages.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Recompress Images' tool/action that recompresses images in documents.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added an 'Activate License' button on the license hint.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a Group Policy options: 'Hide hint about using Enhanced OCR for users.', 'Hide warning about activation the license for a user'.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Preserve original timestamp for file' option for the 'Save Documents' action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added an 'Append existing document' as an overwrite action option in the 'Save Documents' and 'Change Document Properties' actions.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Insert Pages' and 'Replace Pages' actions that led these actions not working.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • The 'Force making Report pane visible' option was improved.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Numerous small fixes & improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 8.0.342.0 (Nov 3, 2020)

  • Added an 'Insert blank page' option for 'Split/Merge Documents' action that gives ability to insert blank page after document with even/odd pages count when merging multiple documents.
  • Added an ability to choose which type of message will force showing Report pane.
  • Added an ability for 'Extract Images' action to extract images in a tiled pattern
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Show Files' action when 'Multi-Threaded Processing Mode' is enabled, that led to the destination folder not opening on tool run finish.
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Split/Merge Documents' action that led to crash after closing 'Manual Split/Merge dialog' when 'Multi-Threaded Processing Mode' is enabled.
  • Numerous small fixes & improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 8.0.340.0 (Aug 13, 2020)

  • PDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added a 'Copy with rename' action for Form Fields in the 'Split/Merge Documents' action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Split by top bookmarks' method in the 'Split/Merge Documents' action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Filter Files', 'Filter Pages' and 'Filter Documents' actions that led to incorrect filtering of files, pages, and in some cases documents.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Show Files' action when tool works with disabled the 'Batch processing mode' option.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Save Images' action that led to inabillity to save images to a remote Place.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Import Comments' and 'Import Form Data' actions that led to the inabillity to perform an import from *.xml files.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with setting parameters for 'Export to Microsoft Word Document', 'Export PDF to Excel Spreadsheet', 'Export PDF to Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation', and 'Export PDF to Plain Text' actions.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Numerous small fixes & improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 8.0.337.0 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added 'Multi-Threaded Processing Mode' Tool option that enables multi-core processing of input documents.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed issues that were causing inability to save Files List in Extended Choose Files dialog.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed an issue with 'Store selected file names for future use' option of 'Choose Input Files' action .
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • 'Reset Forms' tool was moved to 'Forms' Tool Category.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Numerous smaller fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 8.0.331.0 (Apr 24, 2019)

  • Fixed a problem that prevented changing the icon for custom tools

New in PDF-Tools 8.0.330.0 (Apr 5, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Added commands to convert Line annotations to Distance, and Polyline annotations to Perimeter.(T# 4552)
  • (31718)
  • Added the Crop Method "None" to the Crop Pages dialog to allow adjusting the page size to the crop box, without changing existing crop boxes.(T# 4321)
  • (30764)
  • Added a "Move To Trash" feature that allows moving the open document to the Recycle Bin.
  • (31960)
  • Added simplified content transformation functionality to the Arrange tab.
  • Newly added featureEditor PluginsNEW
  • Added CSVToPDF plugin that allows converting CSV file data to a PDF table.
  • Added a "Resource Updater" feature for updating OCR Languages, Spell Check Dictionaries, and other resources.
  • Added "overtype" mode for edits (activates with Insert key).
  • Spell Check dictionaries update.
  • Added a "Paste as Plain text" command for text edits.
  • Added the ability to add/modify the Document Open Action to be different from the GoTo action. (T# 4629)
  • Added a "Quick Launch" to the Editor's title bar which can be used to quickly find Editor's commands.
  • Digital Signature Properties dialog now reports certificate compatibility to EU 2010/2014 regulations and whether a private key is located on QSCD. (T#4658)
  • Added a new "Enhanced OCR" module that is much faster, provides better quality, recognizes text styles and tables, supports creating PDF files with editable text and images, and more.
  • Added a new OCR feature "OCR Selected Region". Use it from the context menu for the selected area on a page which was made using the Snapshot or Crop tool(s).
  • SharePoint: added options for a default version and comment used during automatic Check-In.
  • SharePoint: added an option to auto-create all neccessary folders when saving file(s) to a non-existing path.
  • Fixed an issue with handling relative URLs when a document is opened in IE (T# 4592)
  • Improved handling corrupted JB2 streams.
  • Fixed an issue when setting a border width of 1pt on links.
  • Fixed a rendering issue in some specific cases. (T# 4669, 4641)
  • Fixed several issues with the Progress dialog: in some cases it had been displayed using the wrong Z-order (under the main window or above the modal dialog).
  • Fixed a problem with dragging control points by finger for selected objects.
  • Fixed hang of Open/Save File dialog for Sharepoint/DropBox when fails the navigation to the initial URL.
  • Fixed a SharePoint Plugin issue causing undesired login prompts.
  • SharePoint: fixed the conversion of file and folder creation, and update time, to/from the local time.
  • SharePoint: added an option to select a version for Check-In operations.
  • Improved Deskew filters in Enhance Scanned Pages plugin
  • Improved compression of monochrome images in Enhance Scanned Pages plugin
  • MS Office to PDF: various improvements and bug fixes for the Editor and PDF-Tools
  • Improved form calculation procedure(s). (T# 4627)
  • Improved JavaScript support.
  • Improved XFA forms support. (T# 4644, 4615, 4701, 4689, 4711, 4714, 4723, 4726, ...)
  • Improved rendering of PDF files when object's coordinates are too big. (T# 2975)
  • Improved thew handling of Static XFA forms. (T# 3084, 2838, ...)
  • Password Security Policies are now stored in more secure way.
  • When opening FDF or XFDF files the Editor now checks permissions to open the corresponding PDF file. (T# 4680)
  • The appearance of check/radio-boxes has been updated to show the correct size on high-resolutiotins monitors (previously it was too small on 4k monitors).
  • Added an option to customize the color of a group title by setting the 'group.title' color-item in the Theme.xml.

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.328.2 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • Added the ability to read/write files on the Cloud-systems such as SharePoint, OneDrive, GoogleDrive, Box.com and Dropbox.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added the ability to show the embedded dialog box for most actions when tool is running.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed the issue with moving original files after they have been processed by a Folder Monitor.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Numerous smaller fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.328.1 (Dec 18, 2018)

  • Newly added feature
  • Critical error or bug fix
  • A reported error or bug was fixed
  • Changed, reviewed, modified feature
  • Feature that is currently under construction and will be released in the future

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.328.0 (Dec 14, 2018)

  • Added the ability to read/write files on the Cloud-systems such as SharePoint, OneDrive, GoogleDrive, Box.com and Dropbox.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added the ability to show the embedded dialog box for most actions when tool is running.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools
  • Fixed the issue with moving original files after they have been processed by a Folder Monitor.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Numerous smaller fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.327.0 (Oct 2, 2018)

  • Added a 'shared' parameter to the 'Log' Command Line option that allows sharing one log file between different instances of PDF-Tools running at the same time.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added a special 'New' label for standard tools which indicates the tool was added in a recent version of PDF-Tools. Categories that contain new tools are also marked by a special bullet.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the 'Output' Command Line option that allows users to specify parameters for output actions in tools specified in the 'Run Tool' Command Line option. (T# 4066)
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added an 'Import Comments' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added an 'Export Comments' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added an 'Import Form' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added an 'Export Form' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added a 'Reset Forms' tool/action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed a problem that led to an application crash after updating to newer version.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools The name of the document currently being processed is now displayed the progress message for 'OCR Document' action. (29724)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools Added an 'Every N pages from different document' option for the 'Split/Merge PDFs' action that allows users to do interleaf merging of input documents. (T# 3939)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools Added the ability to specify a page size in the 'Add Digital Signature' All Options dialog so users can place digital signatures on the page more accurately. (30539)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools Numerous smaller fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.326.1 (Jul 26, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue that was causing the application to crash after deselecting tools that contain the 'Print Document' action. (31239)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed a problem that led to the inability to change the application language in some cases. (31220)

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.325.1 (Apr 25, 2018)

  • Fixed the issue with the 'Do Not Ask for Passwords' setting, which was occasionally prompting for passwords despite being disabled.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools Fixed a minor issue in the Tool Report pane. The 'Click here to show more' label is no longer present for first-level elements.

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.325.0 (Apr 17, 2018)

  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the 'Build Table of Contents' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the 'Export Bookmarks' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the 'Import Bookmarks' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the 'Export Bookmarks to Text File' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the 'Import Bookmarks from Text File' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the 'Generate Bookmarks from Page Text' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the 'Enhance Scanned Pages' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the ability to specify *.pdtfl text file as input for tools. This file contains a list of newline-separated filenames that will be processed by tool.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added the 'Do not ask for passwords' tool option. This option makes it possible to skip password-protected input files that do not have valid, corresponding passwords in the Predefined Passwords Storage.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added an OCR feature for the 'Create PDF from Images' action.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed the issue that was preventing error messages from being displayed in Tool Report.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed the issue with using illegal symbols in document names when documents are split by bookmarks.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools Numerous smaller fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.324.3 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed the issue that was preventing external programs from accessing files processed in PDF-Tools when the latter was still running.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed the issue that was present when adding tools to the Favorites category.. (30445)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed numerous issues that were present when moving tools between categories.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed the issues that were causing the loss of the 'Batch Processing Mode' status during tool import/export.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed the issue that was causing the first file/folder to be skipped during root folder enumeration. This issued occured in some cases when the 'Add Folder' feature was used.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed the issue with the enumeratiom of shared folders such as '\sharesharedfolder'. This issued occured in some cases when the 'Add Folder' feature was used.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed the 'Add Bates Numbering' tool issue that was present in cases when multiple input documents were specified. Pages are now numbered on all documents without the need for a restart on each document.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools Numerous smaller fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.324.0 (Feb 2, 2018)

  • Added 'Places' and 'Sections' groups to the Bookmarks View. (T# 3727) (27448)
  • Added functionality to edit the portfolio schema and string and number values of Portfolio files.
  • Added support of setting the doc.viewState property. (T# 3971)
  • Added functionality to save documents to different formats through the 'Places' feature.
  • Added 'KeyTips' feature for toolbars and menus in the Ribbon/Classic UI. Press Alt to activate/use this feature.
  • Added the option of dropping commands into empty Ribbon Tabs during UI customization.
  • Added the 'chevron' feature for standard toolbars in the Classic UI. (30096)
  • Added the option of renaming custom toolbars through their context menu.
  • Added ability to work with long named files - it is now possible to open and process files with long filenames (length > 260) from the Command Line.
  • Added functionality that enables the use of the mouse wheel to scroll though Ribbon tabs. (T# 4161)
  • Added the option of using the Esc key to close comment pop-ups.
  • Added the option of hiding bar titles in Ribbon panes, which helps in reducing their height. This option is available in the Options tab of the Customize Toolbars dialog box.
  • SharePoint: added the option of working with List Attachments and internal site folders and documents.
  • SharePoint: added functionality to change options for import/export convertors in the Open/Save File dialog box.
  • SharePoint: added auto-complete of file extensions via selected format in Open/Save File dialog box.
  • DropBox: added functionality to change options for import/export convertors in the Open/Save File dialog box.
  • DropBox: added auto-complete of file extensions via selected format in Open/Save File dialog box.
  • Reduced file size when embedding TTF fonts. (T# 4183)
  • Fixed the issue with the 'Resize Pages' feature in cases where it is set to the size of the current Page Box. (22812)
  • Fixed the issue with the 'Do not OCR pages with text' option in cases where all pages contain text. (30230)
  • Fixed the Alt key issue with the Bookmark Plugin menu string and updated the Custom Scan icon. (30283)
  • Added a 'Duplicate' command to the Arrange submenu for selected comments. (30300)
  • Fixed the 'OCR Pages' issue in which the incorrect language was being used. (T# 4218) (30402)
  • Improved XFA forms support. (T# 3084,2883,2640,2531,3630,3904,3956,3907,3460,4189)
  • Fixed the issue with printing some XForms, annotations and rotated images. (T# 3993)
  • Fixed security checking in some JS methods.
  • Fixed the issue with importing some combo box values. (T# 3593)
  • Fixed the TWAIN scan issue for Epson XP-440 printers.
  • Improved the Shell Extensions - zoom parameters are now stored when users switch between documents.
  • Fixed the Shell Extensions Setup issues.
  • Fixed the issue with self-printing documents in Internet Explorer - in cases where the Security Settings permit it.
  • Fixed a couple of issues with the use of temporary files. PDF-XChange Editor is now more accurate when using temp. data.
  • Fixed the issue with long opening times of some network shares, such as \sharedir..doc.pdf.
  • Fixed the issue that was present when Editor's window was maximized and the Taskbar was set to auto-hide. (T# 4134)
  • Fixed the issue with adding items with dropdowns to toolbars/menus. (T# 4171)
  • Fixed the main window maximization issue when the top border of windows is double-clicked. The window now maximizes vertically.
  • Fixed the issue with handling relative paths inside documents in the context of the IE-plugin.
  • Fixed difficult to reproduce crash identified in the Ribbon's File menu.
  • SharePoint: fixed the 'Online Authentication' dialog box in cases where the authenticated user belongs to a different organization and needs to be logged out.
  • SharePoint: fixed the deadlock on cancellation of the Open/Save File dialog box when folder content is being loaded from the server.
  • SharePoint: fixed the conversion of PDF documents to other formats when saving to SharePoint.
  • DropBox: fixed the conversion of PDF documents to other formats when saving to DropBox.
  • Added percentage as a value option in the Resize Pages dialog box. (T# 3972) (29375)
  • Changed the process of saving 'Launch' actions. (T# 3811)
  • Plugins Improved the Google Drive plugin UI and fixed multiple associated minor issues.
  • SharePoint: improved the algorithm that detects SharePoint and non-SharePoint files when opening documents from URLs.
  • SharePoint: improved the display of user information when SharePoint documents are checked out to other users: it now shows the user's name and/or e-mail.
  • SharePoint: several additional minor fixes and improvements.
  • DropBox: several additional minor fixes and improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 7.0.323.1 (Dec 21, 2017)

  • Fixed the issue that was causing the application to crash on exit after tools have been imported/exported.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools Added functionality to search for tools in the ‘Choose Tools’ dialog box, which has been redesigned to improve usability.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools Numerous smaller fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 6.0.322.5 (Jul 10, 2017)

  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed issue with renaming tool-categories. (29262)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Tools Fixed issue with reset actions to defaults.

New in PDF-Tools 6.0.322.0 (May 22, 2017)

  • New UI design with features for grouping tools by category. Added functionality to create custom categories/use standard categories to store custom tools. All custom tools/categories are marked with a special user-icon.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Tools can be added to the Favorites category using the context menu, by dragging the tool into the Favorites category or by clicking the icon in the upper-left corner of Tools in the Tools list
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added a feature to launch tools by dragging folders/files onto the tool-item.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added a feature to sort input files in Command line mode.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added a feature to reset tool/action parameters to default values.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added 'Discard Special PDF Standard' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added 'Export PDF to Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet' tool/action.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW Added ability to safely store document passwords for automatic re-use by tools when processing documents. Password storage is private, protected via encryption and by a special master-password (see 'Passwords' page in 'Preferences' dialog).
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools Common fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 6.0.319.0 (Feb 7, 2017)

  • New:
  • Added Undo/Redo features in the 'Manual Split/Merge' dialog.
  • Newly added featurePDF-ToolsNEW
  • Added the ability to configure file-to-pdf converters globally and for each instance of the 'Convert Files to PDFs' action.
  • Added the ability to specify a custom page range for each input document in the extended 'Choose Input Files' dialog. Tip: It is possible only when the tool contains 'Ask for Source Files' and 'Split/Merge Documents' actions and there are no actions that modify the page range between them. (25627)
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed several problems when processing large numbers of files. (27221, 27518)
  • Fixed an issue with 'Crop Pages' when the input document has rotated pages (T# 3719). (27341)
  • Fixed a crash caused by the 'Crop Pages' action on certain documents (T# 3718).
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Tools
  • Common fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 6.0.318.1 (Feb 7, 2017)

  • Fixed crash when user used any non-English UI-localization.

New in PDF-Tools 6.0.0317.1 (May 10, 2016)

  • Fixed issue with restoring paper size on profile change.
  • Fixed issue with handling changes on Watermarks page in Printer's preferences dialog.

New in PDF-Tools 6.0.0317.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issues with client PDF-XChange printers mapped to Citrix remote session.
  • Resolved issue with printing from Internet Explorer 11 and Edge in Windows 10.

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0316.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved possible issue with handling images rendered by StretchBlt function.
  • Resolved issue with some fonts when printing on Lite Driver. (T# 2485)
  • Resolved issue with clipped images when printing on Lite Driver. (T# 2212, 3321, 2976)

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0315.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with embedding all used fonts with the Lite printer.
  • Minor improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0314.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with printing dashed lines from MS Word with Lite printer. (T# 3111)
  • MS Windows 10 compatibility.
  • Removed redundant buttons "Save" and "Load" from Bookmarks page. (T# 3109)

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0313.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issues with applying some settings when changing profile in the driver.
  • Added feature to generate PDF/A-3 files with the PDF-XChange Standard Printer.
  • Added workarround that allows for handling some corrupted files in PDF Tools and PDF Tools SDK.
  • Improvements and fixes in Office Addin.

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0312.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • MSI installer now installs the same languages pack as EXE installer.
  • Resolved issue with available languages for Office2PDF and OfficeAddin on 64-bit machines.
  • Resolved issue with selecting newly created profile.
  • Resolved issue with handling some characters specific to vertical fonts.
  • Added an option for Overlays to allow control location of overlay on document.
  • VB.NET sample for OCRLib.
  • Changed text in dialogs for adding/cloning/removing profiles.

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0311.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with removing custom forms.
  • Now driver's tray menu items can be localized (use local language).
  • Small fixes in Lite driver.

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0310.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with embedding OTF/Type1 fonts. (T#2650)
  • Improved stability and quality of the Lite driver.
  • Added profiles for settings in the Office Addin. Requires Office 2007 and later.

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0309.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with handling height of custom paper on the Paper page of the printer's preferences.
  • Now the Lite driver asks for document information during printing, when the corresponding option is checked in the driver's preferences. (T# 1693)
  • Resolved issues with file names when the source document's name passed to the driver contains dots. (T#1809) (17180)
  • Fixed possible issue with printing rotated scaled text. (T#2546)
  • Existing file names are shown in the 'Overwrite' dialog.
  • Improved conversion from XPS to PDF.

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0308.2 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved an issue with possible demo watermarks being applied when a file was generated using the Outlook or IE addins.
  • Resolved an issue with showing the list of keys under Windows XP.
  • Improved UI for adding new serial keys.

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0308.1 (May 10, 2016)

  • Minor fixes.

New in PDF-Tools 5.5.0308.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • New protection system incorporating extended upgrade/renewal options and features!
  • Resolved issue with possible text scaling on printing.
  • Fixed (rare) potential issue with printing black boxes on page when printing from Adobe Pagemaker.
  • Changed method for storing driver settings. Now most settings are stored in the DEVMODE and consequently profiles are not modified automatically.
  • Custom Forms list in the driver is common for all profiles now.

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0273.2 (May 10, 2016)

  • Added support for merging existing files. (T# 1644)
  • Improved printing from some application.
  • Resolved issue with Windows Photo application when used on Windows 8. (T# 1780)

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0273.1 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issues with Outlook addin for Office x64 users.

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0273.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Added capability for the Lite driver to be used by Metro-based applications in Windows 8/8.1
  • Resolved possible issue when printing text with bold style simulation. (T# 2167)
  • Improved handling of rotated and/or skewed text.

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0272.1 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved possible issue with visibility of content generated by the Lite driver. (T# 2086)

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0272.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved possible crash of the Office Addin on Office x64. (T# 1994)
  • Resolved issue when saving files from Outlook Addin. (T# 1957)
  • Added handling of internal links by IE plugin. (18960)
  • Minor changes in IE addin. (T# 1685).

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0271.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with dashed lines in Lite driver. (T# 1959, 1956)
  • Resolved issue with default localization language settings in the Office Addin.
  • Resolved issues with subsequent document conversion by Office Addin in Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Added support for vertical text in the standard driver.
  • Added support of italic and bold fonts simulation in Lite driver. (T# 1923)
  • Improved support for large print jobs (T# 1970)

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0270.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Fixed invalid behaviour of Save dialog when option "Select Another File" was used.
  • Fixed crash on print jobs without pages and booklet or multipage per sheet layout modes.
  • Resolved issue with placing digital signature appearance on very small rectangle. (16810)
  • Small improvements on UI.

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0269.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with showing an empty message box or message box with information about being unable to create a temporary file while printing from some applications (for example, IE10).
  • Resolved issue with sheet size and page positions in Booklet mode when sheet size is set to Auto.

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0268.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with the list of available jobs group on intensive printing. (16472)
  • Changed printing progress dialog so one '%' character is now shown. (16216)
  • Resolved issue with handling glyphs of zero width that causes issues with some text.(T# 1621). (15242)
  • Resolved issue with installing Lite V4 driver.(T# 1688).
  • Resolved issue when printing cropped images from MS Word. (T# 1731)
  • Added MS Outlook Addin (2010 and later) to convert emails to PDF.
  • Improved quality of printout from On-Screen Takeoff. (T# 1437) (12000)
  • Improved handling some ROP sequences. (T# 1257)

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0267.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Fixed reported issue with decoding corrupted JPEG streams in PDF files.
  • Fixed possible issue with producing wrong color by Lite driver when print from PowerPoint.

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0266.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Translated some items in Office2PDF and pdfSaver dialogs. (13239 )
  • Added workaround for Windows GDI bug that causes 'blue screen of death' when printing from LandWorksCAD.

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0265.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with creating custom forms in Lite Driver. (T#1536)
  • Improved dialog item visibility in pdfSaver's settings dialog. (T#1609)
  • Driver's API functions AddTextWatermark/AddImageWatermark now overwrites existing watermark with the same name. (T#1618)
  • Fixed German language file. (T#1619)
  • Resolved issue in OfficeAddin when replacing file name extensions that contain more than 3 characters (T#1649)

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0264.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue whilst unloading pdfSaver on last release of COM object. (T#1562)
  • Resolved issue with incorrect page sizes on driver's preference dialog where a non-standard system font is used. (T#1588,1585) (13993)
  • Resolved issue when printing from 'Photo Viewer' on PDF-XChange 2012 Lite printer. (T#1595)

New in PDF-Tools 5.0.0263.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Resolved issue with pdfSaver process preventing a system shut down. (T#1542, T#1557)
  • Fixed crash when printing from some 32-bit applications on a 64-bit OS. (T#1540, T#1548)
  • Resolved issue with custom forms creation. (T#1536, T#1537)
  • Added workaround for Windows GDI issue that causes BSOD when printing from Landworks CAD. (T#535)
  • Fixed checking email for creation of new self-signed signature. (T#1555)

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0202.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Fixed incorrect behaviour of the driver when printing in booklet mode. (T#1441)
  • Resolved issue with cropping pages. (T#1448)
  • Resolved issue with handling jobs and documents in pdfSaver UI. (T#1474)
  • Resolved issue with PXCp_ET_GetElement function. (12116)

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0201.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • Resolved issue with "Print Pages Borders" option in 'n-UP' mode.
  • Resolved possible scale and possition issue in 'n-UP' and 'Booklet' modes.
  • Resolved several issues with Office Addin.
  • Fixed problem with wrong position of page number's added by PDF Tools.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0200.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • Resolved incorrect text element positions in some documents.
  • Fixed possible incorrect ToUnicode table generation in PDF/A mode.Resolved possible issue converting some EMF files to PDF.
  • Added support for GradientFill operation in the driver.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0199.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • Resolved a fill color issue when creating PDFs from specific DOC files.
  • Resolved several issues when scanning via TWAIN.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0198.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • Resolved an issue when opening 1bpc TIFF files compressed using LZW.
  • Changed the size used for hatch/image patterns when printing.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0196.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • Fixed issue with passing PDF/A validation when non-ascii characters from a TTF font are used. (T#993)
  • Improved handling of semi transparent (masked) images printed from MS PowerPoint. (T#1082)

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0194.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Resolved issue when simultaneously printing to the PDF-XChange printer from more than one thread.
  • Resolved issue when saving "Reason"/"Location" settings on the Digital Signature dialog.
  • Resolved possible (rare) issue when converting some characters from Type1 fonts to CFF
  • Standard folders (My Documents, Temp, etc.) are now stored as unresolved paths. (9259)
  • Resolved issue in print monitor which may cause problems when installing the driver during an update.
  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Fixed problem when specifying document information in PDF-XChange Tools in some situations.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0193.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Fixed issue with disabled printer properties, having used PDF/A mode and then reverting to normal mode.
  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Reduced memory usage during document creation when gradient 'fills' are used.
  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Resolved issue with linking with PXC_AddImageExA function. (9678)

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0192.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Resolved issue with preview window size.
  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Resolved issue with some macro names in bookmarks.
  • Newly added feature
  • Added feature to generate PDF/A-1a files from the PDF-XChange driver.
  • Newly added feature
  • Added preview into bookmark edition wizard.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified feature
  • Work around in the driver for Windows 7 x64 bug applied now only for 32-bit applications on 64-bit OS.
  • Feature that is currently under development - for future release Partially resolved issues with ligatures during converting to RTF/DOC.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0191.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Fixed some issues with editing of bookmarks ('Bookmarks' wizard). (9568, 9569)
  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Fixed issue when creating bookmarks for web-links.
  • Newly added feature
  • Added new option to turn off the auto detection of paragraphs for 'Convert PDF to DOC/RTF/TXT' wizard.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0190.0 (Jun 19, 2013)

  • A reported error or bug resolved
  • Resolved issue restoring default printer via the driver SDK if the previous printer was a network printer.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified feature
  • Improved speed of spooling tasks which contains large amount of images.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified feature
  • Workarround for Windows 7 GDI problems - works only for Windows 7 x64 now.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0188 Build 0000 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Resolved issue with PDF/A-1b compliance verification for 'Author' field of Document Info when used.
  • Resolved issue with restoration of Default Zoom Level option, General settings page.
  • Added aditional options for font embedding for PDF-XChange Lite.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0187 Build 0000 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Resolved issue with setting the option "Embed Extended Font/Character Info" in Lite Edition.
  • Fixed problem when writing large hyperlink text.
  • Fixed problem with load driver settings for x64 Windows user's.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0186 Build 0000 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Resolved issue when printing rotated text - introduced in build 185.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0185 Build 0000 (Oct 1, 2010)

  • Altered the method commonly used in Windows to load external dlls to prevent any (even theoretical) vulnerability regarding "DLL-hijacking" as reported for Windows applications.
  • Resolved possible issues with rotated text when converting EMF to PDF.
  • Fixed rare issue when converting TIFF to PDF., 8549) (8549)
  • Other changes and improvements.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0182 Build 0000 (Jun 30, 2010)

  • Fixed issue when printing transparent images from Google Chrome.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0181 Build 0000 (Jun 30, 2010)

  • Resolved with incorect start number used for autonumbering option.
  • Added option "Expand all bookmarks" for the MS Office Addin (MS Word).
  • Added option "Ask for new file name" to the options for "When File Exists" property on the Save dialog.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0180 Build 0000 (Jun 30, 2010)

  • Resolved issue with watermarks visibility on view/export/print when PDF Spec is set to Auto.
  • Resolved possibles issues with PDF-XChange port monitor module.

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0178 Build 0000 (Jun 30, 2010)

  • Fixed incorrect placing of cropped pages using PXCp_PlaceContents function. (7874)

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0177 Build 0000 (Jun 30, 2010)

  • Resolved possible issue with optimizing of triangles sequences (detessellation).

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0175 Build 0000 (Feb 16, 2010)

  • Resolved issue when opening PDF files with permissions stored as an unsigned integer. (7663)

New in PDF-Tools 4.0.0174 Build 0000 (Jan 19, 2010)

  • Added support for SHA2 digests - for new Digital Signature variant when signing documents - Time Stamps etc.