PDF-XChange Pro Changelog

What's new in PDF-XChange Pro 10.2.1.385

Jan 24, 2024
  • PDF-XChange Editor:
  • NEW Added new options to tune the appearance of the Comments pane:
  • Changes were made that make items more compact and to display comment text in a uniform style, and more. We also added other minor improvements to the pane's content appearance.
  • NEW Added an option to make comment popups on pages more compact:
  • Look to Preferences > Commenting > Display compact comment popups.
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue where IE or MS Edge in 'IE Mode' became unresponsive when opening PDF files.
  • Fixed an issue with restoring the last session when the application starts with a file argument (added an option to the Preferences/Documents). (41249, 41288)
  • Fixed an issue where it was possible to get an incorrect bookmark root name when using drag&drop of files in the thumbnail panel.
  • Fixed angle snapping for polyline/polygon tools. Holding the "Shift" key as a modifier limits the positioning of the line to pre-defined angles.
  • Fixed "nudge object" moves with the Ctrl+Shift combination. Previously the Ctrl+Shift key combination was not responding, this has been corrected. (41259)
  • Fixed issue with the undo/redo when adding checkmarks for comments.
  • Fixed an issue with then Comments pane.
  • Fixed an issue when 'checkmarking' comments when the UI language is set to something other than English. (41250)
  • Fixed an issue with the comment popups on pages: in some cases they may become light grey, even for colored comments. (41290)
  • Fixed an issue with resetting/importing settings after performing commands through the Quick Launch feature. (41300)
  • Fixed an issue that was present only in some very rare cases that resulted invalid shading.
  • In the Comments pane the ability to add/remove checkmarks and change status for multiple selected comments, rather than just one selected comment was restored.
  • Improve the PRC model handling.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 10.2.0.384 (Jan 24, 2024)

  • NEW:
  • Added the ability to create a "Place" for WebDAV services. (T# 6160)
  • Added new commands that enable the toggling of document tab title styles in the document tab context menu. (T# 6556) (40593, 41154)
  • Improved control of image compression in the "Enhance Scanned Pages" operation.
  • Updated the 'Comments' pane. The design has been improved, and we added functionality that enables the editing of comment text inside the pane, and a feature to easily filter/find comments that contain specified text. We also added simple buttons to add replies, lock/unlock, and change options.
  • Added the ability to set margins on document pages.
  • Added the ability to edit the 'destination' of Named Destinations.
  • Added functionality to convert email files to PDF. Open email message files (.msg and .eml) in PDF-XChange Editor to convert them to PDF.
  • Added a search feature inside comment replies, using either the Search pane or the Find feature. (T# 6677) (25594)
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed a possible crash when signing PDF/A documents.
  • Fixed an issue where clicking the "Set To Zero" button was greying out the "OK" button in the Crop Pages feature. (T# 6535) (40531)
  • Fixed an issue with duplicating form fields in the "Duplicate Pages" feature. (T# 5034, 6549) (33584, 40572)
  • Fixed an issue with scaling content after setting "Offset" parameters in the "Resize Pages" feature. (T# 6651)
  • Fixed an issue with the size of XForms when changing their content. (T# 6685)
  • DocuSign - fixed an issue where changed signatures were not not updating.
  • Fixed some UI automation issues to improve support for screen readers.
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Drag and Drop' of files placed on the right side of the 'Compare Documents' dialog box. Previously, dropping files there replaced the documents on the left side of the dialog box.
  • Improved copy and paste options for Rich Text.
  • Changed indent handling and alignment for RTL (right-to-left) text.
  • Added an option to specify page size and crop position for the Crop Pages tool. (T# 6543) (40549)
  • Added the ability to open the program without restoring the last session if it is opened with a file argument. (T# 6564) (40610)
  • Added the ability to modify the numbering step in macros for the "Bates Numbering" feature. (T# 3998)
  • Added the ability to open a session, without closing open documents, using Ctrl+Click or the right-click context menu within a session. (T# 6637) (40835)
  • Added font size information to the Save as Optimized dialog box. View screenshot
  • Add navigation buttons to the Redaction Infobar. View screenshot
  • Implemented "Single Sign-On" for WebView authentications.
  • Added a 'Delete' command to the 'Edit Text' context menu.
  • Added a filter for illegal symbols in the 'Rename' feature. (39212)
  • Added the ability to trim the white space of bookmarks in the "Create Links from Bookmarks" feature. (T# 6723)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 10.1.3.383 (Nov 16, 2023)

  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed some security and stability issues. Click here for further information.
  • Fixed a rare but critical issue in the Enhanced OCR feature that sometimes caused an 'Unspecified error' or 'Some pages weren't OCR'ed ...'' error on specific documents.
  • Fixed 'Paste Special' issue when using the keyboard. There was an issue with choosing different paste options when using the keyboard in the context menu. (40976)
  • Restored the ability to use a "Destination" when using 'Insert scanned images'.
  • Minor fix: increased the threshold that determines when a user can begin specifying a custom size for a new stamp in order to ignore small fluctuations caused by mouse/finger twitching.
  • Fixed an issue with using the 'Cut' operation for images in content that is selected with the Select Text/Hand tools.
  • Fixed an issue related to editing images in base content. In some cases glitches were possible after making changes to images. (39671)
  • Fixed mouse/touch handling when the Hand/Select Text tool is active and then an image is selected. Previously, it was impossible to select text over the image or 'scroll-by-Hand' inside the region of the image.
  • Fixed issue with applying icon set via field.buttonSetIcon (41018)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 10.1.2.382 (Oct 24, 2023)

  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed some security and stability issues. Click here for further information.
  • Fixed some problems with editing images directly on page content. (T# 6342) (39671)
  • Fixed rare cases of the user interface freezing on opening the Open/SaveAs dialog windows.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 10.1.1.381 (Sep 20, 2023)

  • PDF-XChange Editor:
  • NEW Added Group Policy features to allow/prevent opening specific URLs inside PDF files.
  • NEW Added Group Policy options to control which actions are available for serial key lists.
  • NEW Implemented a richMediaAnnot.callAS method. (40494)
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Changed how we handle showing "Places". Previously adding a "Place" via registry keys resulted in repeated instances of that "Place" appearing in the UI after an application restart. We now handle such "Places" correctly, and show them only once. (37327)
  • Fixed an issue with highlighting search results inside the Search Pane. (40723)
  • Fixed an issue with a 'ghost' text box that may appear inside the Comments Pane when users click repeatedly on the page using the TextBox/Typewriter tools. (40728)
  • Fixed a rare issue with UI automation that could cause a desynchronization between the application's UI and an external screen reader app.
  • Fixed an issue with saving settings when the 'New Document' option is used from the right-click context menu in Windows Explorer. (40744)
  • Fixed several issues and a potential crash related to using 'Drag and Drop' on document tabs when moving them between different main windows.
  • Made a minor fix to enable image options in the context menu of the 'Edit Objects' tool in cases where the tool is activated immediately after the image is selected using the 'Select Text' tool.
  • Handled a special case observed when a user changed the layout of the monitors in a way that resulted in the main window opening outside of the existing monitors. (There had been a monitor at that location, but it was taken away, or repositioned in the monitor layout). Now the position of the main window has been corrected to guarantee visibility in all cases.
  • Improved navigation via the 'Tab' key in the Preferences, DocumentProps, and DocumentMetadata dialog boxes, and fixed a minor bug with handling the 'Tab' key inside the ribbon UI's 'File' menu.
  • Fixed an issue when applying OCR to scanned documents when the pages contain special monochrome and lightweight mask-images.
  • Fixed an issue with copying text from content when it has 't'(0x0A) symbols. Now PDF-XChange Editor replaces them all with whitespaces. (T# 6602).
  • Fixed an issue with login requests being prompted every time a file is opened from Dropbox.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented adding multiple Dropbox accounts.
  • Increased the maximum page size limit from 200 to 300 inches. (38830)
  • Increased the contrast between the highlight color and grayed text inside the Quick Launch dropdown list. (40727)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 10.1.0.380 (Sep 6, 2023)

  • PDF-XChange Editor:
  • NEW Added the ability to reverse sub-paths.
  • NEW Updated the 'Replace Pages' page range options to use a new page range style.
  • In the "Replace pages" dialog, a selection of pages has been added from the following options: current page, selected pages and manually specified pages.
  • NEW Added an option to fix invalid 'ToUnicode' maps for embedded fonts.
  • Fix fonts with incorrect unicodes. To use this feature, select a single text element in the Content panel and use "Repair ToUnicode CMap" from the context menu
  • NEW Added an option to use 'bottom-up Y-axis' in the Transform tool.
  • This option provide to reverse the coordinate system in the transform tool. While we know that the PDF Standard uses bottom up. It is not intuitive to users to have to reverse the ruler, an option for the Transform Tool to use "Bottom Up Y Axis" would make it much easier for users to use this tool.
  • NEW Added an 'Audit Space Usage' command in the DocumentInfo location and the File menu.
  • Also was created new "Audit Space Usage" command, which can be added in any ribbon panel by "Customise Toolbars"
  • NEW Added a feature to merge selected layers. (T# 6326)
  • NEW Added an option to paste copied PDF content as stamp. (T# 6485) (40351)
  • NEW Added a “Filling Rule” property for path content items.
  • A property of a “Path” object, the Filling Rule provides some control over how a fill is defines and displayed.
  • NEW Added an option to apply redaction to the contents of form fields (40683)
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed a potential crash when switching to a document opened from a disconnected external driver.
  • Updated built-in support for CJK encodings (T# 6502).
  • Fixed the Move Pages (and page range) caret "^" so that page numbering starts from '1' (T# 6555).
  • Fixed an issue in the "Change Zoom" feature that was changing the X/Y value of some bookmarks to 'Inherit'. (T#6433) (40156)
  • Fixed an issue that was present when saving document navigation points while keys, mouse buttons or 'touch' controls are in use (being held down). (T# 6345)
  • Fixed possible issues when pasting images from the Windows 10 Snipping Tool.
  • Improved how we handle broken files. (T# 6561).
  • The 'Clear Signature' tool can now clear signatures created using a certificate from a file.
  • Shell extensions - the property handler now has an 'attachment' property for PDF files. (171133, 171133)
  • Changed the manner in which 'flip' options are used in the Transform tool. View screenshot
  • Added "Open in Window" options for the "Go to a Page in Embedded Document" feature. (T# 5932) View screenshot
  • Added the ability to manage page ranges in the "Build Table of Contents from Bookmarks" feature. (T# 4959) View screenshot
  • Added a feature that disables 'Alt shortcuts' if Ctrl is pressed immediately after Alt. This provides an additional key order option for enabling Ctrl+Alt shortcut combinations. (T# 5991) (38470)
  • Added the ability to create "presets" for paper sizes in the "Create New Document" and "Insert Empty Pages" dialogues. (T#6438)
  • Added an option to "drag and drop" files into the Create Custom Stamp dialog box.
  • Added a right click context menu for options in the 'Recent Files' list. (T# 6508) (40463)
  • Added an option to use sequential numbers in macro functions in the 'Add Text to Bookmark Titles' feature. (T# 5776) (36804)
  • Made improvements to the identification of form fields.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 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-XChange Pro 10.0.0.370 (Jun 15, 2023)

  • Added the ability to create custom stamps. (T# 5907)
  • Added an 'Add from Bookmark' option to the 'Edit Action List' when setting link targets giving the ability to add a 'Go to Page' action using a 'link target' taken from a bookmark. (T# 5778)
  • Added the ability to customize snapping from the 'Snap' command drop-down and to customize a snapshot from the 'Snapshot' command drop-down. (T# 6429) (40138)
  • Added 'Grouping by Status' in the Comments View.
  • Added the ability to uninstall OCR languages via the 'OCR Languages' (Resource Updater) dialogue.
  • Added a new 'Web Page to PDF' convertor. Convert web pages without opening a browser.
  • Added percentage units to the "Add New Guides" dialog.
  • Added 'Tab Stop' property for text.
  • Added a new calculator/adding tape tool. (T# 6300)
  • Added the ability to simply drop files to the 'Compare Documents' dialog. (39823)
  • Added an 'Identify Forms' feature to detect form fields within a PDF.
  • Added the ability to get images directly from a webcam or from a connected phone in special webcam-mode (via DroidCam, EpocCam, iVCam, etc.) and to use them in 'Signs&Initials', 'Digital Signature templates', 'New Document from Images' etc.
  • Added the ability to export Links to a CSV file. (T#6191)
  • Added the ability to convert a rectangle to measurement. (T#5700)
  • Added a collection of tools to create, edit, and manipulate paths (shapes) on page content.
  • Newly added featurePDF-CoreNEW
  • The 'Compare PDFs' feature now includes changes in annotations.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted JBIG2 files/streams. 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.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • 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.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted PRC 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.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted U3D 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.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted EMF 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 an issue that would arise when a regex pattern was recognized properly by the 'Generate Bookmarks from Text' feature. (T# 6415) (40040)
  • Fixed 'Drag and Drop' from 7-zip into the Editor. (T# 5677)
  • Fixed an issue with the state of the 'Replace Text' and 'Insert Text' buttons on toolbars. (39772)
  • Enhanced OCR: fixed an issue getting the deskew/rotation angle when an image's dpi was changed automatically during the analyzing process. This improves quality of recognition.
  • Fixed an issue with loosing changes in open documents or even in the Editor's settings when a user shuts down the operating system while Editor is open.
  • Fixed an issue with keeping focus inside the search-results list when the Search page is floating and a user clicks on items inside that list.
  • Fixed an issue with localization the "sign here" prompt for the signature field. (T#6053)
  • Fixed an issue with the "Page" macro parameter in the 'Bookmarks Plugin'. (T# 5914) (37934)
  • Fixed an issue with a layer's list displaying when the 'Layer List for Visible Pages' option is checked in the Layers pane. (T#6468) (40295)
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Show on Zoom' option for layers in the Properties pane. (T#6467) (40295)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed rendering lines with zero dash length and square or butt line endings.
  • Fixed issues where in some circumstancesonly only part of the selected data was copied to the clipboard.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Corrected rendering of paths. Some CAD generated fileswould shown unwanted 'spikes' in some files. (T# 4982)
  • Fixed an issue when importing stamps from XFDF files.
  • Improved/Fixed the 'Add/Edit Action: "Go to a Page in this Document" feature. (T# 6303) (39544)
  • Improved/Fixed the 'Add/Edit Action: "Go to a Page in Another Document" feature. (T# 6303) (39544)
  • Improved/Fixed the 'Add/Edit Action: "Go to a Page in an Embedded Document" feature. (T# 6303) (39544)
  • Improved the UX and UI for the 'Crop Page(s)' feature. (T# 6439)
  • Improved the UX for the 'Resize Page(s)' feature. (T# 6439)
  • Changed to a new HTML-to-PDF converter in the Chrome and Edge browser extensions.
  • Added the ability to save to WebDav resources. (T# 5812)
  • Added the ability to use the 'Content-Disposition' response header to derive file names for the 'Open from URL' feature. (T# 4848)
  • Improved/refactored Read-Out-Loud features, added support for new voices introduced in Windows 11. Added a ReadOutLout-toolbar into the View menu in the Ribbon pane.
  • Added a new 'More Colors' dialog to the Standard Colors offered when changing an object's color. We now support RGB, HSV, HLS, Gray and Lab color spaces (CMYK will be added soon). The dialog has an editable list of custom colors that is kept between sessions. It ioncludes a color pull to get colors from anywhere on the desktop.
  • The 'Edit Content' tool has been split into two tools: an 'Edit Text' tool - to edit easily text blocks (like columns/paragraphs) on pages, and an 'Edit Objects' tool - to edit base content items directly.
  • Improved/fixed the 'Remove background' option used in the 'Signs&Initials' and 'Digital Signature templates' features. Now it removes the background from the scan/photo of your signature or initials more accurately.
  • Improved the accuracy of connecting lines and updated comment icons in the 'Summarize Comments' feature.
  • Added a feature to recall the most recently used files (MRU-feature) for CSV-source-files in the 'Populate PDF Forms' feature. (T#6427) (40074)
  • Fixed/Improved the 'Split Pages" feature. (T# 6211, 5841, 5890, 5867, 5868, 6162)
  • Improements to the 'Sessions feature'. (T# 6244, 5984) (33660)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.5.368.0 (Apr 7, 2023)

  • EditorNEW
  • Added a 'Exit Full Screen' item to all context menus on pages when document is in fullscreen mode.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added an option on the Comments pane of the Editor's preferences to control how 'Fit Box by Text Content' deals with annotation width.
  • Critical error or bug fixJavaScript Engine
  • Fixed an issue where a document level script could ignore "Enable JavaScript" settings.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • 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.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted EMF 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.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • 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.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed/improved the UI-Automation backend in order to solve known issues with screen-reader apps, with 'Narrator' for example.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed unnecessary duplication of selected annotations when they were only clicked (not dragged) by a user with the Ctrl key pressed.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a minor issue with title font in the Ribbon's File-menu on certian asian systems. (40129)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with activating the correct main frame window when a user clicked on the corresponding result-item in the search pane. (40142)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the 'Fit Box by Text Content' for freetext and callout annotations with rotated content.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with filtering annotations with replies.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 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-XChange Pro 9.5.366.0 (Dec 13, 2022)

  • Added a GroupPolicy-permission to add/delete/renew license keys by the user Prefs > Registration page.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with the position of newly created sessions.
  • (39602)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed compatibility issues when redacting annotations.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with potentially wrong colors in the user interface icons with some color profiles associated with specific monitors.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed an issue with Merge Pages on some specific documents.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with pages autoscroll when the SelectText tool is used.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with the Find-feature: it didn't clear itself when the Find-popup was closed (via Esc key or X-button).
  • (39609)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a broken Advanced section in the Search pane.
  • (39607)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with Copying multiline text on pages when the 'Add line breaks after each text line' option is turned off (Prefs > PageText).
  • (39624)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with showing context menus when using a stylus on toolbars and other windows.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with showing special context menu for items on toolbars when customization mode is enabled.
  • (39623)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • A minor fix for better support of custom colors for selections on pages.
  • (39633)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Core
  • Improved scaling annotation when doing a page resize.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.5.365.0 (Nov 29, 2022)

  • Added the ability to remove pages that bookmarks point to in the 'Pages' and 'Sections' context menus of the Bookmarks pane. (T# 6261)
  • Added the ability to OCR multiple selected images to their context menu. (T# 5979)
  • 38418)
  • Added the ability to go to next or previous bookmark using the hotkeys Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+] as the default setting. (T# 6226)
  • Added the ability to set named destinations as targets for new links by double clicking on the destination. (T# 6013)
  • 38557)
  • Added the ability to update bookmark/named destination targets using selected text. (T# 5888)
  • 37840)
  • Added the ability to manage application prompts that have the 'Do not show again' option. (T# 5916)
  • 37933)
  • Added the ability to move selected page objects diagonally with the arrow keys. (T# 6111)
  • 38880)
  • Added an option to resize pages to match a specified page of the current document. (T# 6250)
  • OneDrive plugin improved to work with OneDrive for Business
  • Added an option to save documents automatically, without displaying the Save As dialog box, when digitally signing documents. (T# 6122, 6176)
  • Newly added featurePDF-CoreNEW
  • Added the ability to export PDF to WebP images
  • Added support of Metadata templates. (T# 5636)
  • Added an option to export/import metadata. (T# 5628)
  • Added an option to specify how links on a page can be activated (by click, Ctrl+click, or double click). (T# 6269)
  • Added a special command with shortcut (Ctrl+Home) that puts the keyboard focus on the page view directly. (T# 878)
  • Search Pane: added 'This Exact Phrase' option
  • 20541)
  • Newly added featureEditor ActiveX SDKNEW
  • Search Operation: added the option of specifying multiple files/folders for the input
  • Improved/optimized 'Rename Document' feature
  • Added new options (CaseSensitive, WholeWordOnly, RegExp, etc) for the Find feature's filtering ability in several panes, such as Recents, QuickLaunch, CompareDocs:Diffs and HistoryView (available via the icon on the right)
  • Added a set of new commands to have the ability to directly activate any document tab from the first ten tabs using shortcuts from [Ctrl+Num1] to [Ctrl+Num0] (note that shortcuts are customizable)
  • Added the ability to add Links to Layers. (T# 6238)
  • Added the ability to copy base content using Ctrl+Drag. (T# 5527)
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted EMF 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 PNG 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 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 spaces with zero width
  • Fixed the issue with displaying search marks on the scrollbar in single page mode. (T# 6187)
  • Fixed the issue when deleting pages from a document did not always decrease the file size. (T# 6248)
  • Fixed the issue where digital signatures generated by DocuSign were reported as invalid
  • Fixed the issue with context loss when pasting as metafile. (T# 6217)
  • Fixed compatibility issues with redaction annotations
  • Fixed the issue when document color override affected printing, even when the option was disabled. (T# 6231)
  • Fixed the issue with editing the action lists of bookmarks/links when the original action list has been corrupted. (T# 6137)
  • Fixed the issue with applying default styles for measurements with fractions
  • Fixed the issue with incorrectly estimated progress duration for the Search feature in bookmarks
  • Fixed the URL verification procedure for cases when the UNC url has more than three slashes after the scheme prefix, and added more known NoAuthority-schemas
  • Fixed the issue with disabling commands inside the ribbon/format tab for selected objects inside the portfolio preview window, and fixed the logic with autoshowing the Portfolio tab in the ribbon
  • Compare Documents: fixed the issue with hiding the format change differences when the 'Formatting' category is turned off
  • 39161)
  • ActiveX SDK
  • Search Pane: refactored the 'Where' combo to fix issues related to cases described on the following forum topics
  • 39139, 39140)
  • Search Pane: fixed the issues with drawing highlighted text inside the results pane when some highlight ranges overlapped
  • Search/Find+Redact: fixed the issue with case when, according to search criteria, text is partially overlapping.(T# 6253)
  • 39352)
  • Search/Find+Redact: fixed the issue with consecutive words when a line break is present between them. (T# 2246, 6135)
  • 20541, 161068)
  • Fixed an issue with thumbnail selections that contains images, paths and text items. (T#6195)
  • 39184)
  • Fixed an issue with restoring sessions by using the 'Just open documents from the session' option in the 'Manage Sessions' dialog box. (T#6301, 6303)
  • 39326)
  • Fixed an issue with using the 'Row Data by Column' macro in the 'Populate PDF Forms' feature.(T# 6063)
  • Fixed handling some embedded CFF fonts. (T# 6241)
  • Fixed incorrect embedding of some OTF(CFF) fonts. (T# 6294)
  • Improved the correction of broken files. (T# 6252, 6273)
  • Plugins
  • Improved the usability of selecting fonts in the 'Generate Bookmarks From Page Text' and 'Create Links from Bookmarks' features
  • Plugins
  • Added options to customize the title of contents in the 'Build Table Of Contents' feature. (T# 6056)
  • Added an option to display 'Logical Page Numbers' in the 'Advanced Search Result'. (T# 6178)
  • Added an option to add a bookmark for each file in the RTF to PDF operation
  • Added an option to add a bookmark for each file in TXT to PDF operation
  • Improved space handling for CJK languages
  • Improved text line positioning for editing PDF text
  • Added a feature in navigation mode: when the "End" key is pressed on the last page, the view is scrolled to the end of the last page
  • Added ability to paste multi-line text into single-line edit boxes
  • Improved support for Touchscreens: added single finger-scroll everywhere, without any conflict with DnD, Multiselect or ContextMenu options (just tap-and-move to scroll, tap-hold-and-move to DnD/Multsel, tap-hold-untap to ContextMenu); and fixed several other issues. (T# 6204)
  • Changed behavior for cases when the mouse pointer is over the scrollable control in the Ribbon and user spins the wheel-button. Now it scrolls during such control (whereas previously it was used to scroll through the ribbon tabs)
  • Fixed/improved the 'Merge Pages' feature: the position of merged pages; the use of 'Select Sheets' options; retaining actions with objects. (T#6272, 6268)
  • Improved the 'Summarize Comments' feature. (T# 5994, 6118)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.4.364.0 (Sep 28, 2022)

  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted PDF files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted U3D files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted EMF files. Reported by Mat Powell of 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.
  • Fixed the issue with text color when using the Microsoft IME to enter characters.
  • (39286)
  • Fixed issue with rendering certain specific fonts.
  • Fixed an issue in the Link View when moving links between the pages.
  • Fixed a scanning process freeze issue. (affected some old scanners).
  • Fixed different issues caused by the incompatibility of the AzureRMS plugin with some external components that get loaded into the Editor process (including some printer and scanner drivers, shell extensions etc.)
  • Fixed a possible (rare) crash related to using some ScreenReader-apps. (T# 6209)
  • Fixed issues with locked-for-read files or zero-size files after using the saveAs-PDF/A feature.
  • Fixed an issue with using the 'Find and Redact' tool on documents opened directly from SharePoint. (T# 6219)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.4.363.0 (Aug 16, 2022)

  • Added Czech patterns for redaction/sanitization.
  • Fixed the issue with creating portfolios via the Outlook plugin.
  • Fixed the issue when copying/pasting annotations between pages of different orientations caused the incorrect placement of these annotations. (T# 6173
  • Fixed the issue with editing some fields in document metadata.
  • Fixed a rare crash related to using custom keyboard shortcuts.
  • Fixed an issue with the handling of the 'Summarize Visible Annotations Only' option in the 'Summarize Annotations' feature. It now skips all invisible annotations by default when the 'Include invisible annotations' option is disabled.
  • Fixed the issue with starting the Editor's window in maximized mode.
  • Fixed the issue with the handling of the 'paste comments into mouse position' option.
  • Fixed the issue with the handling of URI/URLs with custom schemas, such as 'onenote:', 'news:', 'tel:', etc.
  • Fixed the issue with adding incorrect page labels when inserting pages from a different document.
  • Feature that is currently under construction and will be released in the future
  • Improved handling of removing/adding columns (fields in portfolios.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.4.362.0 (Aug 10, 2022)

  • Added the ability to auto-fill named destinations from selected text. (T# 5807)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • A major overhaul of how we handle portfolio PDFs was implemented.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a tab on the document properties dialog that allows one to add/edit custom properties. (T# 6092)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added the ability to edit document metadata via the "Advanced" tab on the Document metadata dialog.
  • Newly added featureEditor PluginsNEW
  • Added the ability to set a Blurred or Pixelated background image as an overlay when performing Redaction.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Convert-To-Office: added the ability to recognize characters using OCR (for specific fonts with corrupted ToUnicode table etc.)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Convert-To-Excel: added a feature to export links from a PDF file to an Excel Workbook
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • A 'Crop' feature was added to the image editor.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Comments pane. The 'Expand All' command now also expands text of comments.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to display and change the 'Layer' property of images and XForms (in the Properties pane).
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to display and change the 'Transparency Group' properties for XForms (in the Properties pane).
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to the "Fields" pane to select fields via user-specified type. (T# 5835)
  • (37575)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to reset selected fields. (T# 6095)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added additional "Barcodes" such as pdf417, dataMatrix, aztec, maxicode, ean13, ean8, code39, code128, codabar, upcA.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a feature to specify last N pages of a document without using absolute numbers.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added an 'In All Docs from this Window' option for searching in documents only in the currently active window. (T# 6164)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added support of vertical toolbars. You can now dock existing toolbars to left/right sides of windows.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a tiny vertical toolbar on the left of the document view (tab) to quickly show/hide all document's panes. This toolbar ('Quick Tools') can be easily customized.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Search marks are now shown on the vertical scroll bar in Single Page mode as well as in Continuous mode.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Added additional checks for some JS methods to increase security. (ZDI-CAN-17527, ZDI-CAN-17726, ZDI-CAN-17727, ZDI-CAN-17728).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted PBM/PGM/PNM files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17630, ZDI-CAN-17660).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted ICO files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17631).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted EMF files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17634, ZDI-CAN-17635, ZDI-CAN-17637, ZDI-CAN-17637, ZDI-CAN-17673).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted WMF files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17638).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted JPG files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17628, ZDI-CAN-17629, ZDI-CAN-17632, ZDI-CAN-17633).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted J2K files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17636, ZDI-CAN-17674, ZDI-CAN-19286, ZDI-CAN-17764, ZDI-CAN-17765, ZDI-CAN-17767, ZDI-CAN-18069).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted PNG files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-18068).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted JBIG2 (or JBIG2 stream in PDF) files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17724, ZDI-CAN-17725, ZDI-CAN-17809, ZDI-CAN-17810).
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling large object numbers in PDF files. Reported by Dr. Philip Kolvenbach, Secure Software Engineering Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed potential vulnerability handling crafted/corrupted PDF files. Reported by Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI-CAN-17772, ZDI-CAN-17778).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins
  • Fixed an issue where the operation "Generate Bookmarks From Text" was creating individual bookmarks from the same style text separated by space that should have been only one bookmark. (T# 5902)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins
  • Fixed an issue where after opening the dialog for "Generate Bookmarks From Text", one couldn`t select any text.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue where a pressure sensetive pencil tool may generate 'circles' which should not appear. (T# 6024)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue where transparent PNG files were not properly handled when added as a stamp. (T# 6044)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins
  • Improved support for 3D annotations. Fixes in many models. (T# 5308)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed/impoved the export form fields to FDF.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with content selection when pasting it on the default layer. (T# 6168)
  • (39028)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedShell Extensions
  • Fixed some issues with configurations that use multiple monitors with different resolutions.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added the ability to "toggle" the loupe tool on/off. (T# 6107)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added the ability to ignore (not rasterize) text base content when using "Rasterize Pages". (T# 5767)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Changed the location of the options for creating Bookmarks and Named Destinations from a selection to the context menu of their respective panes.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added the option to be able to use a selected page (in the Thumbnails Pane) when creating a page range in the Page Numbering Tool. (T# 5976)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added showing, in Properties Pane, the compression method used in images. (T# 6099)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor Plugins
  • Added new options for working with existing bookmarks when using "Generate Bookmarks From Text".
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor Plugins
  • Added an new style, a "Chapter [BLANK]" page, for use when creating a "Table of Contents from bookmarks". (T# 5699)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Improved IME handling.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureShell Extensions
  • Added icons for explorer context menu.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Compare Docs: improved the scroll-syncronization of left and right views; fixed several minor bugs in the UI.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Fixed/Improved a special UI-control to choose files as used on many modal dialogs in Editor.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Improved/Updated support for Portfolios: it now has a modern, convenient and light UI, and a whole new set of portfolio-editing features.
  • Feature that is currently under construction and will be released in the futureEditor
  • The 'Copy Full File Name' command is split into two commands now - one copies only file the name as a text, while second copies the file itself into the clipboard.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.3.361.0 (Apr 15, 2022)

  • Added the ability to select OCR-languages by clicking anywhere on the row of languages dropdown-list.
  • Fixed an issue that was introduced in the previous build where some operations (like importing bookmarks, or adding attachments) could freeze the Editor.
  • Fixed an issue when an ink annotation is added with a presure sencitive profile that may produce dot-like artifacts.
  • Fixed an issue where changing the font for a standard stamp sometimes did not have any affect.
  • Fixed an issue with localization of the ShellExtension-menu
  • Fixed a hang in the "Save As Optimized" operation.
  • Fixed issues with TWAIN scanning
  • Fixed an issue with the 'All Supported Files' filter in the the 'Open File' dialogs: some supported types were missing from that filter.
  • Fixed selection drawing for the 'Zoom In/Out' tool.
  • Added white backgrounds for the Stamp-, Sign-, CommentStyle- thumbnails in the Dark Mode of the UI.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.3.360.0 (Apr 6, 2022)

  • Added a feature for Comparing two PDF Documents (RibbonUI > Review > Compare Documents).
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added the ability to remove brokeninvalid Named Destinations. (T#5485)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added the ability to export snapshot to an image directly from the context menu. (T#5927)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added a `Set Layers Visibility` action creation and modification dialog.
  • Newly added featureEditor PluginsNEW
  • Added a possibility to Merge Duplicate Bookmarks.
  • Newly added featurePDF-CoreNEW
  • Added support for adding video and sound rich media annotations in PDFs.
  • Newly added featurePDF-CoreNEW
  • Support for existing screen annotation.
  • Newly added featurePDF-CoreNEW
  • Added a feature to control the thickness of underline and strikeout annotations.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added the ability to localize/customize text on Standard stamps.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added options to disable animated underline-effect for selected tabs (Ribbon tabs: CustomizeToolbars > Options; Other tabs: Prefs > General > TabsAndWindows)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added correct support for rounded corners for Editor's windows in Win11.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added Month-groups in the HistoryView pane.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed the incorrect redaction of some images. (T# 5924)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Implemented a Workaround in handling poorly-formatted color spaces.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed page navigation by keybord to match the corresponding commands on the document bar. (T# 4112)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed an issue when locking individual fields with signatures that was not working. (T# 5856)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue showing field properties in form editing tools when using the dark UI theme. (T# 5881)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed an issue with creating pencil annotations with variable profiles under some conditions.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed a rare issue that was apparent when converting .xps, .docx, .xlsx, or .pptx files.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Cropped the very long list of extensions displayed in 'All Supported Files' filter inside the 'Open/Save File' dialog.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with the appearance of the vertical scrollbar which displays many search-marks - previosly it was hard to see the knob-button under such marks. (T# 5944)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Highlight from File' feature.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor Plugins
  • Added the ability to set a position for the resulting images in the Enhance Scanned Pages plugin
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added a parameter to the FileName macro to extract part of a name. (T# 5818)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added an option to skip larger/smaller than specific pages in the Resize Pages feature. (T# 5017)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Improved performance of PDF optimization
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Enabled saving a PDF document to a destination file that is a filesystem alias of the source file. Examples of such aliases include alternate network shares, symbolic link etc.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Core
  • We are now reusing a stamp's appearance when the same stamp is placed multiple times on the same document.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Improved the performance of the application's start up (~20-30% faster).
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Disabled autoswitching focus to the Format tab when the Stamp tool is activated.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Changed the filter rule in the HistoryView pane: now the same document can be presented in different groups simultaneously.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.2.359.0 (Nov 24, 2021)

  • Added detection of CSV/TXT files that are stored in UTF8 without BOM
  • Fixed an with printing text using the Print All feature
  • Fixed an when adding image-based watermarks or backround (37516)
  • Fixed rendering issues introduced in build 357. (T# 5774)
  • Fixed an issue with copying and extracting pages that caused a "The parameter is incorrect" error in some documents. (T# 5781) (37562, 37500)
  • Fixed an Editor crash on startup issue (certain Windows compatibility flags were breaking loading of an Editor module)
  • Fixed an issue seen when 'Fix by content' does not work as expected for callout annotations (37477)
  • Fixed an issue with drag&drop of pages from the Thumbnails pane into OneNote or Powerpoint
  • Added a workaround for an issue found when in some poorly formed PDFs some text was missing
  • Fixed an issue with handling a manually edited destination folder in the product installer
  • Improved ClearType usage when rendering annotations and form fields
  • Fixed issues with adding UI-commands in dropdown menus via D&D
  • Fixed an issue where after a long press on some tools the wanted popup would disappear on mouse-up
  • Fixed issue with the 'op.bookmarks.import' operation: now it can handle IStream/IAFS_File on input, as should
  • Improved support of PDF files protected by MS Azure RMS
  • Improved support for the identity object. (T# 5327)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.2.358.0 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue with incorrectly generated JPEG streams that caused "Out of memory" errors in Acrobat.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.2.357.0 (Oct 20, 2021)

  • Added font customizations for the summarize comments operation
  • Sharepoint add-in "Open in PDF-XChange Editor" functionality implemented
  • A "Print All" feature was implemented
  • A "Print Portfolio" feature was implemented
  • Implemented different rendering modes for 3D models
  • Added the ability to open and convert to PDF images that are saved in the WebP format
  • Different UI-Themes added (see Preferences/CustomizeUI). Also the entire UI has been redesigned to make it look lighter and more modern
  • Added the ability to select text highlighted on a page (select highlight-comment first and then select the corresponding text)
  • 37063)
  • Added macro for File Extensions.(T# 5674)
  • Addressed a potential issue where the application could incorectly report signature validity (Certification Attacks)
  • Addressed a potential issue where the application could incorectly report signature validity (Shadown Attacks)
  • Addressed a potential issue where the application could incorectly report signature validity (Shadown Attacks)
  • Addressed a potential issue where the application could be exposed to DDoS attack on certain javascript in a PDF documents
  • Addressed potential issues where the application could be exposed to a 'Signature Validation Bypass' vulnerability and deliver incorrect validation result when validating certain PDF files that are modified maliciously or contain non-standard signatures (CVE-2018-18689)
  • Fixed an issue with some XFA files. (T# 5675)
  • Fixed a rendering issue with certain fonts. (T# 5678)
  • Fixed an issue with navigation via bookmarks in some specific cases. (T# 5645)
  • Fixed anisue when rendering documents which uses a large scale. (T# 5609)
  • Fixed an issue with printing some documents with transparency. (T# 5702)
  • Fixed an issue with handling content position on page resize when the "proportional content resize" option is checked. (T# 5688)
  • Fixed an issue with fonts changing for text on the page
  • 37056)
  • Fixed a minor issue with displaying search-result: when searching for a particular term, sometimes the words in the term were shown with an ellipsis between them, even though no such ellipsis appears. (T# 5590)
  • Improved ClearType usage. Added CleartType (forced) rendering mode to use ClearType when rendering isolated XForms (may cause rendering artifacts text background is not white)
  • Improved the handling of embedded fonts.(T# 3675, 4121, 5038, 5093, 5207, 5605)
  • Improved the handling of non-embeded fonts (italic simulation).(T# 5730)
  • Fixed an incorrect handling of some large images when using disk cache.(T# 5690)
  • Fixed incorrect rendering.(T# 5709)
  • Improved broken PDF files correction.(T# 5739)
  • Fixed "Same size/height/width" features.(T# 5126)
  • Added an option to the 'Bookmarks To Links' tool that sets link style
  • Added an option when sorting bookmarks to restrict the 'Sort' to a specific bookmark and it's sub-levels in the 'Bookmarks Plugin'. (T# 5625)
  • Changed the rendering of the Segoe Script font
  • Optimized text box comments (they now use less space internally than previously)
  • Improved the 'Copy to RTF' operation
  • Changed the sorting of items in Forms and Destinations panes when handling digits as numbers
  • Improved 3D support.(T# 5364,...)
  • Improved/fixed High DPI scaling in the UI
  • Added the ability to remove layers with their associated content and comments.(T# 5465)
  • Added the ability to set custom a background logo, specify the date format and font for the digital signature templates.(T# 4857, 1084, 2394, 5292, 3899)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 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-XChange Pro 9.1.356.0 (Jul 20, 2021)

  • Added content clipping if necessary when "Shrink page content..." option is used in Header & Footers.
  • Fixed an issue with login to the DocuSign account slipped in in the previous build.
  • Fixed an issue with setting and remembering option to allow suspicion documents.
  • Fixed issue with handling internal XPS links.
  • Fixed an issue with log in to the Google web mail.
  • Fixed an issue opening FDF/XFDF files if these files refer to an encrypted PDF documents.
  • Fixed an issue with rendering some linear shadings.
  • Fixed possible issue with Enhanced OCR on Win7/8.1: added necessary CRT-modules that may not be present in a fresh OS.
  • Non-working column provider with Directory Opus issue fixed.
  • Wrong scanner dialog width issue fixed.
  • Shell extensions productivity improved.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.1.355.0 (Jul 13, 2021)

  • Added an option that enables the renaming of form fields when dragging and dropping thumbnails results in duplicated field names.(T# 5562)
  • (36450)
  • Implemented a possibility to shrink page content in Headers and Footers and Bates Numbering.(T# 3462)
  • Added an option that enables the editing of all occurrences of an image at the same time.(T# 5585)
  • (36551)
  • Added an option to convert line, polygon, and polyline annotation to corresponding measurement annotations and vice versa.
  • Added support of bookmarks and internal links during XPS to PDF conversion. Note that this also affects conversion from Office documents to PDF.(T# 5420, 5589)
  • Added Cross Sections support in 3D PDFs.
  • Added initial support for opening documents protected by Microsoft Azure RMS. Further improvements are coming.
  • Implemented a feature to select Layers by given criteria.
  • Added an option to convert Line and Distance annotations to Polyline annotations and Polyline, Polygon, Perimeter and Area annotations to Line annotations.(T# 4552)
  • Added password strength indicator to password edits.
  • Added links support for form fields.
  • Added paragraph properties for annotations.
  • Implemented better RTL support for PDF text.
  • High DPI Support: added new 'use per monitor resolution' mode that provides the correct UI appearance for any resolution used in a multi-monitor configuration (Prefs/General).
  • Added possibility to restore normal work with opened intranet-file when a connection is lost and returns, or when PCs are awakened from hibernation. (T# 4214)
  • Fixed possible problems with editing documents that have layers/optional content.(T# 5539)
  • Fixed possible problems with XPS conversion.(T# 5619)
  • Improved the handling of invalid fonts.(T# 5604)
  • Improved the handling of broken PDF files.(T# 5615, 5561)
  • Fixed Split Pages by guide lines behavior on rotated pages.(T# 5637)
  • Updated the Build Table of Contents feature to use the underline style correctly.(T# 3146)
  • Fixed the 'add leading numbers' behavior of the bookmark auto-generation feature.(T# 5297)
  • Fixed a problem with document modification when renaming bookmarks via the F2 shortcut.(T# 5598)
  • Updated the Generate Bookmarks from TOC feature to use page ranges correctly.(T# 5186)
  • Fixed the 'Fit Box to Text Content' behavior for callout annotations in the case of documents with rotated pages.(T# 4417)
  • Fixed the problem in the 'Generate Bookmark from Page Text' feature that ignored the second level after the third level is seen.(T# 4875)
  • Investigated the non-working space character in Generate Bookmark from Page Text feature.(T# 4970)
  • Investigated why there are no results when generating bookmarks with mixed text ( Japanese and English ).(T# 5549)
  • Fixed an issue where moving pages with forms fields between documents sometimes resets the default fonts for some fields. (T# 5610)
  • Fixed an issue with using alpha-channel pictures on digital signature.
  • Fixed a rare issue with losing line ending hyphens/dashes when using the Enhanced-OCR. (T# 5460)
  • Fixed an issue with adding extra white spaces when using the Enhanced-OCR. (T# 5464)
  • Fixed an issue with OCR where the resolution of input images is calculated incorrectly (and may cause significant deterioration of OCR quality). (T# 5492)
  • Fixed a small glitch in the 'Rotate Pages CW90' and 'Rotate Pages CCW90' commands.
  • Fixed an issue with the dragging thumb-button in scroll bars (it is necessary to snap to the previous position when the dragging distance is too great, as in to other applications). (T# 3728)
  • Improved 3D support in PDF. (T# 5359,...)
  • Improved the Choose File Control dropdown with recent and opened files groups, and added an ability to clear recent files.(T# 5630)
  • Improved Enhanced-OCR performance.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 9.0.353.0 (Apr 23, 2021)

  • Implemented a BatesValue macro to output given pages' Bates Numbering value.(T# 5407)
  • Added a "Progress" dictionary to the majority of the declared operations.
  • Added the possibility to export only selected comments.
  • Added a "RootBookmarkTitle" dictionary to the input item of the 'Combine Documents' operation.(T# 5504)
  • Implemented DocuSign integration.
  • Added the possibility to specify underline in the 'Build Table of Contents' feature from the Bookmarks Plugin.
  • Unified the 'Convert to Measure' commands an added Polygon annotation support.
  • Added a 'Clear Measurement' command that allows converting from Distance, Perimeter and Area annotations to Line, Polyline and Polygon annotations.
  • Added the abiliy to export and import guide lines.
  • Added RTL support for the "Copy text style" feature.
  • Added bold simulation for some fonts (like Batang and Dotum).
  • Added multiple selection of guidlines.
  • Added guidlines properties.
  • The performance of EnhancedOCR engine has been dramatically increased with the addition of multithreading, offering significant improvement for multi-core machines.
  • 35631)
  • Added an option to keep the current pages layout and zoom settings when switching to/from Full Screen mode.
  • 36123)
  • Added functionality to replace fonts in text content items, comments and form fields.(T# 4313)
  • Improved 'Find&Redact': added a feature to search and redact document's objects such as comments, fields, document info, XMP metadata etc.
  • Improved the 'Sanitize Document' feature: added options to choose exactly what should be removed from the document.
  • ARM64: EnhancedOCR engine is available.
  • ARM64: Shell Extensions (PDF document info and preview) are supported both in native and x86 (emulated) applications.
  • Fixed possible issues with applying an offset to page content items after page editing content. (only some documents).
  • Changed the algorithm used for digital signature verification to detect unauthorized document modifications. This detects documents affected by Shadow attacks.
  • Improved the handling of broken PDF files.(T# 5332, 5500, 5507)
  • Fixed an issue with empty recent items in the select file control.
  • Fixed issues with the 'Recompress Image' feature.
  • 36111)
  • Now when changing the page range in the 'Crop Pages' dialog, the offset values won't be changed automatically.(T# 5454)
  • Fixed the 'Revert to Original' button behaviour in the 'Crop Pages' dialog so that the rectangles are being reset to the currently viewed page.
  • Fixed resetting the 'Crop Pages' margins when changing the page range subset.(T# 5441)
  • Fixed a problem with a not responding layers pane.(T# 5441)
  • Plugins
  • Fixed several document modification problems in 'Bookmarks Plugin' operations.
  • Fixed an issue with the position of dragged files in the 'Combine Files' dialog.(T# 5476)
  • Fixed an issue with rotated numbers when converting Lines to Distance.
  • Fixed several issues with the Bates Numbering dialog.
  • Fixed the guide line behaviour for different page operations.
  • Fixed an issue with support for empty font names in the 'Generate Bookmarks' feature.(T# 5506)
  • Fixed the JS console splitter position when restoring sessions.
  • Fixed a 'Default Layer' issue when removing layers - now we'll try to retain the Default Layer when it's not being removed itself.
  • Now both the Layers and Bookmarks Pane items will behave the same way when renaming simultaneously in both Panes and Properties View.
  • Lowered the permissions check for Rename Document command state.(T# 5512)
  • Fixed an issue when resizing a page that had previously been cropped.(T# 3582)
  • Fixed an issue with undoing a change of a 'Named Destination' when it was previously invalid.
  • Fixed an issue when dragging pages from the 'Thumbnails Pane' to Windows Explorer.(T# 5547)
  • Fixed an issue with scrolling Ribbon tabs when using the mouse-wheel (it was in opposite direction).(T# 5367)
  • Fixed an issue with handling custom hotkeys assigned to features added by Editor-plugins.
  • Fixed an issue with item selection performace in the 'Named Destinations' pane.
  • Removed the (incorrect) ablity to manipulate text/content on invisible layers.
  • Fixed an uncommon issue related to incorrectly disabling the 'In Active Document' item in the 'Full Search' pane.
  • Fixed an issue with reading the state of radio-buttons by Windows' 'Narrator' app.
  • Prevented the inheritance of Exclusive mode from the Hand to the auto-activated Pencil tool.
  • 35698)
  • Improved support for tagged documents.
  • Fixed a hang in XFA document under certian rare circumstances. (T# 5499)
  • Fixed an issue with recongnizing some PDF Porfolio files when Flash player is not available. (T# 5489)
  • Fixed an issue with converting some PNG files into PDF.
  • Fixed issues with showing extra information in the Measurement Info window. (T# 5531)
  • Fixed an issue with searching text in attachments (only the first attachment was handled).
  • Fixed an issue with searching phrases that contains duplicates of some words. (T#5563)
  • Added an option to the 'Bookmarks To Links' for creating links on top of others.
  • Added the possibility to create Bates Numbering without leading zeros.(T# 5410)
  • Optimized removal of the 'Named Destinations' sometimes referred to hundreds times.(T# 5481)
  • Now the Editor will try to keep all time stamps when renaming a document through the 'Rename Document' feature.(T# 5191)
  • Updated MSOffice converter dialogs with a list of information displayed in place of an edit box.
  • Changed hyphenation managment for annots.
  • Some fixes/improvements for new Custom toolbar creation process.
  • Added progress bar when exporting/importing form fields and/or comments.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 8.0.342.0 (Nov 3, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue with opening documents in IE on some sites. (T# 5270)
  • Fixed an issue issue with selecting 'Fit Visible' as the default zoom mode in the application preferences. (T# 4064)
  • Fixed a rare issue with the date formatting on some XFA forms.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 8.0.341.0 (Aug 13, 2020)

  • Fixed 'Flatten All Layers' icon and logic.(34745)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Browser Plugins
  • Addressed an issue with a significant increase in file size in some cases during conversion to PDF/A.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Browser Plugins
  • Addressed some issues with EOCR.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 8.0.339.0 (May 8, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue with content disappearing after some time after content modification.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed an issue with decoding 2- and 4-bpp JPX-images.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed an issue with copying links/bookmarks with GoTo actions.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedShell Extensions
  • Fixed an issue with registrating Shell Extension during product updates under certain circumstances.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with disappearing content on some panes in a document's view (gray screen problem).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a rare issue wrelated to moving pane-splitters inside the document view (somtimes user might have beeen unable to reduce the width/height of side panels).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with Drag-And-Droping panes around theh Pages View when split/spreasheet mode was enabled - it was almost imposible to drop any pane around the spreasheet.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a minor issue with drawing the PanZoom-view when no document is opened (small visual artefacts might be present).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with the R-Click menu for selected comments (there was a conflict with "Select Images/Text" for Hand tool).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed an issue with the correct state of the Delete command inside the Comments pane when it had selected a locked comment(s).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor ActiveX SDK
  • Fixed an issue with updating the Spellcheck-dictionaries.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed a bug in the Editor shell extensions which could crash Windows Explorer in some rare cases.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 8.0.338.0 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issue with Ctrl+C shortcut handling.
  • (34185)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issue with disappeared warning-message before deleting selected objects in Thumbnails, Bookmarks, Attachments, Named Destinations.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issue with auto showing the pop-ups for newly created text-markup annotations (Highlight, Underline, Strikeout, etc).
  • (34228)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fix for Exclusive mode for the Hand tool that interfered with the Full Screen mode Navigation bar (bar was un-clickable).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the disappearing document panes during sharing the Editor's window via Microsoft Teams meeting.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed issue with pop-up menu shadows under Microsoft Teams session (strange white thin bars were instead of normal thin shadows).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed trouble with un-selectable Squiggly-annotations.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Plugins
  • Fixed issue with 3D Plugin on 64-bit Windows without d3dx9_43.dll.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed issue with some digital certificates for signing PDF documents.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Placing signatures and signing documents now is available in free version of the Editor.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 8.0.337.0 (Apr 14, 2020)

  • NEW: Added a possibility to Flatten Layers in Editor.
  • NEW: Added a possibility to Populate PDF Forms from CSV data sheet.
  • NEW: Added Outlook Webmail email provider.
  • NEW: Paste Special feature implemented.
  • NEW: Added new %[FolderTitle] macro for new file names generation.
  • NEW: Ability to Paste files, text, rtf and images as new attachments in document (via Attachments pane).
  • NEW: Ability to Paste text, rtf and images as new pages in document (via Thumbnails pane).
  • NEW: Implemented doc.importTextData method. (T# 5055)
  • NEW: Implemented undocumented doc.createIcon method. (T# 5108)
  • NEW: Added creation/modification of 'Caret' annotations.
  • NEW: Added a possibility to export whole PDF file to a single Excel Sheet.(T# 4050)
  • NEW: Added new Text Correction Tool (in Comment tab) especially for the fast reviews/corrections of text: to mark the selected text to be deleted (via pressing Del key) or to add a note to Replace it (via direct typing or by Paste new text from the clipboard), or to add a note to Insert new text in specified position of text on the page (via pressing Ins key or using Paste feature, or by direct typing).
  • NEW: Pencil Tool: added pressure handling from the stylus/digitizer.
  • NEW: Pencil Tool: added the ability to specify custom Line Width Profile for creating handsome, non-uniform curves, even with the mouse.
  • NEW: Added ability to change predefined comment styles in Comment Styles palette.
  • Fixed issue which may cause disappearing of part of the page content after editing in some circumstances.
  • Fixed embedded CJK encodings. (T# 5039)
  • Fixed embedded font display issues. (T# 3799, 4104)
  • Fixed reading font metrics for some specific fonts. (T# 4083)
  • Fixed a GoTo dialog issue with named destination removal.(T# 4805)
  • Fixed a Change Zoom feature incorrect behavior for inherited zoom.(T# 4938)
  • Shell Extensions Preview: fixed problem with mouse cursor disappearing in Autodesk Vault.
  • Fixed issues with changing plugins settings after resetting/importing settings.
  • Fixed issue with some missing links when converting from Office documents or XPS files.
  • Fixed issue with call-out annotation properties under some circumstances. (T# 5054)
  • Fixed issues with handling options for URLs recognized from page text. (T# 4251)
  • Fixed issue with validating some specific PKCS#7 digital signatures. (T# 5137)
  • Fixed potential vulnerabilities.
  • Fixed some critical issues related to loading main panes layout in SDK mode.
  • Fixed issue with shrinking large dialogs on small monitors.
  • Fixed hard-reproducible issue with the Stamps Gallery size (on Ribbon). The switching between Hand and Stamp tools also with collapsing/expanding some collections in Stamps-dropdown - sometimes it may cause the wrong small size of this gallery.
  • Fixed issue with auto-showing the calendar's dropdown on the page when user switching between documents.
  • Fixed issue with incorrect auto-showing the calendar's dropdown on the page when user switching between documents.
  • Fixed issue: the white text does not show in Document tab tool tip when the 'white text on a black' color scheme is selected in UI. (T# 5122)
  • The 'Add Annots By Search Result' button will now change state correctly in case that some of the searched documents do not have the appropriate permissions. (141081)
  • Fixed crash during Advanced Search in comments. (34087)
  • Updated resulting document naming scheme when dragging pages from the Thumbnails View to Windows Explorer.(T# 4917)
  • Shell Extensions Preview: new icons and mouse cursors.
  • After inserting new pages from scanner/images the Editor navigates to the first inserted page. (T# 4602)
  • Improved handling images with associated ICC color profile incompatible with images data. (T# 5056)
  • Improved handling in-line images.
  • Now the Editor respects annots visibility filters when printing. (T# 5083)
  • Improved XFA forms support. (T# 5128, 5149, 2626, 3392, 3431, 3807, 4773, 4689, ...)
  • Improved documents rendering when 'Change Document Colors' option is enabled. (T# 5104)
  • Improved support of PRC 3D format.
  • Pencil Tool: improved algorithm for building more accurate and smooth curves, added ability to change the level of smoothing (in Properties pane).
  • Signs & Initials: the sign drawer is improved - now it supports the pressure from the pen, builds more accurate and smooth curves. The drawing result is true vector image, not a raster as before.
  • Comment Styles Palette: all predefined(built-in) styles are fully editable now! And the Reset for Tool-item also has a new option to restore all predefined styles. (31561)
  • Comment Styles Palette: all predefined(built-in) styles are fully editable now and all changes are saved! Also the Reset for tool-item(on the right) has a new option to restore all predefined styles. (31561)
  • Enhanced OCR: important fixes/improvements.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 8.0.334.0 (Dec 17, 2019)

  • Added the ability to save/open session files with relative paths. (T# 4886)
  • Added a 'Select Pages With' feature to the Thumbnails View that allows advanced page selection by given criteria. (T# 4781)
  • Implemented an 'Annotation.attachment' property.
  • Added a new 'Contionuous Zoom' tool.
  • Added the ability to show/hide groups on the history panel.
  • Implemented the ability to simultaneously convert from PowerPoint to PDF in the Editor as well as multiple PDFX-Tools instances
  • Added a feature to show actual page number(s) right of 'Current Page' label on all dialogs that contain such a label.
  • Added a 'Find and Redact' feature that finds text with matching criteria and marks results for redaction or redacts them.
  • Added the ability to open files from SharePoint sharing links in browsers and the 'Open from URL' feature of the Editor.
  • Fixed an issue with printing via Print2RDP.
  • Fixed a potential vulnerability reported in CVE-2019-17497.
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Allow multi-line bookmark titles' behavior in the 'Generate Bookmarks from Text' feature. (T# 3457)
  • Fixed an issue with 'Title Case' in the 'Generate Bookmarks from Text' feature. (T# 3456)
  • Fixed an issue related to changing the visibility of form fields.
  • Fixed an issue when importing certain XFDF files. (T# 4907)
  • Fixed an issue when exporting form data to XFDF.
  • Fixed our handling of incorrect ICC color profiles. (T# 4057)
  • Fixed issues with printing documents that contain isolated and/or knockout XForms.
  • Fixed issues with printing documents that contain invalid clipping. (T# 4947)
  • Fixed issues when creating links with "Open File" actions. (T# 4948)
  • Fixed an issue with showing 'signer certificate' instead of 'Time Stamp Authority certificate' on the signature properties dialog.
  • Fixed issues encountered when forcing 'Read Out Loud' to use English.
  • Fixed a possible memory corruption that could occur after performing a settings import.
  • Implemented a fix a crash that was caused by a changed GDI DC (Device Context).
  • Implemented a fix to better fit font size(s) in formfields.
  • Fixed some crashes related to Enhanced OCR.
  • Fixed an issue with the 'CloseActiveTab' option.
  • Fixed issues with the use of the 'NoTabBarGripperBtn' and 'ShowSortedTabsBtn' styles.
  • Fixed issues when using Enhanced OCR in the 'Images2PDF' and 'Scan2PDF' features (related to a problem with handling 1bpp images). (T# 4937)
  • Fixed an issue with the position of the Sytem Tray context menu. (T# 4925)
  • Fixed an issue with Active Directory (AD) Template settings for JavaScript (i.e. the JavaScript.Enabled property wasn't handled properly). (T# 4906)
  • Fixed possible slow starts in rare cases that were caused by using the Preferences/Identity/GetUserInfoFromActiveDirectory option.
  • Multiple items can now be moved up and down in the 'New Document from Images/RTF dialogs' lists.
  • Line spacing can now be controlled when generating a Table of Content via the Bookmarks Plugin. (T# 3827)
  • The 'Generate Bookmarks from Text' feature can now replace existing (duplicate) bookmarks. (T# 3458)
  • Fixed an issue when setting the 'Sort' property to 'True', it now correctly sorts the defined combo/list box items. (T# 4902)
  • Measurements created via the 'Calibrate Tool' now use regional settings for decimal and thousands separators. (T# 4940)
  • Improved XFA support. (T# 4904)
  • Fixed an issue with the MS PowerPoint process hanging after converting PowerPoint files to PDF
  • Improved MS Office to PDF conversion in the Editor and PDF-Tools: bug fixes, performance optimizations, and a smoother user experience.
  • Shift+Del is now a default shortcut to "cut" a selection when editing all content types.
  • Refactored text caret in the edit function(s) such that the caret will now be placed at the edges of a selection.
  • No more gradient selection in text edit.
  • Improved both performance and quality when scrolling pages. Removed an annoying flickering effect in the space between pages.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 8.0.333.0 (Sep 11, 2019)

  • Added new Russian language for the Enhanced OCR. You may download it using the 'Add/Update Languages' button on the OCR-dialog.
  • Fixed an issue with the creation of new stamps. (T# 4377)
  • Fixed an issue triggered by triple-clicking a text selection. (application crash)
  • Fixed the grid layout for portfolio PDFs.
  • Fixed an issue with font sizes in empty editboxes.
  • Fixed an issue with naming attachments on new portfolio creation.
  • Fixed an issue with localization availability for the Shell Menu.
  • Fixed an issue where it was possible to copy 3D annotation from a protected document.
  • Fixed several issues with the Enhanced OCR feature.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 8.0.332.0 (Aug 27, 2019)

  • Added a 'Rename Opened Document' feature. (T# 1522)
  • Added a 'Create PDF Portfolio' feature. (T# 4677)
  • Added a small info-bar at the bottom of the Comments, Attachments, Bookmarks, Thumbnails and Links panes. (T# 4653)
  • Added a 'Sort Pages by Bookmarks' feature. (T# 4781)
  • Added a 'Remove selected Actions' from Bookmarks feature.
  • Added Bookmarks to Links functionality that allows creating links on a pages' text that matches the bookmarks' names. (T# 3896)
  • Added experimental PRC support.
  • Added the ability to create a new or modify existing 3D annotations.
  • Added support for inline captions for line/dimension annotations.
  • Digital signatures created by the Editor now are LTV enabled when "Include signature's revocation status" option is enabled. (T# 4791)
  • Added a History pane. The History pane displays documents that have been opened and gives more advanved display/grouping options than a simple 'recent files list'. (View > Panes > History).
  • OCR-Languages Updater: added additional column with the English name of languages.
  • Added the ability to control the position of the QuickLaunch bar in Ribbon UI. (via RClick on QA-bar)
  • OCR Dialog: added two columns to the Languages combobox to show English and native names of languages.
  • Enhanced OCR: added the ability to skip check marks on scans.
  • Enhanced OCR: added the ability to support vertical text.
  • Added the ability to reorder all document tabs alphabetically. (T# 4865)
  • Security Advisory Notice: Added detection and blocking of unauthorized alteration of protected documents.
  • Fixed handling URL(s) with some special characters. (T# 4751)
  • Fixed an issue that caused a "Not enough memory resources" error during convertion some files to PDF/A.
  • Fixed an issue with printing on some HP printers. (T# 4801)
  • Fixed an issue with printing gradients. (T# 4824)
  • Fixed a rather rare issue with thin images.
  • Fixed an issue with handling new lines codes in XFDF data. (T# 4804)
  • Fixed an issue when annotation were moved unintentionally when selected. (T# 4624, 4828)
  • Fixed an issue where some text would disappear at different zoom levels. (T# 4505, 4836)
  • Fixed an issue with saving named destinations. (T# 4841)
  • Fixed an issue where not all modifications rolled back if document signing was not successfull. (T# 4778)
  • Fixed an issue with resizing some content items when resize pages. (T# 4788)
  • Fixed a minor issue with the minimum size of thumb-button(s) in scrollbars on high-dpi monitors.
  • Fixed a 'disappearing cursor' issue seen when a user clicks outside a menu when the ScaleUI option is set to "System Scale". (T# 4768)
  • Fixed a minor issue with handling mouse-wheel events in the Properties pane, to change values of numerical properties.
  • Enhance Scans: fixed issue with handling Deskew option.
  • Fixed an issue with restoring the visibility of the Full Search pane after a 2nd restart of app. (T# 4766)
  • Fixed an issue with using the "OCR: Create a New Document" option for documents opened from read-only files.
  • Applied a fix to retain current the caret after highlighting a text selection. (T# 4776)
  • Solved an issue with touch-devices and modal dialogs (the display of modal-dialogs on touch-events direcly makes such dialog untouchable). (T# 4740)
  • Fixed several issues with Full Screen on tablets: added a way to escape from FullScreen, fixed an issue with the floating toolbar when screen is autorotated, added the ability to single finger scroll in Presentation mode. (T# 4671)
  • Fixed the handling of Tab/Enter keys for proper navigation between objects(comments, form fileds) on pages.
  • Fixed issues with keyboard navigation in the 'Classic UI' menus..
  • Fixed an issue with handling Ctrl+F / Ctrl+Shift+F so that it also selects all existing text in the search-field.
  • Fixed an issue with the QuickLaunch toolbar when settings were imported and it (sometimes) became invisible. (T# 4839)
  • Fixed some problems with colors in the UI in case(s) when the UI Theme is customized by using more contrast to make it more readable.
  • Fixed an issue with DnD separators on toolbars. (T# 4786)
  • Improved the screen positioning of the Password dialog on multimonitor configurations. (T# 4757)
  • Fixed an issue with a disapear Stamps Palette after restart of the application. (T# 4663)
  • Fixed an issue with hard resizing of panes on touch devices. (T# 4764)
  • Added 'Align To Page/Key Object/Selection' functionality for selected Comments and Content Items. (T# 4572)
  • Updated custom Thumbnail selection with Links and Path items. (T# 4781)
  • In navigation mode when the "End" key is pressed on the last page of a document, the view is scrolled to the end of last page.
  • Improved support for 3D data in PDF files. (T# 4761, 4816)
  • Improved support for XFA forms. (T# 4763, 4844)
  • Added a mechanism for Handling multiline items in combo box and list box form fields. (T# 4737)
  • We now preserve the orientation of text annotation(s) when copied between pages with a different orientation. (T# 2116)
  • Enabled navigation by keys in calendar drop-downs for date form fields. (T# 4830)
  • Improved JS support. (T# 14917)
  • Fixed/improved handling of pen/digitizer/touch devices.
  • Removed the inheritance of the current Split View style for newly opened documents. (T# 4840)
  • 'Delete Empty Pages' was improved for pages that have a solid color only.
  • Enhanced OCR: fixed/improved the recognition of tables (thickness of lines, order and alignment of cells, etc).
  • Content pane: improved performance, fixed some minor bugs.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 8.0.331.0 (Apr 23, 2019)

  • Enhance Scans: added the possibility to avoid recompressing existing images when only Deskew is used.
  • Fixed a possible crash in the Quick Launch control when long strings are used.
  • Fixed an issue with the "Measurment Info" window when non-English localization is used.
  • Added a workaround for issues with line widths in HP PCL6 drivers.
  • Fixed an issue with file dates in the Google Drive plugin.
  • Compatibility with the NetEase Youdao Dictionary.
  • Enhanced OCR: applied some fixes and improvements to recognized text positioning.
  • Default OCR: solved an issue detecting and fixing incorrect page rotation (90/180° CW/CCW). (T# 4733)
  • Fixed a potential crash related to using the Editor's ActiveX control in the context of MFC-apps.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 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-XChange Pro 7.0.328.2 (Jan 28, 2019)

  • NEW: Added a "Select All" command for the Link tool.
  • NEW:Added the ability to use Ctrl, Alt and Shift keys when adding/resing form fields.
  • Fixed issue that may cause a crash when rendering some rotated images. (T# 4604)
  • Resolved an issue with exporting and importing rotated Free Text, Square, and Circle annotations.
  • (31834)
  • Added a workaround for handling annotations which have incorrect border width information.
  • Fixed an issue with adding/removing control points on rotated polyline/polygon annotations.
  • Fixed an issue with rendering line ending/line join styles, effecting only some rare cases.
  • Fixed an issue when handling some fields time formatting when the current localization uses the 24 hour clock.
  • Fixed an issue with disabling the "Save" button on the Save dialog for GoogleDrive/OneDrive/Box filesystems.
  • Fixed an issue with the SharePoint plugin prompting for credentials multiple times with certain server configurations.
  • Improved scroll bar behaviour when in Single Page mode.
  • Improved XPS to PDF conversion.(T# 2635)
  • For single page documents created with single page Continuous mode active, page layout mode is enabled now.
  • Improved handling of corrupted files. (T# 4628)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 7.0.328.1 (Dec 18, 2018)

  • Fixed critical issue with getting form field value introduced in 328.0.
  • (31934)
  • Fixed handling ESC key in when editing annotations text or text on a page.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 7.0.328.0 (Dec 14, 2018)

  • Added an option to remove close buttons (x) from documents/panes and also from inactive documents/panes.(T# 4355)
  • (30796)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added an option to show/hide Page Boxes (Crop, Art, Trim, Bleed) and Guide Lines in the Loupe View.(T# 4312)
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added an option to control the tab title of documents.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added word selection by mouse double click (with mouse move).
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added word selection by Ctrl+Shift+arrows.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added paragraph selection by triple click when editing text.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • "MS Word to PDF" - added ability to customize the MS Word option "Update fields" before converting in the "Options" dialog box.
  • Newly added featureShell ExtensionsNEW
  • Added the View Rotate feature to the context menu of the Shell Extensions preview.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added new features to the Administrative Template: an option to force Ribbon/Classic UI, and an option to set the initial size (expanded/collapsed) of the Ribbon pane in the context of the Browser Plugin.
  • Newly added featureEditorNEW
  • Added useful tooltips to the Color Picker and its dropdown menu - it now shows the names of standard colors and the RGB values of colors.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed the digital signature validation vulnerability reported by NDS.
  • Critical error or bug fixPDF-Core
  • Fixed the issue with printing images in some cases. (T# 4327, 4489, 4528, 4537, 4538)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed the issue when a stamp is moved outside of a page being rotated from the context menu. (T# 4541)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issue with page navigation via 'Thumbnails' or 'Pan & Zoom' pane on rotated pages.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issue with adding attachments to some protected documents.
  • (31677)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedFonts
  • Fixed the issue with rendering some non-wellformed fonts when text hinting is enabled. (T# 4542)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed the handling of commas as decimal separators. (T# 4536)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed the issue with copying/pasting field text when copying is disabled by document security but form-filling is enabled. (T# 4551)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed the issue with creating/modifying square and circle annotations.
  • (31760)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issue with the On Screen Keyboard.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed invalid font handling in form fields. (T# 4447)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Restored the reading of FDF files. (T# 4554)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Improved incremental save in unmodified documents. (T# 4506, 4553)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed the reading of specific broken files (created by Synopse PDF engine). (T# 4523, 4550, 4557)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • Fixed the issues with opening non-pdf files from GoogleDrive
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issue with importing text files that contain many terminal zero-bytes and/or some special ASCII-symbols.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issue with opening annotation popups through the Comments pane (this was performed with a single click previously, which was impractical).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issue with dragging and dropping page thumbnails in the Thumbnails pane (sometimes it was difficult to initiate this process).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issues with displaying the greyed-out (disabled) text colors in the UI when the theme colors are customized to darker styles. (The greyed-out text was contrasting insufficiently with the background in these cases).
  • (28264, 29297, 31750)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issue with performing OCR on images in the context of the Images-to-PDF feature (which previously recognized only English text correctly).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor
  • Fixed the issue with the 'Combine Files to Single PDF' feature when it is used to combine documents opened from remote storage locations such as GoogleDrive, SharePoint, DropBox, etc.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • 3D support: Various crash fixes (for 3D PDF files by Altium, Simlab and iRender nXT)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • 3D support: Fixed material problems for Simlab 3D PDFs
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • 3D support: Fixed 3D PDF files by Altium that show only black models
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • 3D support: Fixed rotation by mouse if the model is flipped from top to bottom
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core
  • 3D support: Fixed bad render area in some cases after activating 3D models
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureJavaScript Engine
  • Improved the form fields JS support.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Core
  • Pencil annotations are now rendered with a rounded ending that is 'more natural'.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor
  • Added precise path selection in Edit Content mode.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Core
  • 3D support: Optimized memory usage
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Core
  • 3D support: Adjusted panning by mouse
  • Feature that is currently under construction and will be released in the futurePDF-Core
  • Improved XFA forms layout. (T# 3859, 3743)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 7.0.324.3 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • Newly added featureEditorNEW Enabled the 'Save As' feature in the Ribbon/File menu of the IE-Plugin.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed the hang that occurred when adding bookmarks from page text containing wildcards. Regular expressions are now checked before they are executed.(T# 4232)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor 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 fixedEditor 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 fixedEditor Fixed the IE-Plugin issue with opening elements from the version history for documents from SharePoint Online.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed the issue that was present when the Alt key was used to minimize the Ribbon pane. The Ribbon now displays (after some delay). Note that Alt-based shortcuts can be used during this delay, even though the Ribbon UI is not visible.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed the size issue with the Ribbon/File menu that was present when a maximized window was minimized and then maximized again. (This issue was present on only multimonitor-configurations).
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed the issue with the auto-closing of the main window when the 'Close to System Tray' option is enabled. (T# 4256)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor SharePoint: fixed several compatibility issues for Windows XP.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor SharePoint: fixed the issue with the 'Add Place' feature in the context of the IE-Plugin.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor SharePoint: fixed several issues with the 'Check Out' feature on specific servers.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor SharePoint: fixed the issue with support of special characters in names of files and folders for SharePoint Online and OneDrive.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed the simple Image Editor issue.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Resolved the issue with the handling of relative file names as URLs in URI actions. (T# 4211, 4252)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedShell Extensions Fixed an issue that was sometimes present when registering the Properties Handler.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureEditor Improved the handling of relative paths in Launch actions.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 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-XChange Pro 7.0.323.2 (Dec 21, 2017)

  • Shell Extensions Fixed the issue with installer-based registration of the IFilter module.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core Fixed the handling of text-based clips when printing.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core Fixed a rare issue with the decoding of JBIG2 streams that contain missed symbols.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core Fixed the issue with paper selection for printers that have two different sets of paper with the same dimensions. (T# 3964)
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed the 'Import Settings' issue, which was causing crashes in some cases.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed the issue with toggling rulers.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed the issue with handling changes made in the "Tabs&Windows" Preferences.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed the Firefox Plugin issue where closing the browser-tab with modified PDF document inside was freezing the browser in some cases.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor Fixed several issues with the handling of touch/stylus events whilst editing comments/content in 'Pages View'. (30112)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Core Improved the handling of non-wellformed ICC colorspaces created by iAnnotate for iOS. (T# 4142)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featurePDF-Core Improved the "Select Paper Size by Document's Page Size" option. Editor now uses the document page rotation to determine the orientation of printed documents when this option is selected. (T# 2874)
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureUser Interface Improved the Certificate Selection combo box in the "Sign Document" dialog box. The dropdown list now displays additional information about digital certificates.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 6.0.322.4 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Added an option to turn on/off document-tabs shrinking. (29036)
  • Fixed an issue with redacting images in cases where redaction-quad is partly outside an image.
  • Fixed some minor issues related to IPXV_DocHighlighter-object usage. (28994)
  • Fixed a critical issue with PDF-XChange Lite Printer under Windows XP.
  • Fixed a couple minor issues with fonts processing in PDF-to-PDF/A convertor.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 6.0.322.3 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Added a feature to show common summary-info in the Properties pane when multiple 'measure-annots' are selected.
  • Fixed a crash with a combobox in the FormEditor's Properties pane.
  • Fixed a couple of issues with the UI-translation of the TracketUpdater utility.
  • Fixed some issues with lists located on popup menus when toogling some groups inside them (Recents or Stamps dropdowns).
  • Fixed a crash when 'Print As Image' option was used.
  • Fixed a possible crash when History.dat or HistoryThumbnalis.dat files are broken. (29020)
  • Improved tooltips for document-tabs: now they show document-title and source filename.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 6.0.322.0 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Added the option of using third-party applications to edit page images.
  • Added a feature to convert Selected Pages to Microsoft Word documents, PowerPoint Presentations and Microsoft Excel. Workbook.
  • Added a feature to convert Selected Comments from PDF when converting to Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint. Presentations.
  • Added the ability to convert PDF documents to Microsoft Excel Workbook.
  • Added 'Crop Mode' to the Redaction feature.
  • Added Drag-n-Drop functionality for content items within and between Content Panes.
  • Added "Display Selected Items" feature in Content Pane.
  • Added "Expand/Collapse of Content Items" feature, and made several bug fixes and other minor improvements in the Content Pane.
  • Added JPEG-compression option for TIFF files.
  • Added a feature to Swap two Pages (Menu/Document/More for Pages).
  • Added a feature to Duplicate Pages (Menu/Document/More for Pages).
  • Added an Auto Scroll feature (Menu/View/Page Layout).
  • Added the ability to hide or show different parts of Document Info Bar (see 'Document Info Bar' in 'Preferences' dialog).
  • Added the ability to Copy/Paste Annotation Style from/to selected annotations.
  • Added the ability to Copy/Paste Text Style from/to selected annotations.
  • Added a dropdown list of registered email providers to the toolbar for convenient use. Improved/redesigned the 'Send Mail' tab in 'Preferences' dialog.
  • Added an option to control "Text hinting" that enables the improvement of text rendering in small text sizes. (T# 3875)
  • Optimized memory usage in OCR-plugin. (T# 2967)
  • Optimized Deskew option during OCR.
  • Fixed reading TIFF files with old JPEG-compression.
  • Fixed issue with rendering option that enables/disables Image Smoothing. (T# 3854)
  • Fixed incorrect detection of some symbolic TTF fonts. (T# 3867)
  • Improved handling of malformed embedded CFF fonts. (T# 3868)
  • Improved character codes detection for some Type3 fonts. (T# 3787)
  • Fixed invalid character-width when editing with certain embedded fonts. (T# 3641, 3829)
  • Fixed issue when searching is for just one space. (T# 3860) (28811)
  • Fixed issues with search feature when Proximity=Paragraph is specified. (28966, 28496)
  • Fixed issue with maximum page size for WIA scanner drivers.
  • Fixed inaccurate image description in the Images to PDF dialog.
  • ActiveX SDK Fixed issue with the custom image for the signature appearance in the Digital Signing operation.
  • Fixed issue with switching layout type. (T# 3819)
  • Fixed rare issue with rendering pages on some DPI/Zoom levels. (T# 3844)
  • Updated 'Duplicate Annotations' feature: added the ability to specify page ranges. (T# 3558)
  • Redesigned Manage Pagemarks (Headers and Footers, Watermarks, Background, Bates Numbering) dialogs.
  • Significantly improved color management support. (T# 3659, 3792, 2030)
  • Improved XFA forms support (T# 3781, 3704, 3839)
  • Improved the document-to-tab scaling algorithm when many documents are opened and there is not enough space to show all of them.
  • Fixes and improves in JS object model.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 6.0.321.0 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Added full support for SharePoint-files to be opened in the Editor's browser-plugin for Internet Explorer.
  • Added full support for SharePoint-files when opened in Editor by UNC path. Example: '\sharepoint-serverpath-to-file...'.
  • Fixed a potential application hang when using the Windows Clipboard.
  • Fixed a Typewriter tool issue when applied to a rotated document (T# 2680, 3810). (24921, 28217)
  • Fixed issues with context menus in the edit-boxes that are located on the 'Customize Toolbars' and some other related dialogs.
  • Fixed an issue with docking floating panes/toolbars inside the Editor's browser-plugin for Internet Explorer.
  • Fixed a issue with opening one file in two separate instances of the Portable Editor (T# 3753). (27381)
  • Fixed an issue with multiple instances of Portable Editor. (28223)
  • ActiveX SDK Fixed application hang issue when a popup-menu is displayed in context of a VB6-client.
  • Fixed inappropriately disabled buttons in Images Editor.
  • Fixed non-functional "marked state"" checkbox in Comments View.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedPDF-Core Fixed an issue with storing certificates chain in digital signatures.
  • Fixed an issue with preserving DPI settings on chaning Page Layout Mode. (T# 3819)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 6.0.320.1 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue introduced in build 320.0 where selecting a stamp from the stamp collection didn't work.
  • Fixed an issue introduced in build 320.0 with installing the Markdown and PDF/A plugins.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 6.0.320.0 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Added copying of content items data to the Windows clipboard (this will allow pasting images and text into 3rd party programs).
  • Copying content items data to clipboard (this will allow pasting images and text into 3rd party programs).
  • Added a feature to remove Custom Reasons in the Reason combo of the Digital Signature dialog.
  • Newly added featureEditor PluginsNEW Google Drive: MS-Office file extensions added to the list of extension filters in "Open From Google Drive / Save To Google Drive" dialogs.
  • Implemented correct editing of X-Forms with Modify, Transform, Add and Delete content items operations.
  • Added the ability to Paste content items directly into X-Forms.
  • Added the ability to highlight one search result.
  • Added a feature to save the Current Session (opened documents including actual layout of windows), to restore saved Sessions and to manage them.
  • Added a feature to apply comment styles to selected comments. (27724)
  • Improved the Select Text tool: now a double-click selects a word, triple-click selects a paragraph, quad-click - all the text on the page; mouse clicking (LMB) with shift pressed - continuous text-selection.
  • Newly added featureJavaScript EngineNEW Implemented app.thermometer object.
  • Security page on Document Properties dialog reflects restrictions placed by digital signatures, PDF/A, XFA etc. (T# 3483)
  • When a document is restricted for use only in Adobe Reader the Editor will show a special Document Info bar which allows the saving of the document with this restrictions removed.
  • Newly added featurePDF-CoreNEW Added an option to auto rename fields on insetion of pages from another document.
  • Added command line options /fileassoc and /webassoc to silently set file extension and MIME associations respectively.
  • Fixed an issue when deleting pages where sometimes the document size was not reduced as expected. (T# 3608)
  • Fixed handling of some embedded Type1 fonts. (T# 3778)
  • Fixed handling of embedded fonts in XFA forms. (T# 3142)
  • Fixed mouse wheel issue on the Custom Size controls of the Page Size controls group.
  • Fixed a header blinking issue on the Insert Images dialog when in Thumbnail mode.
  • Fixed an issue in the Comments View when deselecting one of multiple selected items.
  • Fixed an issue in the Export Images dialog with "Save each page range to a separate multipage file" Export Mode.
  • Google Drive: fixed an issue with unclear error messages in some scenarios when a file is not found.
  • Google Drive: fixed an issue with an unclear error message when an external URL points to a folder instead of a file.
  • Google Drive: fixed the inability to open some types of files (eg. XPS)
  • Google Drive: fixed an issue with an unclear error message when there are problems navigating to a folder in the "Open From Google Drive / Save To Google Drive" dialogs.
  • Fixed an issue where a highlight could remain after page removal.
  • Fixed an issue when the feature to open each new document in a new window is chosen, the Editor is not brought into focus after the original file is opened.
  • Fixed an issue with handling Alt+F4 in dialogs and pop-up windows.
  • A reported error or bug was fixedEditor ActiveX SDK Fixed an issue with opening floating panes. (27809)
  • Fixed issues with launching multiple copies/instances of the portable editor.
  • Fixed some issues with handling of underlined/struckout text on pages.
  • Fixed an issue with 'Copy Full File Name'.
  • Fixed an issue where one could not start editing the content of selected text using Enter-key but could with annotations. Both now work the with the enter key. (T# 3700)
  • Resolved issues with using the wrong font in some XFA documents.
  • Resolved several issues with dymanic XFA forms. (T#2443, 3325, 3403, 3404, 3372, 3328, 3268, 3332, 2244, 2514, 3123, 3149, 3329, 3176, 3365)
  • Fixed a document saving issue where in some rare cases there might have been an increase document size. (T#3771)
  • Changed letter positioning on substituted fonts.
  • The Export Images dialog now uses separate parameter sets for each image format type.
  • Improved XPS to PDF conversion.
  • Improved form handling.
  • Feature that is currently under construction and will be released in the futureEditor Newly created annotations will be automatically selected. Selected annotation(s) can be deselected using ESC key. (T# 3218, 3400)
  • Feature that is currently under construction and will be released in the futureJavaScript Engine Improved JS object model compatibilty with Adobe Acrobat.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 6.0.319.0 (Jun 30, 2017)

  • Added support for multiple page-backgrounds. (T# 2490)
  • The 'Add Watermarks' and 'Set Background' features now support password protected files.
  • Added some additional options to the 'Combine Files' dialog.
  • Added a feature to delete empty pages. (Menu/Document/Delete Pages).
  • Added a feature allowing selection of content items by type from the context menu when the EditContent tool is active, or from the menu in the 'Content' pane).
  • Added a feature to convert links from PDF when converting to Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint Presentations.
  • Added a feature to convert 'Underline' and 'StrikeOut' text from PDF when converting to Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint Presentations.
  • Added the ability to recognize and edit/copy the underline/strikeout text on pages.
  • Added an option to auto-select newly created annotations. (T# 3218)
  • Added a feature to easily show/hide UI-panes.
  • Added a feature to create new document tab/window. (Menu/Window/New Document Window). (19668)
  • Added features to get/set RichText programmatically and to convert from RTF to XFA and back.
  • Added an option to turn off comments semi-transparency when creating or editing.
  • Added the ability to choose the type of documents navigation history: common - through all opened documents, or individual - per document (Menu/Edit/Preferences/Documents/OpenDocuments section). (T# 2691)
  • Fixed an issue with 'Select Multiple Annotations' holding the Ctrl key. (mouse cursor blinking).
  • Added a 'Yes to All' save-option on message-dialogs when more than one documents have been changed and the user tries to close all of them at the same time.
  • Sharepoint: added the ability to sign out for MS live login.
  • Added a feature to remove a signatures' background.
  • Improved the Contents Pane: context menu, Copy/Cut/Paste, Select/Deselect, Change Order of content items via Contents Pane
  • Change Contents Order: multiple pages processing, minor improvements
  • Added a feature to easily re-open recently closed documents (Menu/Window/Reopen Recently Closed Doc).
  • GoogleDrive: the root folder now contains the "Shared with me" and "My Drive" folders.
  • Added the ability to sort files in the Images-To-PDF, RTF-To-PDF and Text-To-PDF dialogs.
  • Fixed character mapping for embedded fonts. (T# 3369)
  • Fixed handling of named destinations with invalid names. (T# 3689)
  • Improved link detection. (T# 3707)
  • Fixed issues in OCR operations. (T# 3067, 3682, 3237)
  • Image handling fixes. (T# 3342, 3488)
  • Fixed issues with some XFA documents. (T# 3530, 3377, ...)
  • Impoved JS support.
  • Improved compatibility with the Acrobat JS implementation.
  • Improved picture clauses support in XFA documents. (T# 2272)
  • Resolved an issue with rendering outlined text.
  • When merging files with digital signatures, signed fields are now cleared. (T# 1874)
  • Fixed a possible issue with enabling/disabling viewing PDF files in IE. (T# 2335, 2929)
  • Fixed an issue with exporting PDFs to 2- and 4-bpp grayscale PNG.
  • Fixed an issue with rendering some Type1 fonts. (T# 3450, 3651)
  • Fixed a possible issue with importing FDF files.
  • Fixed some issues with the 'Edit Comments' tool. (T# 3534)
  • Fixed an issue with exporting forms when not all the required fields are filled. (T# 3490)
  • Improved the handling of corrupted files. (T# 3402, ...)
  • Fixed issue with handling some boolean parameters in the application's GroupPolicy.
  • Fixed an issue with floating document-panes when the option 'Synchronize layout of document panes..' is turned on.
  • Fixed an issue with overlapping the task bar with a newly opened document window. (T# 3520)
  • Fixed an issue with setting the input focus when a document is opened via the File/Open feature. (T# 3695)
  • Sharepoint: fixed an issue with authentication.
  • Office Import Converter: UI and bug fixes
  • GoogleDrive: fixed a possible freeze on closing the open/save dialog.
  • GoogleDrive: fixed a possible problem with a zero file size when cancelling a file save operation.
  • GoogleDrive: fixed a problem when removing GoogleDrive files from the history when clearing the history with the "All Broken" filter.
  • Fixed incorrect information in the Date column of the Images-To-PDF dialog.
  • Fixed a 'wrong page number' issue in the progress bar a during WIA scan operation.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified featureJavaScript Engine Added importing JS script(s) when importing FDF files.
  • Improved the logic used for automatic callout arm placement. (T# 3565)
  • Improved the display of the current page number when logical page numbering is enabled.
  • When there are selected annotations, Esc key now deselects them, and then the next press deselects the current tool. (T# 3400)
  • Improved form handling. (T# 3525, 3554, 3234)
  • The Content Pane is improved: nodes stay opened/closed when the pane refreshes, also fixed some minor issues.
  • GoogleDrive: memory usage efficiency improvements.
  • GoogleDrive: the displayable file names format was changed to be more readable and clear: now it shows the normal and a user-friendly path for files.
  • More efficient memory usage was implemented in the Images-To-PDF operation.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 6.0 Build 317.1 (Oct 27, 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-XChange Pro 6.0 Build 317.0 (Oct 27, 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-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 316.0 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • Resolved possible issue with handling images rendered by StretchBlt function.
  • Resolved issue with some fonts when printing on Lite Driver.
  • Resolved issue with clipped images when printing on Lite Driver.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 315.0 (Sep 10, 2015)

  • A reported error or bug resolved Resolved issue with embedding all used fonts with the Lite printer.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified feature Minor improvements.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 314.0 (Sep 10, 2015)

  • A reported error or bug resolved Resolved issue with printing dashed lines from MS Word with Lite printer. (T# 3111)
  • Newly added feature MS Windows 10 compatibility
  • Changed, reviewed, modified feature Removed redundant buttons "Save" and "Load" from Bookmarks page. (T# 3109)

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 313.0 (May 30, 2015)

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

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 312.0 (May 30, 2015)

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

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 311.0 (May 30, 2015)

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

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 301.0 (May 30, 2015)

  • Resolved issue with embedding OTF/Type1 fonts. (T#2650)
  • A reported error or bug resolved Improved stability and quality of the Lite driver.
  • Newly added feature Added profiles for settings in the Office Addin. Requires Office 2007 and later.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 309.0 (May 30, 2015)

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

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 308.2 (May 30, 2015)

  • Resolved an issue with possible demo watermarks being applied when a file was generated using the Outlook or IE addins.
  • A reported error or bug resolved Resolved an issue with showing the list of keys under Windows XP.
  • Changed, reviewed, modified feature Improved UI for adding new serial keys.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.5 Build 308.0 (May 30, 2015)

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

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.0 Build 273.2 (May 30, 2015)

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

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.0 Build 273.1 (May 30, 2015)

  • Resolved issues with Outlook addin for Office x64 users.

New in PDF-XChange Pro 5.0 Build 273.0 (May 30, 2015)

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